Software Project Management: Techniques to detect in-control and out-of-control projects Tejasvi Kumar, Technology Solution Professional, Microsoft India |
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Most project managers today use a variety of different tools to manage the software development process and these tools usually have little if any integration with the tools used by software developers to do their job. This lack of integration and cohesion across tools and teams leads to significant challenges for the project manager. |
Typical issues include:
Project managers have a lack of valid information. This can lead to poor project planning and poor milestone tracking. Information that is valuable tends to come from disparate sources, which makes capturing project-related metrics difficult. Issues related to managing customer expectations can create poor cost estimating, poor measurements and poor quality control. Without well managed customer expectations, it is difficult to ensure that requirements are satisfied or that the level of quality the customer expects is delivered. Inadequate team communication and organization can lead to poor change control. Examples include failing to manage processes and process change, and a lack of auditable communication and task tracking. This session highlights common problems associated with traditional software project management theory and presents a value—up project management approach. It then describes techniques that project managers can use to detect in—control and out of control projects. |
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Tejasvi Kumar works as a Technology Solution Professional with Microsoft India´s Developer and Platform Evangelism team. He brings with him over 10 years of industry experience having worked in the fields of Software Development, Product Management, Pre-sales Consulting & Application Lifecycle Management. He has vast experience in software tools that address the different phases of the software development lifecycle. In his current role at Microsoft, he evangelizes on the Microsoft development technologies across the country. His academic qualifications include an engineering degree and an MS.
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