New Directions in Project Management by Paul C. Tinnirello

TQM and, 509

Software Engineering Institute (SEI), 121

CMM, See Capability Maturity Model

comprehensive model, 515–516

Process Maturity Model, 40

use of core measures, 125–133, See also under Software development Software Engineering Standards, 120–121

Software licensing costs, 203

Software portability, 395, See Leveraging

Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination (SPICE), 123

Software quality management, See Quality management

Software security issues, 378

Software sizing

function points, 70–71

SEI core measures, 125, 126

Software support services, 278

Spaghetti integration, 410

SPICE, 123

Staff augmentation, 267–272, See also Consultants; Outsourcing co-employment, 272

cost evaluation, 271

LAN and PC support, 275

new system support, 279

Staff burnout, 4, 141

Staff recruitment, 450

Staff turnover, 177

managing, 380

Stakeholder involvement

continuous process improvement, 154–158

facilitated project recovery workshop, 433

meetings and, 88–89

project success factors, 18–19

requirements review, 97–98

user commitment and, 196–197

Standards, 56

applications development trends, 63

change control, 28

communications, 28

ISO 9000, See International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 standards IT policy enforcement, 198–199

management service providers and, 297–298

managing staff changes, 380

outsourcing contracts, 319

performance improvement and, 5–6

priority management issues, 198–199

project management and culture change approach, 248–249

project management office function, 452–454

quality control, 28

SEI CMM, See Capability Maturity Model

software development for government, 61

software process assessment, 514–517

work breakdown structures, 27

Standish Group, 33

Statement of work, 345

help desk development project, 386

ISO 9000 and, 105

Steering committees, See Information technology steering committee audit Strategic business alliances, 201–212, See also under Information technology, strategic business alliances and

Streeter, Lynn A., 83

Subsystem requirements, 95–96, See Requirements

SureTrak, 30

Synergy, team, 110, 385

System requirements, 95–96, See Requirements

Systems analyst, feasibility planning, 91

Systems development, See Software development

basic documentation for, 63–66, See also Documentation

client/server projects, See Client/server development projects integrating project management and development, 67–82, See Process management lifecycle (SDLC) model, 162

managing large complex systems, 355–360

methodology and, 72–78

outsourcing, 278–279

T

Tandem development environment, 152

Task control behaviors, 40

Task definition, 376

Teams, 213–225, See also Self-directed teams

atmosphere for knowledge management project, 354

building, ISO 9000 and, 115

help desk development project, 385

leveraged application work groups, 398–399

organization, for knowledge management project, 348

organization, ISO 9000 and, 110

performance incentives and, 364

quality management, 176

reliance on quantitative data, 5

risk factors, 141

synergy, 110, 385

Technology selection issues, 141–142

Telecommunications support, 275

Testing, 53–54

client/server development projects, 379

engineering management, 358

final validation, using SEI core measures, 131

legacy application maintenance, 404

managing large complex systems and, 357–358

Motorola’s PIMS project, 152

outsourcing, 181–182

owning responsibility, 56

project complexity and, 443

software development management myths, 53–54

usability labs, 258–259

weaknesses of quality functions, 176–179

Three-point estimate technique, 106, 347

Time, quality, and cost relationships, 189–191

Time accounting software, 30, 31

Time-boxing, 52

Time estimation, 68, 69–72, 345–347, See also Estimation; Scheduling Timekeeping, 376

TimeSheet Professional, 30

Time tracking, 27

Time wasters, for IT projects, See Information technology project time wasters Total quality management (TQM), 509

process management approach, 229

Tracking and monitoring, 479

client/server development projects, 376–377

contract progress, 128–129

critical risk information, 143

help desk development project, 384, 392–393

ISO 9000 and, 113

knowledge management project status, 352

project ma nagement office function, 456

work breakdown structures, 27

Training

client/server development projects, 377

continuous development and, 224–225

costs of ignoring end-user perspectives, 262

improving user-application fit, 260–262

integrating tools with processes, 249–250

managing staff changes, 380

measurement program and, 507

process improvement and outsourcing, 333, 335–336

project management methodologies, 28–29

project management office and, 450

U

Usability issues, applications development and, See Software development, usability issues

Usability labs, 258–259

U.S. Department of Defense, 121, 131, 468

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 126

V

Validation tests, 131

Velogic, 300

Vendor products, See also Outsourcing

commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, 60, 278

Vendor relations, See also Outsourcing

IT business strategic alliances and, 206–207

performance criteria, 319–320

project management office function, 452

Vendor selection issues, 141–142, 283–284

Version control, 59–60, 64–65, 379

Vision, 193–196

for knowledge management project, 353

help desk development project, 385

ISO 9000 and, 114

managing large complex systems and, 356–357

V-model testing strategy, 358

W

Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM), 298

Weinberg, Gerald, 87, 93

Work breakdown structure (WBS), 27, 106, 345–347, 387

Workload quantification, 463

Workstation security, 378

Wrappering, 412

Y

Y2K problems, 142

List of Exhibits

Chapter 4: Strategies for Heading Off IS Project Failure

Exhibit 1. A Risk Categorization and Behavior Model

Exhibit 2. Categorized Risk Items

Chapter 6: Back to Basics: Getting Systems Development

Right

Exhibit 1. Basic Documentation Checklist

Chapter 7: Process Management: Integrating Project

Management and Development

Exhibit 1. A Simple Task/Deliverable Entry from the Knowledge Base Exhibit 2. Methodology Metamodel

Exhibit 3. Process Management Metamodel Combining Methodology Objects and Project Management Objects

Chapter 8: Project Meetings: A Communication and

Coordination Tool

Exhibit 1. Template for Status Meeting Minutes

Exhibit 2. Suggested Meeting Formats

Chapter 10: Using Project Management to Become ISO

9000 Certified

Exhibit 1. Work Breakdown Structure

Exhibit 2. Network Diagram

Exhibit 3. Organization Chart

Exhibit 4. Responsibility Matrix

Chapter 12: An Almost Perfect Software Project: Using

SEI Core Measurements

Exhibit 1. Module Size Range Estimate Data

Exhibit 2. The Software Main Build (MB) Time and Effort

Exhibit 3. Comparing the Planned Size, Time, and Effort Against Industry Reference Measures

Exhibit 4. Variance Analysis and Forecast to Complete Exhibit 5. Logged Plans, Actual Data, and Forecasts

Chapter 13: Does Your Project Risk Management System

Do the Job?

Exhibit 1. Common Project Risks

Exhibit 2. Critical Risk Information

Chapter 14: Evolution of a High-Quality Development

Process in an Existing Software Project

Exhibit 1. Bull’

s-Eye Schedule Chart

Exhibit 2. PIMS Modified Waterfall Life Cycle Model

Exhibit 3. System Test Metrics (Cumulative Test Hours versus Bugs Reported and Fixed)

Exhibit 4. Released Software Quality Metric

Exhibit 5. Customer-Found Defects Metric

Exhibit 6. Post- Release Problem Report Activity

Exhibit 7. Post- Release Problem Report Aging

Exhibit 8. Cost to Fix Post- Release Problems

Chapter 15: Incorporating Six Sigma Concepts into

Systems Analysis

Exhibit 1. The Five-Phase DMAIC Model

Exhibit 2. Using SMART Guidelines for Defining Requirements Exhibit 3. Sample Customer Requirements

Exhibit 4. SIPOC Elements

Exhibit 5. Current Process Map

Exhibit 6. Proposed Process Map

Exhibit 7. Process Improvement Ranking

Chapter 17: Prescriptions for Managing IT Priority

Pressure

Exhibit 1. Maintaining the Balance: The Project Management Framework Exhibit 2. Generating Common Vision

Chapter 19: Managing the Change to Self-Directed

Teams: Myths and Miseries

Exhibit 1. The Spectrum of Opportunity

Exhibit 2. The Transfer of Authority (From J.D. Osborn et al., Self Directed

Teams: The New American Challenge, Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1990, p. 62.)

Exhibit 3. Organizational Types (From R. Likert, New Patterns of

Management and The Human Organizatio n, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961

and 1967, respectively.)

Chapter 20: Improving IS Performance: The Role of the

Value Chain

Exhibit 1. Process Management Strengths and Weaknesses

Exhibit 2. Business Processes

Exhibit 3. Leadership Process

Chapter 21: The Myths and Realities of IT Steering

Committees

Exhibit 1. IT Steering Committee Audit

Chapter 24: A Practical Guide to Staff Augmentation and

Outsourcing

Exhibit 1. Staff Augmentation versus Outsourcing Matrix

Exhibit 2. Evaluating Costs of Staff Augmentation versus In-house Staff

Chapter 25: The Essentials for Successful IT Outsourcing

Exhibit 1. IT Outsourcing Process

Chapter 27: Managing the Risk of Outsourcing

Agreements

Exhibit 1. A Sample of the Risks in Each Phase

Exhibit 2. Analysis Result

Exhibit 3. The Result of Analysis

Chapter 31: The Role of Project Management in

Knowledge Management

Exhibit 1. Elements of a Typical SOW

Exhibit 2. A Sample WBS

Exhibit 3. Part of a Network Diagram for a KM Project

Exhibit 4. A Simple Organization Chart

Exhibit 5. Example of a Responsibility Matrix

Exhibit 6. Outline of a Typical Project Manual

Chapter 35: Using Project Management to Build an IT

Help Desk

Exhibit 1. Outline of the Statement of Work (SOW)

Exhibit 2. Work Breakdown Structure

Exhibit 3. Responsibility Matrix

Exhibit 4. Estimating Time and Flowtime

Exhibit 5. Network Diagram

Exhibit 6. Bar (Gantt) Chart

Chapter 36: Leveraging Developed Software:

Organizational Implications

Exhibit 1. Roles and Responsibilities Model for Leveraged Software Development and Support

Exhibit 2. Rollout Concept

Chapter 37: Managing Legacy Assets

Exhibit 1. Legacy Maintenance (From GUIDE Study on Legacy Maintenance.) Exhibit 2. Portfolio Assessment Matrix

Exhibit 3. Development of an Engineering-Based Discipline (From M. Shaw,

“Software’

s Current Crisis,” Scientific American, September, 1994.) Exhibit 4. Quick-Fix and Iterative Enhancement Cycles

Chapter 38: Facilitating Your Way to Project Success

Exhibit 1. How to Select a Facilitator

Exhibit 2. Steps to Workshop Success

Exhibit 3. Recovery Workshop Agenda

Exhibit 4. When to Bring in an External Facilitator

Exhibit 5. Workshop Overview Document

Chapter 40: Designing an Effective Project Management

Office

Exhibit 1. Potential Central Role of a PMO in the Project Initiation and Execution Life Cycle

Exhibit 2. Design Alternatives for a Project Management Office

Chapter 41: Assessing the Real Costs of a Major System

Change

Exhibit 1. U-Curve Effect of a New System on Total IS Costs Exhibit 2. A Representative List of Resource Management Tools Exhibit 3. Cost Disparities between Best-Practice Data Centers and Industry Averages

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