Project Management and Exam Review

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Project Management and Exam Review

• CS2335
• Summer 2003

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Agenda

• Lab 5 Friday 4 Person Teams
• Where are we?
• Project Management Lecture
• Exam Review

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Project Management

• Meeting Management
• Decision Making
• Scheduling
• Estimation

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Meeting Management

• Have an agenda
• Start/Stop on time
• Make decisions
• Have a strawman
• Keep on topic
• Have recorder and timekeeper
• Handle dysfunctional behavior

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Sample Agenda
Review Previous Decisions 5 minutes
Analyze Requirements 15 minutes
Create WBS 20 minutes
Summarize Decisions 5 minutes
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Making Decisions 9 Step Plan

• Define Problem
• Decide on method of attack
• Generate alternatives
• Test alternatives for reality
• Choose alternative
• Plan for action
• Implement plan
• Evaluate effectiveness
• Determine next steps

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Scheduling

• Realistic Schedule
• Overly Optimistic Schedules
• Impossible Schedules

Completion P
Schedule
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Techniques

• Forward Plan
• Backwards Plan

What do we have to do?
What has to be done first?
How long does it take?
How will we monitor our progress?
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Determining Tasks
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) avoid
design to organization
Mail Utilities
1. Preparation
2. Design
3. Implementation
4. Test
1.1 Mail Formats
2.1 Module ID
4.2 UT
4.1 Plan
4.3 IT
3.1 Code Modules
3.2 Create Make
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Determine Dependencies
3.2
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Determine Durations
3.2
11AM Fri
12 PM Fri
SWAG
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Schedule

• Schedules Tasks Dependencies Milestones
  Resources
• What is the sequence we are doing things?
• Who is responsible for each thing?
• What checkpoints do we have to detect when things
  are going bad?

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Project Management for Labs

• First Lab
• Team meets and analyzes NFO
• Before leaving lab show your TA
• Team member names, mail ids
• Team name
• Preliminary WBS (Doesnt have to be formal)
• Preliminary Design Ideas
• CVS Plan
• Date of next meeting

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Project Management for Labs

• Second Lab (for multi-week labs)
• Before Leaving lab show TA
• Revised WBS
• Task Progress (Person-Hours Worked)
• Current Design
• Estimate of of code completed
• Problems/Issues
• ID design components that are not started

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Exam Review
Quality Process Product Relationship
Error Lifecycle
Defns Error, Fault(Defect/Bug), Failure
Code Standards / Reviews
Team vs Groups
Communications Modes Noise Channels
Active Listening Feedback
Team Lifecycle
Team Roles
Importance of Team Rules
MBTI in situation
Problem Team Members
Project Plans
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