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Software Project Management

Notes Common rationales for conducting an evaluation are:
 response to demands for accountability;
 demonstration of effective, efficient and equitable use of financial and other resources;
 recognition of actual changes and progress made;

 identification of success factors, need for improvement or where expected outcomes are
unrealistic;
 validation for project staff and partners that desired outcomes are being achieved

The project planning stage is the best time to identify desired outcomes and how they will be
measured. This will guide future planning, as well as ensure that the data required to measure
success is available when the time comes to evaluate the project.
Why is Project Evaluation important?

Evaluating project results is helpful in providing answers to key questions like:
 What progress has been made?
 Were the desired outcomes achieved? Why?
 Are there ways that project activities can be refined to achieve better outcomes?

 Do the project results justify the project inputs?
What are the Challenges in Monitoring and Evaluation?
 getting the commitment to do it;

 establishing base lines at the beginning of the project;
 identifying realistic quantitative and qualitative indicators;
 finding the time to do it and sticking to it;
 getting feedback from your stakeholders;
 reporting back to your stakeholders.

Task In your words discuss with your class mates that what project evaluation is
important?

4.2 Managing Allocation of Resources

Powerful resource allocation is what sets Project Insight, project management software, apart
from other solutions. Project managers can effectively monitor and balance resource workloads
across multiple projects from one report.
Graphical displays give you visibility over the entire organization to ensure that resources have
the right amount of work now, and in the future. With Project Insight technology, you are
always in control and ahead of the curve.

 Assign team members to projects by group, department or company
 Mass assign team members to tasks by skill set
 Swap resources on tasks with just a few mouse clicks

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