Project Plan

Group Case Study

4th October
Agenda
 Introduction
 Release/Configuration Management
 Quality Management
 People Plan
 Tools
 Build/Deployment Management
 Distributed Delivery Model
 Sales Plan
 Risk Assessment/Mitigation
 Planning
 Development/QA Manager R & R
 Q&A
Release/Configuration Management
 Scalable Versioning System (CVS)
 Configuration Mgmt Guidelines
 Configuration Items Definitions
 Product Release Components
 Environment Configuration
 Deployment Process
 Build Process
 Access Controls
 Change Control Board
 Impact Analysis and CR Approval
 Team Workspaces
Quality Management
 Define QA Methodology
 Release Management
 RAD
 Urgent Fixes
 Product Management Methodology
 Testing Methodology
 Standards and Guidelines
 Define Templates
 Project Plan/Test Plans
 Requirement Traceability Matrix
 Audit Schedules
 Reporting Templates
Quality Management (contd.)

 Metrics
 SLAs
 Metrics (Defects/Effort/Schedule/Testing)
 Capability Metrics
 Reviews
 Senior Management Reviews (Dashboards)
 Project Management Reviews
 SLC Reviews
 Client specific Reviews
People Plan
 Organizational Chart / Roles and Responsibilities
 Core Team
 Implementation Team
 QA Team
 Release Management Team
 Support Staff
 Create Skills Repository
 Functional Skills
 Technical Skills
 Soft Skills
 Availability Calendar
 Leverage Tracker
 Work Pipeline
 Release Schedule
 Client Implementations
 Other Support
People Plan (contd.)

 Recruitment Management
 New Hires/Projections
 Training Plan
 Vendor Management
Tools

 Tool Selection/Comparison
 Incident Management Tool (Clarify)
 Testing Tool (Quality Center)
 Requirement Capturing Tool (Rational)
 Tools Implementation and Deployment
Build/Deployment Management

 Build Cycles
 Deployment Cycles
 Environment Management
 Testing Environment
 Staging Environment
 Production
 PoC
Distributed Delivery Model

 Transition Plan
 Communication
 Hand Offs
 Team Meetings
 Infrastructure/Connectivity
Sales Plan

 Sales Deck (Collaterals) Creation

 Deal Management Tool
 Customer Expectations Capture
 Proposal Management
Risks Assessment/Mitigation
 Communication
 Documented Communication Plan (Who, When and How)

 Meeting MoMs

 Sync-up Calls

 Status Reporting

 Accent Neutralization

 Outsourcing/Contract Management
 T & M
 Junior Developers
 Vendor Interviews/Selection Process
 Service Agreement
 NDA
 Review/Feedback Process
 Ratings
Planning
 Product Release Schedule
 Outlook for one year
 Product Implementations
 Sales Trends/Forecasting
 New Markets
 New Initiatives
 Technology Migration
 Optimizations
 Functional Enhancements
 Market Trends
 Standard Operational Guideline
 Prioritizations
Development/QA Mgr R & R
 Quality Manager
 Define standard procedures
and processes
 Audits and reviews
ownership
 Metrics definition
 Report audit results
 Dev Manager
 Institutionalization and
adherence to standards
 Mentor dev resources on QA
processes
 Ownership of reviews and
audits
 Planning for external audits
 Metrics measurement and
reporting
 Causal analysis and own up
fixes
 Zero non-conformance
Q&A

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