Project Management with the IBM Rational Unified Process: Lessons From The Trenches

Index

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W]

parallel development management

performance of projects, monitoring

     Earned Value

     releases

performance/stress testing

phased transaction risks

phases (RUP)

    Construction

         change requests, discussing

         common mistakes

         contractual issues

         goals of 2nd

         iteration planning 2nd

         iteration results, assessing

         iteration results, demonstrating

         iterative versus Waterfall techniques

         readiness for construction, assessing

     Elaboration

    Inception

         Business Analysis Models

         Business Cases

         common problems

         communication

         development process

         functional prototypes

         goals of 2nd

         Iteration Plans

         project glossaries

         project vision

         project Web sites

         risk lists

         Risk Management Plans

         SDPs (Software Development Plans)

         software development environment

         team management tips

         Use Case Models

         Vision Statements

    Transition

         acceptance testing

         change requests

         data migration

         goals of

         installation scripts

         IOC, deploying

         online help

         staffing considerations

         training

         user groups, identifying

pipelining

planning

     data migration

     implementation plans

         background

         finding

         presenting

         recommendations

    iterations

         baselines

         content

         goals 2nd

         Iteration Plans

         length 2nd

         releases

         staff considerations

         time considerations

     Risk Management Plans

     SDPs (Software Development Plans)

     sense of plan ownership, establishing

PMO (Project Management Office)

     CCBs (Change Control Boards)

     common code, developing

     contracting officers

     data models

     internal project champions

     IT managers

    lead user representatives

         attributes of

         responsibilities of

    PMO project architects

         attributes of

         importance of

         responsibilities of

     project managers

         attributes of

         responsibilities of

political risks

     discovering unknown political risks

     identifying

portals

postmortems

     benefits of

     configuration management trends

     contents of

     data collection

     defect trends

     definition of

     metrics data

     project management forums

     requirements management trends

     sources of information for lessons learned

presentations

     of implementation plans

    portmortem presentations

         contents of

         project management forums

priorities

     balancing competing stakeholder priorities

     defects

problem-tracking software

process consultants

     choosing projects suitable for

     definition of

     implementation plans

         background

         finding

         presenting

         recommendations

     organizational assessments

     pricing

     task schedules

     working with

processes, adapting

procurement

     fixed-price projects

    government procurement process

         advantages of

         Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

         contract award

         contractor answers

         disadvantages of

         oral presentations

         proposal meetings and conferences

         proposal team formation

         questions from bidders

         questions from outsourcing organization

         release of RFPs

         written proposals

    progressive acquisition model

         advantages of

         for medium to large projects

         for small projects

         weaknesses of

    two-stage procurement processes, implementing

         artifacts for contractors

         contract types

         cultural changes

         second phase bids

progressive acquisition model

     advantages of

     for medium to large projects

     for small projects

     weaknesses of

project architects (PMO)

     attributes of

     importance of

     responsibilities of

Project Console

project glossaries 2nd

Project Management [See also project managers.]

     Iteration Assessments

     Iteration Plans

     project management forums

project managers [See also Project Management.]

     PMO (Project Management Office) project managers

         attributes of

         CCBs (Change Control Boards)

         responsibilities of

    software project teams

         interaction with other organizations

         project managers from development roles

         project managers from nontechnical backgrounds

         qualifications for

         team interaction

project Web sites/portals

     advantages of

     best practices

     content of

ProjectConsole

projects [See also procurement.]

     choosing for first RUP implementation

     estimates 2nd

     fixed-price projects

     glossaries 2nd

    lifecycle phases [See phases.]

    monitoring performance of

         Earned Value

         releases

    postmortems

         benefits of

         configuration management trends

         contents of

         data collection

         defect trends

         definition of

         metrics data

         project management forums

         requirements management trends

         sources of information for lessons learned

     project vision

     project Web sites/portals

         advantages of

         best practices

         content of

     readiness for construction, assessing

         checklist for products in development

         checklist for project customers

         checklist for project environment and staffing

proposals [See also procurement.]

     BAFO (Best and Final Offer)

     oral presentations

     proposal meetings and conferences

     proposal teams, forming

    RFPs (Requests for Proposals)

         releasing

         System Realization Contracts

         System Specification Contracts

     written proposals, submitting

prototypes

     functional prototypes

     user interface prototypes