Once the team starts the production of software, the project manager must monitor the production process in various ways. These include software production and quality metrics,
People competencies 23 through 34 are briefly described in the following sections.
Leaders redirect life's emotional energies, for themselves and for others, stage revolutions and make other leaders. They coach and teach persistently; they are able to organize their
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The most famous and commonly used software development life cycles include: the waterfall, V-shaped, evolutionary rapid prototyping, rapid application development, incremental, and spiral models. In the following sections, each model will be explained; strengths and
The V-shaped model was developed to help the project team in planning and designing for the testability of a system. The model places a strong emphasis on the verification and validation activities of the product. It demonstrates that the testing of the product is discussed,
Often a project manager can pick a life cycle model from a book and run with it. Other times, there seems to be nothing that quite fits the project needs, although one of the extensively used and pretested models comes close. Need a life cycle that deals with risk, but the spiral
The selection of the suitable model is but the first step in utilizing a life cycle model on a project. The next step is customizing it to the requirements of a particular project - the real phases and activities selected should help the project manager in tracking the project to the
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Every project requires at least one goal. Most have several goals. Sometimes these are called the project objectives or are collectively referred to as the mission of the project. In fact, we think that the mission of the project is to achieve the goals and objectives. Whatever
Tags software project, project team, software deliverable, milestones
Milestones deserve special mention. A milestone is an important event in a project, generally associated with a major work product or deliverable. They mark passage points in the journey toward completion, and every project should have enough of them, spread evenly
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