[thelist] program management software?
Casey
aspnet at thecrookstons.com
Mon Oct 3 21:58:41 CDT 2005
Thanks Ken. Is there some sort of class a guy can take to learn all of
this?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Schaefer" <Ken at adOpenStatic.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] program management software?
> Project would be overkill for something like this, unless you need to
> manage
> quite a few concurrent projects. Project handles things like resource
> leveling where you may have a resource (e.g. a person, room, computer)
> over-committed at particular points in time after you add all their
> different
> commitments. So, you can then have Project analyse the critical path, and
> move tasks around so that the resource is not overcommitted. Stuff like
> that
> is part of heavy-duty PM tools.
>
> You can use Visio for doing various flowcharts, UML, ER diagrams etc. If
> these are web applications, I certainly wouldn't just have a flowchart.
> You
> need more comprehensive documentation to prevent scope creep. You should
> have
> flowcharts and use cases to start off with (or similar high level
> conceptual
> docs), and then as you develop your classes, each and every interface with
> their properties and methods should be documented. One thing you may also
> wish to look at is Test Driven Development, which is one of the hot topics
> at
> the moment. But that requires writing your tests before you write your
> code -
> so yet more up-front documentation work.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
>> bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Casey
>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 11:25 AM
>> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>> Subject: Re: [thelist] program management software?
>>
>>
>> > I suppose Casey needs to list his requirements.
>>
>> Right. Good point.
>>
>> For several years now I have been subcontracting as a designer and
>> developer for a very small, one man shop. The owner has recently
>> expressed an interest in hiring a project manager. Keep in mind that the
>> projects we are talking about usually have a total of 3 or 4 people
>> working on small projects and 6 or 7 on the larger ones, so they are by
>> no
>> means enterprise level. (Worked as a PeopleSoft developer for two years
>> in
>> a mammoth company of several hundred people in the IT department alone -
>> we are not talking anywhere near that level). But, we do do a fair amount
>> of web based application development, usually for small to medium
>> companies with anywhere from 3 to 50 employees.
>>
>> What I had in mind:
>> a.. Create and document the project's initial scope.
>> b.. Create a flow-chart that outlines the logic flow of the
>> application.
>> a.. The idea here is to have the client sign-off on the flow chart to
>> prevent scope creep
>> b.. This flow chart should also be such that it can be handed off to
>> a
>> developer who can create the application with little or no other
>> guidelines
>> c.. Ability to break down the flowchart into specific tasks or objects
>> and assign them to team members (workflow)
>> d.. Allow team members to document progress and others to view the
>> documentation
>> e.. Develop bids
>> f.. Track hours
>> g.. Document management (nice, but not required)
>> h.. Help desk - create tickets, assign them to team members, document
>> progress, etc. (nice, but not required)
>> I have a hunch that MS Project would be like killing a gnat with a canon,
>> but I'm open to input.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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