MIS 5203 Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 Week 2 January 21, 2016
Study Objectives • Understand Program Management, Project Management, and Project Portfolio • IT Project Management Structure • Roles and Responsibilities • Project Governance Mechanisms • Software Size Estimation • Project Control Frameworks, practices, and Tool Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 2 Vasant Kumar
Typical Project Management Org Chart Senior Management Steering Executive Sponsor Quality Assurance Committee Team User Group - QA Manager Management Functional Testers Regression Testers Project Manager Performance Testers Internal Auditor Infrastructure Security Development User Team Team Project Team Project Team - User Manager - Software Support - Security Manager - Tech Manager Business Analysts - Hardware Support Application Lead Systems Analysts Key Users - Network Support Threat/Abuse analyst Architects UAT Testers - Application Monitoring Developers Adapted from “CISA Review Manual,” ISACA. Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 3 Vasant Kumar
Project Organization Form • What is a Pure Project Organization? • What is a Matrix Project Organization? • What is a Influence Project Organization? • What are some of the advantage and disadvantages? Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 4 Vasant Kumar
Roles and Responsibility Who is responsible for A. Executive Sponsor providing direction to the B. User Management team to ensure the C. Steering Committee project gets completed D. Project Manager close to on time, and on budget, and meets business needs? Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 5 Vasant Kumar
Roles and Responsibility – Case Study The QA manager on a $10 million A. Nothing as it makes sense to ERP migration project for a Pet Store expedite the delivery company, PetNow, reports to the B. Demands changes to the Project Manager. The Project Project Team right away, as the Manager thinks this will expedite the Project is certainly likely to fail delivery of the project by using some C. Understands the goal of the of the Agile methods. What should project, current state of the the Internal Auditor, who recently project, and then advises joined the Project Team do once he Steering Committee to possibly understand the roles and make the changes so that QA responsibilities? (10 minutes) manager is independent to both the Project Manager and User Management D. Waits for a problem to surface to make his case for a change or no change Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 6 Vasant Kumar
Roles and Responsibilities Senior Management Steering Executive Sponsor Quality Assurance Committee Team User Group - QA Manager Management Functional Testers Regression Testers Project Manager Performance Testers Internal Auditor Infrastructure Security Development User Team Team Project Team Project Team - User Manager - Software Support - Security Manager - Tech Manager Business Analysts - Hardware Support Application Lead Systems Analysts Key Users - Network Support Threat/Abuse analyst Architects UAT Testers - Application Monitoring Developers Adapted from “CISA Review Manual,” ISACA . Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 7 Vasant Kumar
What are Project Management Areas? PMI (Project Management Institute) The 5 Domains correspond to 9 Defines 5 Domains Knowledge Areas • • Initiating Project Integration Management • • Planning Project Scope Management • • Executing Project Time Management • • Monitoring and Controlling Project Cost Management • • Closing Project Quality Management • Project Human Resource Management • Project Communications Management • Project Risk Management • Project Procurement Management Source: Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Management_Professional Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 8 Vasant Kumar
Project Management Areas – Further Insight Get broader understanding of these areas of the PMP Outline (pages 3-12): http://www.pmi.org/certification/project- management-professional- pmp/~/media/pdf/certifications/pmp%20examinati on%20content%20outline_2010.ashx Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 9 Vasant Kumar
Project Planning What’s most important to A. Deliverables or consider as part of an IT functionality project planning? B. Timeline C. People / Budget D. All of the above? Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 10 Vasant Kumar
Duration, Resource (Budget), and Deliverables L D L R Adapted from “CISA Review Manual ” ISACA. Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 11 Vasant Kumar
Software Size Estimation • LOC (Line of Code) What are some of the ways to estimate the • Function Points software development – Functional size? decomposition of the supported features • Comparing with similar projects • COCOMO (Constructive Cost Model) Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 12 Vasant Kumar
Function Points – Exercise (10 mins) Determine the labor cost at 10 hours/FP and cost at $1,000/FP Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 13 Vasant Kumar
Function Points – Exercise (10 mins) What are some of the advantages of using Function Points Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 14 Vasant Kumar
Software Cost Estimation Software Cost depends on many factors • Labor Cost – experience of staff, programming language, development environment, architecture, testing needs • Hardware - such as servers, network, routers, gateways • Expected Volume of transaction • Licensing • Maintenance and Support • Operational Requirements - such as Availability, redundancy • …. Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 15 Vasant Kumar
Question? Which of the following would BEST help to prioritize project activities and determine the timeline for a project? A. Gantt chart B. Earned value analysis (EVA) C. Program evaluation review technique (PERT) D. Function point analysis (FPA) Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 16 Vasant Kumar
Upcoming Assignments/Tests 1. Individual Case Study - 1 (BesToy Feasibility Study): Thu 1/28 before the class Questions? Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 17 Vasant Kumar
Summary of Today’s Class • Project Management Organization and Roles and Responsibility • Project Governance Mechanism • Software Size Estimation • Focus of the Next Class and Reading • Questions Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 18 Vasant Kumar
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