Unit 10

Software Project Planning

Project Planning
 Project Planning

 Estimation of project size, cost duration, and efforts.

 The size of the project determines the complexity of
the project in terms of efforts and time required for
software development.
 The cost of the project refers to how much finance is
necessary to complete a project.
 Project Planning

 The duration refers to the time required to

complete project development.
 The efforts refer to the manpower and other
resources required for project completion.
 Project Planning

 Preparing a schedule of manpower and resources such as web,

database, hardware, etc.
 Organization and appointment of staff: In this activity, analysis is
done to find out if the existing staff is sufficient for the project or
if new hiring is required.
 Configuration management and quality assurance planning.
 The planning is outlined in Software Project Management Plan
(SPMP) document.
 SPMP Document

Name Details
Introduction Objectives, Functions, Performance
issues, Constraints
Project Historical data used, Estimation
estimates techniques details, Cost, duration, effort
estimates
Project Work breakdown using Gantt and PERT
Schedule chart
Project Manpower, Hardware, and Software,
resource skilled professionals
PERT (A Project Evaluation and Review Technique) and Gantt (named after
the researcher who invented) charts are project management tools that
enable project managers to track tasks and project status.
 SPMP Document

Name Details
Staff Team formation and structure,
organization Management reporting
Risk Risk analysis, Risk identification,
Managemen and Risk abatement methods
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Project Process of tracking and reviewing
tracking and the project’s performance.
control plan
Miscellaneo Software process, testing,
us activities verification and validation plan,