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St.Wilfred’s College Of Arts, Commerce

and Science. Panvel. Navi Mumbai-

Software Project Management

Lecture 2

Prof. Rajshree Mhatre

Dept. CS/IT

 (^) A methodology is a model, which project managers employ for the design, planning, implementation and achievement of their project objectives. There are different project management methodologies to benefit different projects.  (^) For example, there is a specific methodology, which NASA uses to build a space station while the Navy employs a different methodology to build submarines. Hence, there are different project management methodologies that cater to the needs of different projects spanned across different business domains.

Methods and Methodologies:

 Reasons for the project

 Objectives and constraints of the project

 The main stakeholders

 Risks identified

 Benefits of the project

 General overview of the budget

The project charter typically

documents:

 Stakeholders are those with an interest in

your project's outcome. They are typically the

members of a project team, project managers,

executives, project sponsors, customers, and

users.

Stakeholders:

 (^) A business case provides justification for undertaking a project , programme or portfolio. It evaluates the benefit, cost and risk of alternative options and provides a rationale for the preferred solution.  (^) Information included in a formal business case could be the background of the project , the expected business benefits, the options considered (with reasons for rejecting or carrying forward each option), the expected costs of the project , a gap analysis and the expected risks.

The business case :

 (^) Project failure can be defined as a “ project that fails to perform a duty or. an expected action, non- occurrence or non-performance” Whereas Project success can be defined as the achievement of something desired, planned or attempted.  (^) A project is considered a failure when it has not delivered what was required, in line with expectations. Therefore, in order to succeed, a project must deliver to cost, to quality, and on time; and it must deliver the benefits presented in the business case. Reasons for Project Failure.

Project Success & Failure:

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