The Unified Process Inception Phase: Best Practices for Completing the Unified Process
A collection of magazine articles covering the initial phases of a new software development project using Rational s Unified Process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Unified Process Inception Phase: Best Practices for Completing the Unified Process
5.2: Technical Project Management Activities
5.2 Technical Project Management Activities
Although there is far more to project management than its technical aspects, the fact of the matter is that these aspects are still crucial. In this section we cover topics such as:
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Justifying your project
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Planning your project
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Managing project risk
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Managing web-based projects in web time
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Outsourcing and subcontractor management
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Managing your measurements efforts
5.2.1 Justifying Your Project
A business case (Kruchten, 2000) is an artifact that describes the economic justification of your project important information that can be used to obtain funding for your project. Your business case will also summarize the business context, success criteria, financial forecast, initial risk assessment, and plan for your project. A fundamental part of a business case is the justification of your project. Figure 5.1 depicts the solution to the Justify process pattern (Ambler, 1998b), indicating that there are three aspects to justifying a project: determining its economic, technical, and operational feasibility. While this is happening, potential project risks are being identified. The main deliverables of this effort are a feasibility study and an updated risk assessment for the project information that is used as part of your project's business case.
Figure 5.1: The solution to the Justify process pattern.
To justify a project, you need to perform a feasibility study which compares the various implementation alternatives based on their economic, technical, and operational feasibility. Based on the results of the study, you make a recommendation to accept one of the alternatives. The steps...
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