Software Release Planning Software development has become a highly complicated and critical activity because of the increasing market demand, customer awareness and wide use of high technology. Release planning (RP) determines which customer gets which features at which moment. The process of release planning addresses decisions related to the selection and assignment of features to create a sequence of consecutive releases that satisfy certain constraints such as technical resources available, budget and risk borne. A major problem faced by companies developing or maintaining large and complex systems has to do with determining which features, normally from a large set, should be assigned to which software product release. In addition, there is the question of how to assign resources in term optimum cost, quality and customer satisfaction accordingly, because as the requirements are scattered worldwide similar way the skilled people are also scattered worldwide so to make the optimize mix of skill people and requirement satisfaction is a complex. 3.1 The Importance of Planning Effective planning is a prerequisite for successful localization projects. Lack of plan¬ning can derail a project and cause missed ship dates and even cancelled the final delivery of the products. Planning enables the Localization Manager to schedule realistically, secure and allocate resources sufficiently, collaborate with the localization specialist, and ensure an efficient and reliable localization process. Effective release planning leads to high quality end product. Quality that pleases upper management as well as end-users. Proper planning and a preventative approach are two of the most critical fac¬tors in ensuring global success. The effective... ... middle of paper ... ...een to discuss the key issues in software localization. Release planning itself involves many challenges and when the term global is added it increase the complexity into the already complex process of software release planning. In addition, this review is the basis for the research question:The first and foremost challenge of the global release is “Task assignment according to resource/team competence”, the future work lies in assignment of people who is a resource of paramount importance for software development. So f uture scope lies in proper assignment of task from the cost and quality point of view. From my perspective it is key to continue to strengthen localization in an cost efficient localization process that delivers a profitable return on the developers/publishers investment in localization and enhances the Satisfaction experience of the final consumer
The Software Development Life Cycle is seldom used at my place of work. Unfortunately, recent developments in its use are deemed confidential. Due to this fact, this paper will examine in general terms one of the projects we are undertaking right now while at the same time attempting to maintain our confidentiality.
Software design and development is a field that requires various skills and abilities. Companies engaged in the development of software should provide an inclusive work environment where the different strengths of their employees are recognised, utilised and respected. Software development involves far more than programming skills. Personnel are required with strong communication, teamwork, attention to detail, creativity, design and problem-solving skills. Different personnel will possess these skills in varying proportions. It is the job of management to foster and encourage the development and enhancement of skills in the workplace.
Companies that do business internationally or want to enter new markets use scenario planning. Scenario planning is another important part of planning that helps the company determines its operations in overseas markets (Kodama, 2011, p. 22). Planning on how to set up base in overseas markets gives the company a strategic position in conducting its operations in foreign companies. Scenario planning as such helps the company to set up base in different regions effectively
[Alan - planning] Though just one part of the supply chain process, the sales and operation planning process for any industry is extremely important to its success. Planning for the future helps firms provide better customer service, reduces the costs of holding and transporting inventory, decrease the lead times for customers while maintaining a consistent customer lead time and helps the top management of the company have control over the business (Türkay). Overall, planning helps to provide the best value products for the customers and the best results for the
Consequentially, the Waterfall consists of seven procedural steps followed in linear order, but possess small gates where information, specifications, and designs are reviewed. The seven procedural steps performed by software companies, according to Lotz (2013): “1. Gather and document requirements, 2. Design, 3. Code and unit test, 4. Perform system testing, perform user acceptance testing (UAT), 6. Fix any issues, and 7. Deliver the finished product.” However, the Waterfall methodology clear and defined linear plan provides development teams distinct guidelines for each phase of development, but the methodology still possesses pros and cons for usage. The advantages of the methodology are discipline provided by the procedural phase structure, current phase of the development team easily identifiable by vendor and client, and provides efficient knowledge transfer between team members. (Melonfire, 2008) Furthermore, the associated disadvantages of the methodology are the phases are not flexible to change, developers cannot return to a previous phase, and originally develop designs are not feasible. Finally, the trait of not being flexible deems Waterfall appropriate for well-defined projects, and projects with a fixed-price, a fixed-timeline, and a none adjustable scope. (Base36,
Software applications are powerful tools in the battle to make businesses more efficient and effective. Many have tried to make do with commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS), only to find that their specific needs demanded professionally developed software. Others insist on reinventing the wheel by developing software in areas where vendors are offering an already mature, reliable and relatively cheap version to buy.
Rather than the long drawn out release cycles in the previously popular waterfall methodology, the agile methodology suggests regular short sprint release cycles called iteration. This allows the customers and stakeholders to have more involvement within the software development process. The iterative approach has become vastly effective in helping software developers improve their skills in estimating schedule for remaining tasks. Schedule estimation is one of the most difficult responsibilities for developers because software issues are common and are unpredictable by nature. By breaking the large requirements down into more manageable sub requirements, the agile process naturally promotes better estimation [1]. Agile methods are people-oriented rather than process-oriented, Qumer and Hender-son-Sellers [2] offer the following definition for the agility method: ‘‘A software development method is said to be an agile software development method when a method is people focused, communications-oriented, flexible (ready to adapt to expected or unexpected change at any time), speedy (encourages rapid and iterative development of the product in small releases), lean (focuses on shortening time frame and cost and on improved quality), responsive (reacts appropriately to expected and unexpected changes), and learning (focuses on improvement during and after product
Project management has been firmly established as a concept for organizing, innovative as well as strategic endeavors. Software development organization follows some process when developing a software product. A key component of any software development process is the software development methodology on which the process is based. The particular methodology can significantly affect overall life cycle cost associated with a software product. The selection of the methodology is also based on the some predefined basic characteristics of the product under design. In this paper a fuzzy logic based approach is presented to assist organizations in making the decision regarding which software development methodology to select from Rational Unified
The characteristics of AM are that they the value “(a) individuals and interaction over processes and tools, (b) working software over comprehensive documentation, (c) customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and (d) responding to change over following a plan”[1]. AM concentrate on developing functionality over managing the development of functionality. The management of traditional software projects favors a well-planned approach – typically called the “waterfall approach” – documenting all project details before development starts. AM advocates creating a high level design of the whole system, then working on functionality in ascending order from highest to lowest in customer perceived business value. All AM assume requirements will change constantly so shorter development cycles are instituted to accommodate for the new or changed requirements. AM also assume close contact with the business (for the purposes of this paper, business, client, & user are used interchangeably) to answer any questions, and help resolve issues related to design, cost, and scheduling.
This paper has the intention to explain what Rational Unified Process (RUP) is like an IBM product and a CASE tool. After is explained what phases it has, what are the most common extensions thus what are its workflows more used. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is a software design method created by the Rational Software Corporation and now is part of IBM developer software. This paper describes how to deploy software effectively. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) use commercially proven techniques, and is a heavy weight process, and hence particularly applicable to larger software development teams working on large projects.
Our aim is to monitor the risks areas for early detection of errors and also to ensure the management awareness of risks. The main objectives is to generate accurate estimates for modifying and integrating existing software and thereby developing the software at the expected productivity rate. The project will also look into the ability to estimate the proper size of the software development and integration effort where the known state of the software level requirements are collected at the time of estimate. The objective also includes the ability to effectively manage the requirements and changes which will result in software size growth. This will adversely affect the scheduled
Globalization can not only affect a company opening an office in another country but it can affect a small local business as well. As the internet brings the world closer together it becomes far more likely that a business that opened with no intention of selling internationally will have customers form different parts of the world asking for their product. For instance a steel company located in Pennsylvania may suddenly find orders coming in from South American factories. How the steel plant chooses to handle this new international customer could mean ...
Program management and application portfolio management are two essential concepts that CTO’s and IT professionals must understand to help ensure future success as it presents a significant challenge that requires the commitment of considerable organizational resources. A large number of IT organizations are taking on large complex efforts that combine the delivery of IT solutions, new and changed business models, as well as overall changes to organizational structure and capabilities. These efforts typically involve several projects running in parallel, and managers are finding that "traditional" project management approaches fall short for such undertakings.
While developing a software many complex activities are required which in turn have dependencies along them. Large software projects require the involvement of programmers, documentation specialists, program managers, architects, database analysts, system analysts, , and trainers and last but not the least testers. Along with their independent responsibilities these persons are also responsible to maintain and keep a check on the software system quality as well.
Therefore it is best that Sabre shouldn’t use work breakdown structure when working on their latest project but can consider to use the work breakdown structure in the future. Sabre has already adopted XP into their business and has claimed that XP has dramatically improved the quality and productivity of its 300 developers. Releases are another important aspect which work breakdown structure cannot apply because releases can only be tested using XP approach which will allow developers to test, prioritize the application’s most important features.