Planning (ModSim Finals)

Project

• Execution starts when we identify the problems

• We have deadlines

• We consider time

Project

Activities with clear start and finish needing detailed planning

Project Management

• Plan, organize

• When we don't plan we just make empty promises (like unfinished drawings)

• If we have no commitments, we enable risks

Project Management

Careful organization involving tasks, events, or duties until completion

Planning, Initiation, Execution, Monitoring, and Closing

Project planning includes what?

What went well, what went wrong and what to improve

What do we also consider when closing the project?

Project Manager

• Leads the team but he doesn't have to shoulder this alone

• They must be goal-oriented

• Prioritizes tasks and are passionate to keep things professional

• They have to be motivated to keep the group stable

Project Manager

Is organized, passionate, and goal-oriented that guides the team

• Time

• Cost

• Performance

Project Parameters

• Conceptual/Initiating

• Planning

• Execution

• Completion/Closure

Project Life Cycle

Conceptual/Initiating

Identify the things that we need to do and what we need to do them

Planning

Breakdown tasks, estimate, and assign

Execution

Create the design & test

Completion/Closure

Submit report, then consider the Retrospective (Post-Mortem Analysis)

• Internal

• External

Stakeholders

Internal

Related to the creation of the project and are the ones to verify it

External

Usually the customers that would use the service

• Plan

• Organize

• Motivate

• Direct

• Control

What does the Project Manager do?

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lowers division of tasks into subtasks

Linear Responsibility Chart

Also called a responsibility matrix that identifies who are responsible for the tasks

RACII

What tool is the responsibility matrix also called?

Responsible

Accountable

Consulted

Informed

What does RACI Stand for?

• Document WBS linearly

• Arrange resource elements horizontally

• Assess intersection point to indicate resources

What does RACI do?

OD

PD

LAC

PCM

JA

Sample assignees for RACI

Owner or Developer

OD

Project Director

PD

Lead Architect or Consultant

LAC

Project Construction Manager

PCM

Jurisdictional Authorities

JA

Responsible

Does the work to complete the task, where each role is supposedly fulfilled by all participants

Accountable

One to be questioned on the completion of the task

Consulted

Their opinions are heard by subject-matter expertd

Informed

Those updated with the progress of the project

PARIS (Participate, Accountable, and Review, Input, &Sign-off required)

PACSI (Perform, Accountable, Control, Suggest, Informed)

Alternatives to RACI

Advantage of LRC

Describes roles efficiently

Disadvantage of LRC

Does not describe people’s interactions

Advantage of LRC

Communication is facilitated

Advantage of LRC

Supervises authority and responsibilities

Advantage of LRC

Enables coordination

Disadvantage of LRC

Some relationships may turn to be complex

Disadvantage of LRC

May be limited to customer-requirements

Project Estimation

Considers time needed to roughly do or configure a project

• Three Point Estimation

• Fibonacci Agile Estimation

Project Estimation

Fibonacci Agile Estimation

Uses fibonacci to estimate a scale better than the standard to show the effectivity of doing the tasks

Story points

What is the unit of measure for Agile EstImations?

Three Point Estimation

Uses Optimistic and Pessimistic estimates to determine value of doing tasks

Triangular Distribution

Beta Distribution

Accepted formulas for Three Point Estimation

Project Gantt Chart

Critical Path Method

Effective Graphs and Charts for planning