Adequate resources, for me, implies two things: (1) Number of team members (2) Skills of team members Artificats - Estimations for number and skills for team...
Hi Lenny, Adequate resources can be shown by using a schedule to assign tasks for process activities that may be synchronized with a communication plan...
Paul, Thank you for the reply. Your example about slipping schedule, isn't that a reflection of good replanning rather than inadequate resources, or both? BTW,...
Hi Lenny, You are right about the slipping schedule. However my point was to show the side effects of not having enough resources assigned to the project...
Just my $.02 though as a PM: planning only goes so far especially when resources are timesharing multiple projects. If I think it will take 5 resources 2 weeks...
Hi Sheri, That's a very good point. We had such issues until we adopted MS Project server to maintain control (or at least knowledge) of resource availability....
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Hi!Greetings :) First and foremost let me greet you happy holidays and all the best in 2008. I've been part of this egroup fairly recently but I must say that...
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Hi, Could you please help me with these questions: 1. What is the criteria of selecting project for Class A appraisal? 2. What is the criteria of selecting the...
Hello Folks, when estimating a software project, the first practice in CMMI PP is to determine the scope of the project (SP1.1). And this scope will include...
hi.. I dont think there are enough tools available for software process improvement like other topics.. where can we find software proess improvement tools...
Dear All Are you aware of any decent study which gives an estimate of productivity, for example, I was reading a vendor brochure and they have quoted that one...
Ansar, Productivity should be calculated as the amount of effort that a developer or a tester puts in his work. I would recommend productivity = Size/Actual...
Ansar, I would recommend Function Points per month as a 'manageable' productivity measure to add precision to your comments. This value has a pretty large...
Many thanks for your responses! I though the FP was as old method and not that much in use today but I am realizing that it is still quite popular Need to...
Ansar, I think Arindam's answer is very useful, but I would caution you on two points: 1) industry aggregate numbers are often misleading; and 2) when...
Thank you, yes this definitely helps My life is a bit easier because most of our code is VB 6.0 and within our development team we can agree on one definition...
Hi, Just wanted to let folks know about this upcoming workshop: Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute and Lockheed-Martin to Present Process...
Please distribute this email. Data on both agile and plan-driven projects are welcome. To Whom It May Concern, My name is Donald Buresh, and I am a Ph.D....
Hi all, I'm being asked to lead SPI to get to CMMI level 3 over a number of years. We're struggling to think of a valid job title, I'm thinking 'Process...
Hi Ant, Process Improvements lead to better Quality Hence QA Lead or Quality Lead can be considered Alternately, if CMMI L3 is the core KRA - it can also be...
How about "Process Manager" or "Manager - Process" - CMMI (but tomorrow if there is some other model to be considered for implementation in the organization,...
QA Manager or QA Managing Lead can be the best designations...as mentioned by shrikant..if you involve in other quality standards for eg, e-SCM or Tick IT,...
Hey, I am a Master's student and am conducting a survey on collaborative tools used in a distributed software development environment. Â I need some help and...
