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CSE420W Midterm 1 Chapter 3
Planning and Managing the Project
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 4
03/28/2006

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Project schedule
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describes software development cycle for a particular project by enumerating the places or stages of the project and breaking each into tasks or activities to be done
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Deliverables
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the items that the customers expects to see during the project development
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Activity
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part of development that takes place over a period of time
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Milestone
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a completion of an activity
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Work breakdown structure
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depicts the project as a set of pieces of work
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Precursor
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an event or set of events that must occur before the activity can begin; it describes the set of conditions that allows the activity to begin
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Duration
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length of time needed to complete the activity
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Due date
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date by which the activity must be completed, frequently determined by contractual deadlines
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Endpoint
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usually milestone or deliverable
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Activity graph
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the nodes of a graph are the project milestones, and the lines linking the nodes represent the activities involved
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Critical path method (CPM)
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analyzing the paths among the milestone
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Real (actual) time
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the estimated amount of time required for an activity to be completed
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Available time
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the amount of time available in the schedule for the activity’s completion
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Slack time (flood)
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the difference between the available time and the real time
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Gantt chart
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depiction of the project where the activities are shown in parallel, with the degree of completion indicated by color or icon
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Extrovert
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people who tell others their thoughts
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Introvert
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people who ask for suggestions from others before forming an opinion
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Intuitive
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basing decision on feelings about and emotional reactions to a problem
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Rational
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deciding primarily by examining facts and carefully considering all options
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Chief programmer team
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one person is totally responsible for a system’s design and development
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Egoless approach
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everyone is held equally responsible
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Risk
Definition
unwanted event that has negative consequences
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Risk management
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understand and control the risks on their projects
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Risk impact
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loss associated with a risk
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Risk probability
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likelihood of the risk measured 0 (impossible) to 1 (certainty).
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Problem
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a risk that is certain to happen.
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Risk control
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set of actions taken to reduce or eliminate a risk
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Risk exposure
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quantifying the effects of the risks
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Generic risks
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common to all software projects
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Project specific risks
Definition
threats that result from the particular vulnerabilities
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Regression testing
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the assurance that existing functionality still works correctly
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Risk leverage
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the difference in risk exposure divided by the cost of reducing risk
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Risk management plan
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records of decisions
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Project plans
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a document of project details
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Matrix organization
Definition
engineer belonged to a functional unit based on a type of skill
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Integrated product development
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combining individuals from different functional groups into an interdisciplinary work unit
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Earned value
Definition
common measure for comparing progress on different activities
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Person month
Definition
amount of time one person spends working on a software development project for one month
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