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Unit 1: Introduction to Software Project Management

 Starting to use RUP as software growth methodology is difficult. Everyone participating Notes
in the project will have to learn working with RUP. Coupling with other methodologies
RUP is a thick methodology, and coupling with other methodologies is therefore not
always probable. There is a way to couple the Crystal Clear methodology with RUP.

Notes Each iteration comprises some, or most, of the development disciplines
(requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and so on).

SSADM

Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) is an extensively used computer
application development method in the UK. Just like PRINCE, its use is often specified as a
requirement for government computing projects. Today, it is more and more being adopted by
the public sector in Europe.
“SSADM has been employed by the government in computing since its launch in 1981. It
was commissioned by the Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA)
in a proposal to normalize the many and varied IT projects being developed across
government departments. The CCTA examined a number of approaches before accepting
a tender from Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems to develop a method.”

Since 1981 SSADM has been further urbanized and refined and in 1990 version 4 of it was launched.
SSADM is an open standard, which means that it is freely obtainable for use in industry and many
companies offer support, training and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools for it.
In detail, SSADM sets out a cascade or waterfall view of systems development, in which there are a
series of steps, each of which leads to the next step (see the model in Figure 1.2). SSADM’s steps are:

Figure 1.2: SSADM Process Model

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