MIST 2090 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I Business Modeling Outline of Current Lecture II The System Development Life Cycle III Top Ten IT Skills in Demand IV What s a Project V Triple Constraints VI Planning a project VII Steps to Project Management VIII Current Lecture II The System Development Life Cycle SDLC SDLC the process for those who want to lead IT enabled change Two common approaches for SDLC Waterfall Agile o Waterfall phased approach some iteration b w phases but in general the idea is to minimize this iteration and have everything done before the next phase o Agile this phase approach is really difficult oftentimes you don t know what you want from a system until you see it constant continuous iteration of all phases quickly is essence of agile o SCRUM popular approach o XP popular approach Analysis requirements Design Implementation Analyze Analyze with respect to the goals of the business their customer segments the value the business provides etc A firm eye of the business model will help when analyzing any existing situation Project managers pay attention to the budgets milsetones goals and activities throughout the process to make sure that the SDLC process delivers what it is supposed to III Top Ten IT Skills in Demand These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Project Management Security NetWork Administration Virtualization Cloud Business Analysis Business Process Improvement Web Development Database Management Windows Administration Desktop Support IV What s a Project Unique endeavor definite start and stop temporary creates value unique product or service Project Management Institute PMI defines a project by its two key characteristics all projects are temporary and undertaken to create a product service or result that is unique V The Triple Constraints Resources cost or budget Schedule time Scope What are we supposed to do to create value for Present in every project each side constrains the other and constrained by the other two What can go wrong o Scope grope project team cant find scope o Scope creep most common term and problem adding features or capabilities incrementally o Scope leap drastic change or increase in the projects scope VI Planning a project Projects important in todays innovation intensive knowledge economy Information systems proffessionals bring IT enables change in organizations through projects VII Steps to Project Management 6 different steps associated w project management initiating planning executing controlling closing success DIFFERENT FROM SDLC MODEL even though they look alike Projects concerned with a specific start and end whereas the SDLC is concerned with the work systems technologies and processes that are undergoing the change Initiation change leaders need to think about the business case of the project Executing and controlling steps analysis of existing systems and processes takes place Planning documents developed to manage the project and keep it on track o Important documents of every project usually are 1 Project charter This is the key document that through which you translate the business case to project planning 2 Work breakdown structure Hierachal arrangement of major tasks that need to occur in the project 3 Project schedule Gantt Chart Managers arrange tasks in order and schedule them using a Gantt Chart which is a type of bar chart that is used to illustrate and manage a project schedule