11th Understand the Project Execution Phase

Organizational change

Business mergers/demerges, internal reorganization, changes to business processes or systems

Project manager responsibility

Define the change, analyze the impact to the project, Communicate the change, train people, monitor adoption, and document change

The Thomas-Kilmann Model

Forcing, Avoiding, compromising, collaborating, accommodating

Negative Cost Variance

Indicates we're over budget

Positive means ahead of schedule

Negative Schedule Variance

Indicates we're behind schedule

Positive means ahead of schedule

Burndown Chart

Often used in Agile environment to track work yet to be completed

Phase Gate Review

Decision point for whether we should move on to the next part of the project or not.

Quality Management Plan

Planned in lifecycle phases.

Outlines how we will manage quality in the project.

Pareto Chart

sorted histogram with the pareto line showing the cumulative total

It can show us which defect we should focus on

Control Chart

Show data point plotted over time.

& consecutive data points fall on one side means we should investigate

Unit Testing

check an individual unit of code in isolation

Integration Testing

Combine unit-tested components and test as a group

Regression Testing

Test the whole thing still works after any modifications

Smoke Testing

high-level test to verify critical functionality

Stress Testing

Test stability and reliability under heavy workloads

Performance Testing

Determine speed, stability and responsive

User Acceptance Testing

end users test the product meets requirements