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Software Projects (Describe the importance of version management during…

- - - - Help eliminate idle time in project
      - Provides clarity; allows all elements of project to be displayed on a single page
      - Can provide motivation for team members – focus is on individual task deadlines
      - Aids time management
    - - May be misleading – the size of the bar does not reflect the amount of work associated with the task
      - Can become complex for larger projects with many components
  - - - Dependencies displayed visually
      - Supports efficient allocation of resources and hence costs
      - Helps make impact of schedule revisions more visible
    - - Can be difficult to develop for larger projects with many activities.
- - - - Constraints in project management refer to restrictions which are placed on the limitations of the project.
      - These may be in terms of the scope of the project, schedule and cost:
      - The scope of the project will identify the project goals and defines the boundaries of the project
      - The schedule will identify a series of deadlines to be met across the project, including the deadline for project completion.
      - Cost is the most obvious constraint and identifies the maximum spend available to the project.
    - - Risk management is an important part of organising a software project. Some of the main risks to be considered include:
      - User involvement: not involving the end user at the planning stage can lead to additional or changing requirements at later stage in the project.
      - Scheduling flaws: inaccurate scheduling of tasks and inefficient deployment of staff can lead to the entire project falling behind deadline
      - Inflation of requirements: ineffective consideration of user requirements from the outset can lead to more and more new features being identified as the project unfolds, this too can threaten the project timeline
      - Specification breakdown: this can happen for many reasons, for example if the development team did not understand the specification or the user did not understand how their requirements were tied to the specification.
      - Staff turnover: the loss of key personnel can lead to project delays
      - Technology: consideration needs to be given to the familiarity of the project staff with the working platform, do they have prior experience with the hardware / software, are the tasks expected from the hardware reasonable?
    - - In the development of a computer system these can be considered more specifically as capital, the development environment and personnel such as:
      - system developers
      - project managers
      - system analysts
      - stakeholders
      - development environment (including hardware and software).
- - - - A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart used to show the start and finish dates of the various elements of a project.
      - The Gantt chart shows all activities forming part of the overall project plotted against time.
    - - Critical Path analysis helps managers calculate the minimum time needed to complete a project.
      - CPA allows the manager to construct a model of the project where all the tasks needed to complete the project are listed, time taken for each activity will be listed and any dependencies among the activities will also be listed.