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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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