Abstract—This paper is focused on providing a novel method for measuring the performance of Software Project (SP) managers. It clarifies the fundamental concepts of Software Project Management (SPM), SPM knowledge areas, SP life cycle phases, and performance metrics and indicators. It presents some examples of SPM activities related to knowledge areas and some examples of common performance metrics. The researcher extracts an enhanced list of performance metrics using a questionnaire that is passed to 60 experts and specialists in the field of SPs. Their responses are collected and filtered to reach to the effective performance metrics and the importance degree of each one. The researcher adapts Goal Question Metrics (GQM) method to include …show more content…
In this paper, the researcher focuses on the project management competencies which include the IT practices. The researcher doesn’t focus on the industry and/or business competencies because they differ from one project to another. Also, the researcher doesn’t focus on the general management competencies because they are basic knowledge and skills required for any project manager. Each project management competency and its IT ramifications will be explained as a specific SPM knowledge …show more content…
For example, project schedule management includes the following activities:
• Defining project activities.
• Sequencing project activities.
• Estimating the project.
• Developing project schedule.
• Managing project schedule.
Project life cycle consists of four phases [15, 16]: project initiation, project planning, project execution, and project closure. Figure (2) illustrates the project life cycle [33]. There is a feedback between each two phases. Through planning the project, the project manager may discover that the project background is not consistent with the reality. In this case, the project manager must redefine the project background. So, there is a feedback between initiating the project and planning the project. Each phase includes a set of activities to achieve it.
Fig 2: Project life cycle [33]
The performance of project managers can be easily measured for a specific SPM knowledge area because each area includes a set of activities and skills related to a specific SPM competency. Therefore, this is the main focus of the novel measuring method in the paper.
B. SPM Performace Metrics and
Project staff assignment documentation – includes names of project team members, memos to team members, and a project team directory. The Project Schedule – The project schedule includes start and finish dates for project activities, assignments and timing for specific leaders, workers, or other project resources. Resource requirements - The Schedule Development process includes estimates of the resource requirements for a project. Some activities may require double resources.
Performance Metrics: Metrics should be established to measure the success of the marketing plan
The planning of each activity will give the team an idea of how soon to start the task to complete it. The proper planning of each task ensures the project will be completed on time. 4.) Some capacity problems can be that the drug may experience a high demand high demand, but not enough product. When a new product is released there is uncertainty because we don’t know how the well or how bad the drug will perform.
Database Monitoring Database admin need to know each SQL Server 's weakest points so we know where to center their attention with spending plans and their time. On any given server, we have to recognize what the slowest segment is, and where it 'll pay off to contribute hours and dollars. This is execution tuning, and the primary spot to begin is by utilizing Performance Monitor. Performance Monitor measures performance statistics on a standard interval, and saves those details in a file. The database administrator picks the time interval, file output, and which measurements are observed.
INTRODUCTION The application of information, expertise, tools, and procedures to project activities to meet the project requirements is known as project management (PMBOK 2008). Alternatively, project management is the process in which projects are well-defined, planned, supervised, organized and conveyed such that the agreed features and requirements are fulfilled (APM BOK 2006). Success of IT projects is very much dependent on providing the anticipated product at the projected time, within budget, its desired performance levels, acknowledged by the client, offering at least the minimum agreed functionality i.e. meeting customer satisfaction, and delivering the promised benefits (Dalcher and Brodie, 2007).
The success of the project can be measured through the following ways: - Setting measureables/ performance indicators and deliverables for each of the activities in the project, and then gauging how far have they been
By being fully aware of its function and implications is an important aspect of the project manager’s role and responsibility. The triple constraint is meant to be an asset to the project manager’s arsenal and should not be viewed as a hindrance. This assignment has shown about how and the importance of comprehensive evaluation on the Triple Constraint (Time, Cost, Scope) in a project under uncertainty situation. We introduce an index called as Project Reliability.
Therefore, to complete the project on schedule it is the vital path and therefore the tasks theater a part of it that has to be managed most closely. As vital path, tasks are the foremost vital tasks of the project because of any delay within the vital path tasks can delay the whole project. Therefore, those tasks ought to be taken further care to complete among the timeframe. However, there are some factors like natural disaster that cannot be controlled.
Mid-Term Paper – Boeing Analysis MGMT 658 Abstract Unlike other manufacturing industries, aircraft manufacturing is considerably large and complicated. It is a field with high risk involvement. Losses incurred can be quite huge due to the size of the industry. Being the case, the aircraft manufacturing industry calls for intrinsic planning and comparatively larger pool of skilled and cooperative manpower for successful production.
It is important to emphasize that these challenges were brought about by poorly defined goals and the scope was usually unclear. This meant the projects usually tended to go beyond the estimates as the project developers tried to fix newly developed ideas in to the development process. the phase gate model was developed to give an outline of the project development process to offer solutions for managing newly launched
Moreover, the definition of this goal helps management of Target to take decisions local and global focus their energies and resources on the critical aspects that determine the overall result. The basic principles of TOC could help Target in supporting elements which contribute to improving managerial reasoning in the management of processes and interactions among resources, activities and people of company. Finally, it is valuable to identify the impediments that affect the achievement of the result that Target aims to achieve system (constraints). In particular, it is necessary to know whether the constraints are internal (in the process, resources, policies), or if external (the supplier market, the buyer 's market).
The principle reason that motivated me to pursue the MSc Project Management course is the appeal and challenge Project Managers experience in delivering assignments they undertake in their career. The qualification, indeed, lead to very smart and modern careers for graduates who love challenges, creativity, leadership and success. As a graduate of Mathematics, I have cultivated these features in my student life. Now, for my master level of study, I would like to take my chance of attaining formal skills in the area of project management. From my research, I see that Project Management is the application of skills, knowledge and techniques to meet the objectives of a project and stake holder’s expectations.
Reflective Journal Student Name: Talita Silva Lima Programme: Higher Diploma in Science – Cloud Computing Month: July 1. Project Management In this section I will explain in detail my project management through a Gantt Chart and what I have done since my last journal until now, how my time management is going in order to delivery this project before the deadline and some of my achievements.
At the same time, as a Scrum Master(SM), a project manager is also responsible for ensuring the team obeys to its processes, ensuring resolution/escalation of inadequate or ill-defined user stories, Product Owner accountability and removing barriers and at the same time, shielding the team from external interference. Different types of project managers will be required by different firms, but some of skills are inborn. When it comes down to it, Leadership [3] assumes to be the most important inherent skill of a project manager. The project manager is highly responsible for the project's success or failure of a project. It may be a burden for him/her, but it is essential for this wisdom of possession to occur in order for the project to have a right direction.
As mentioned above, there are five tasks of management that should be accomplished in a daily work routine. Those are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling (Koontz and O’Donnell, 1976). Notwithstanding that some theorists, such as Richard Steers (1985) and Mason Carpenter (2009), highlight only four of those, planning is always considered to be the first and main function of management. It is an activity that involves choosing a strategy to accomplish the objectives of the organization, using the resources effectively and efficiently (Olum, 2004). To make a good plan, a manager should follow the essential steps of planning, which are setting goals, identifying the threats and opportunities of the organization, developing a plan for achieving the goals, and finally evaluating it and reviewing (Gamache, 2008; Duncan,