Stakeholders are an integral part of a project. They are the end-users or clients, the people from whom requirements will be drawn, the people who will influence the design and, ultimately, the people who will reap the benefits of your completed project. It is extremely important to involve stakeholders in all phases of your project [...]

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OVERVIEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Identify a set of key end users who collectively have the credibility to define the software that the team is building. Interview the end users to create a set of preliminary requirements. Build a simple, interactive User Interface Prototype. Show the simple User Interface Prototype to the key end [...]

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A project team, no matter what size, needs to differentiate among the various roles played by team members. On small projects, several roles may be performed by one person. Project manager The project manager is responsible for orchestrating the detailed technical work of the project, including development, quality assurance, and user documentation. The project manager [...]

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TIME ACCOUNTING The early part of a project is also a good time to begin detailed time accounting, that is, keeping track of how project personnel spend their time. Time accounting is a critical component of project visibility and control on the current project and lays the foundation for more accurate estimates and planning on [...]

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