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Software Project Management

Notes Using the latest GIS software, the hourly meteorological data received will be converted
into user-friendly format for short and long-term planning by various departments under
the State Government.
AWS data collected, quality checked and thus converted and pertaining to various districts
is available for year 2007. Steps are being taken to ensure uninterrupted reception of
quality data. A few more AWSs are planned to be installed at the locations where the need
is being felt. – V.K.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
14. A project to develop a new commercial airliner may require numerous ………………..
15. The projects are always planned considering ……………….. constraints.

2.7 Summary

 Planning is the trickiest process in project management.

 Project scope is the total amount of work done to attain a project management team’s
project.
 Scope planning refers to a project management process that describes boundaries and
deliverables.
 A work package is a complete description of how the tasks that make up an activity will
actually be done.
 Verification is a quality guarantying procedure or technique applied by Project
Management.

 A specific objective increases the chances of leading to a specific outcome.
 Project infrastructure is about analysis the whole environment and finding out how to put
in place an environment that will work in an integrated manner to support projects.

 Structure refers to how a team is organized to be most effectual.
 Effort estimation contains in predict how many hours of work and how many workers are
needed to develop a project.

2.8 Keywords

CBT: Computer Based Training
LAN: Local Area Network
POS: Project Overview Statement

2.9 Review Questions

1. A project management process is not a collection of guide or templates. Discuss

2. Techniques are the general, reusable process that an organization expands, or that an
organization subscribes to. Analyze
3. What are checklists? Explain the various points that it covers.

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