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Software Project Management

Notes The complexity of the product, or the total number of units, might be reduced. This might, in
some cases, be sufficient for the customer’s immediate needs. Future enhancements or more
units would then be the subject of a subsequent negotiation which, you feel, would be likely to
succeed since you will have already demonstrate your ability to deliver on time.
You can show on an alternative schedule that the project could be delivered by the deadline if
certain (specified) resources are given to you or if other projects are rescheduled. Thus, you
provide a clear picture of the situation and a possible solution; it is up to your manager then how
he/she proceeds.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
11. The ………………. project completion date meets the requested completion date.

12. ………………… Law states that work will expand to the fill amount of time allotted to it.
13. Building the Network Diagram Using the Precedence Diagramming Method is also called
as the …………………… method.

14. A …………………… is simply a relationship that exists between pairs of activities.
15. Pauses or delays between activities are indicated in the network diagram through the use
of …………………… variables.

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Caselet Tejas Networks Plans to Invest ` 100 cr in R&D Next Year

Balaji Narasimhan

Bangalore, Dec. 24
Tejas Networks, a Bangalore-based telecom equipment products company, plans to invest
` 100 crore in R&D in India in 2011, said Mr. Sanjay Nayak, CEO and Managing Director.

“We invest around 15 per cent of our revenues every year in R&D and have spent around
` 500 crore in R&D over the last 10 years,” he told Business Line in an interview.
This works out to an average of around ` 50 crore a year ; however, this year, the doubling
of investment is primarily because of the growth of 3G networks in India. Tejas gets
around 70 per cent of its revenues from India and is betting on the 3G revolution to boost
its performance.
Explaining this, Mr. Nayak said, “With a 2G phone, your data transfers are in the range of
Kbps, but with 3G, it will touch several Mbps. This means that a mobile base station that
handles traffic of around 5 Mbps will have to handle a hundred times more data,” he
pointed out.

Tejas Networks creates solutions built on optical networking technology, which are used
by mobile service providers to manage data transfers between the mobile phones and the
base stations they communicate with. When telecom providers upgrade their infrastructure
to support 3G, Tejas would be the equipment vendor in the picture, thus boosting its
revenues, felt Mr. Nayak.
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