Software Project Management (SPM)

Project Termination Using Tools

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Reading Assignment
Quality Software Project Management, R. Futrell, D. Shafer, L. Shafer, Prentice-Hall PTR 2002. Chapter 27

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Why Terminate

Close Project Phase The project reached its objectives. Business Reasons The project no longer follows the corporate business strategy Better solution was found Better use of funds in other initiatives The customer no longer wants the project Market conditions were changed Technical Reasons Technology was changed/ Not mature enough Technology too old/ too expensive to maintain No big enough advantage over current technology The project can not be done with the proposed technology Scope Reasons Large/Frequent requirements changes
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Why Terminate (Cont.)

Schedule Reasons Project ran out of time/due date Cost Reasons Exceed Budget/Available funds ROI changed (looking forward, ignoring SUNK COSTS) Quality reasons Does not work good enough to satisfy customers Does not worth fixing

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Post Performance Analysis (PPA)

Perform at termination or at predefined points during the project life cycle Continuous improvements - Lesson learned capture and pass to future projects Analysis Process
Call PPA meeting, Gather and distribute Dimensional Data to the members Analytical phase of raw data by the PPA members PPA meeting, Short, Focus on processes not people Categorize data, findings, improvement recommendations Archive (standard corporate form) & distribute finding (short, concise)

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Software Contract Termination

Termination Types Project End Planned Termination. Contract closure activities Termination for convenience Software vendor perform according to the contract The customer wishes to terminate due to internal reasons Termination for cause The vendor does not perform according to the contract The customer wishes to terminate the project/replace the vendor/sign a new contract Damages Termination for convenience/cause usually involves damages payments according to the contract terms/arbitration/judge resolution
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Using Tools

Sources of tools
System Integrators brings in their own set of tools Standard Operation Equipment (SOE), The corporate adapted set of tools for project management/Software project management Project Management specific set of tools Sub projects specific set of tools

Project Management/Employees as well as the Stakeholders should be familiar with the tools adapted by the project Example for project management tools: Microsoft Project, Prince2/Project-in-a-box, GanttProject, etc
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