Suppose you are project manager of a large software development
project that is estimated to require 10 developers/support staff over a
2-year period to complete. A reasonably detailed requirements
specification has already been produced in close collaboration with the
end-user (no other documentation exists). Experts have agreed that the
project should be technically feasible, but there is no possibility of
getting any resources beyond 10 staff over two years.
Question:
1. Assuming that you have to produce a project plan in the first month, what would you include in it? 2. What other activities and/or decisions would you make in the first month? 3 What other activities would you carry out during the rest of project to ensure you are on track? 4 In what management / managements; resource planning is key
Answers
Explanation:
The starting point in discussing how projects should be properly managed is to first understand what a project is and, just as importantly, what it is not.
People have been undertaking projects since the earliest days of organized human activity. The hunting parties of our prehistoric ancestors were projects, for example; they were temporary undertakings directed at the goal of obtaining meat for the community. Large complex projects have also been with us for a long time. The pyramids and the Great Wall of China were in their day of roughly the same dimensions as the Apollo project to send men to the moon. We use the term “project” frequently in our daily conversations. A husband, for example may tell his wife, “My main project for this weekend is to straighten out the garage.” Going hunting, building pyramids, and fixing faucets all share certain features that make them projects.