Unit 9: IT Project Management Learning Assignment 1
What is project Management?
Project management is about carefully planning, organising, and managing tasks to make
sure a project is finished on time, within budget, and meets the requirements. Also, it
involves solving problems and managing risks to keep things on track.
Software Development Life Cycle
The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a step-by-step process to create software.
Its process helps the developers to make sure the software meets the user’s needs, so it
works well, stays within the budget, and is finished on time. So, SDLC has six main steps,
and it helps project to become successful.
The first step is the Requirement Analysis, which is about understanding what the
software should do. The developer team works with the users and the stakeholders to get
more information about the software, so if there are any issues they can fix it. The users
and the stakeholders also decide what features the software should have. For example, if
the users and the stakeholders have requirement user registration, the product search
tool, and a payment system, the developer team can add these things into the software.
After this step is completed. The team will exactly know what to do with the software.
The next step is Planning and Design, this is where the developer team makes a plan for
software, how it will be built. This includes designing how it will look and what the
functions will be. The developer team might use a flowchart or diagram to show the client
how the system works. During this step, they also decide which tools or technologies to
use. For example, the e-commerce website might need a simple design with easy
navigation, a search bar, and a checkout process.
After the design is ready, the developer team can start the Development (Coding)
process. This is where programmers write the code to create the actual software. It often
takes a long time because it involves building different parts of the system. For example,
for the e-commerce website the developers would create features like adding products to
the cart, calculating prices, and processing the payments securely.
Once the software is built, it moves to the Testing process. In this process the developer
team checks the software to make sure it works properly and doesn’t have any problems or
,any bugs. By testing the software, it helps them to ensure the software is reliable and it
meets the user’s requirements. For example, testers might check if the e-commerce
website works well fully to ensure the items can be added to the cart, and payments work
perfectly or not.
The fifth step is the Deployment process, in this process the software gets finished and
makes it available for users to use it. This might involve the user installing the software on
their computers or using the software in the clouds. Also, the developer team may
consider providing help for the users to understand how to use the application. For the e-
commerce website, this step means putting the website in public to use it.
The last step is Maintenance, which helps to keep the software working well after it gets
launched. So, if there are any issues the developer team can fix it by proving an update or
they can add new features which users really need. For example, if users of the e-
commerce website ask for a feature to track their orders or report a problem in the
checkout process, these changes can be made during this step.
RAD
Explain / Describe the techniques.
Rapid Application Development is a way to quickly create software by following a specific
method for development and iterative prototyping based on a plan. It highlights the things
quickly based on the feedback and the user input what do they think of it. This helps the
developers to make quick changes to the process. This technique is mainly focused on
speed and flexibility making it perfect for the project to change where it is supposed to be
at. This also helps to identify the final product that fits what the users want. But this
technique is not really best option to choose for very large or highly organized projects.
, How does RAD methodology work?
RAD (Rapid Application Development) breaks development process into smaller parts,
it’s had iterative cycles which mainly emphasis on creating prototypes and demo models
quickly. After collecting lots of requirements the development process starts based on the
user feedback series of prototypes that get created. With each iteration the developers
have to adapt the features, and the design elements, as needed. It is important that users
need have involvement for allowing real-time adjustments. This technique is different from
any other traditional approaches including speed, flexibility and getting regular feedback
from users, instead of spending lots of time planning everything.
And RAD has four steps:
• Requirements Planning Phase
• User Design Phase
• Construction Phase
• Cutover Phase
Requirements Planning Phase: Requirement planning is the first step in creating software
or applications. In this phase, the main focus is on understanding what the project needs
to achieve. This is important to start the project and ensure it will meet its requirements
when it is finished.
During this stage, developers and users will need to work together closely to set a clear
goal for the project and also need to discuss if any current or future problems that might
come up during development.
User Design Phase: In this stage, customers will work with the developers to make sure
their goals are met during the design process. It's like customizing the software, also
letting users try out the beta version of the product at different stages to make sure it works
for them and also it will give them an idea of the full version of the software.
Also, developers can create a prototype, and let customers test it to check if everything
works correctly. After testing, they can discuss what worked and what needs to be fixed.
Construction Phase: After finishing the design and planning fully, developers can quickly
build the final model for the users. Here is how the construction process works:
Fast Building: Developers can quickly create a working version of the software based on
the design and the user’s needs.
Improving Steps: The software is built in parts. Each part adds new changes like adding
features or fixes problems based on feedback from users.
What is project Management?
Project management is about carefully planning, organising, and managing tasks to make
sure a project is finished on time, within budget, and meets the requirements. Also, it
involves solving problems and managing risks to keep things on track.
Software Development Life Cycle
The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a step-by-step process to create software.
Its process helps the developers to make sure the software meets the user’s needs, so it
works well, stays within the budget, and is finished on time. So, SDLC has six main steps,
and it helps project to become successful.
The first step is the Requirement Analysis, which is about understanding what the
software should do. The developer team works with the users and the stakeholders to get
more information about the software, so if there are any issues they can fix it. The users
and the stakeholders also decide what features the software should have. For example, if
the users and the stakeholders have requirement user registration, the product search
tool, and a payment system, the developer team can add these things into the software.
After this step is completed. The team will exactly know what to do with the software.
The next step is Planning and Design, this is where the developer team makes a plan for
software, how it will be built. This includes designing how it will look and what the
functions will be. The developer team might use a flowchart or diagram to show the client
how the system works. During this step, they also decide which tools or technologies to
use. For example, the e-commerce website might need a simple design with easy
navigation, a search bar, and a checkout process.
After the design is ready, the developer team can start the Development (Coding)
process. This is where programmers write the code to create the actual software. It often
takes a long time because it involves building different parts of the system. For example,
for the e-commerce website the developers would create features like adding products to
the cart, calculating prices, and processing the payments securely.
Once the software is built, it moves to the Testing process. In this process the developer
team checks the software to make sure it works properly and doesn’t have any problems or
,any bugs. By testing the software, it helps them to ensure the software is reliable and it
meets the user’s requirements. For example, testers might check if the e-commerce
website works well fully to ensure the items can be added to the cart, and payments work
perfectly or not.
The fifth step is the Deployment process, in this process the software gets finished and
makes it available for users to use it. This might involve the user installing the software on
their computers or using the software in the clouds. Also, the developer team may
consider providing help for the users to understand how to use the application. For the e-
commerce website, this step means putting the website in public to use it.
The last step is Maintenance, which helps to keep the software working well after it gets
launched. So, if there are any issues the developer team can fix it by proving an update or
they can add new features which users really need. For example, if users of the e-
commerce website ask for a feature to track their orders or report a problem in the
checkout process, these changes can be made during this step.
RAD
Explain / Describe the techniques.
Rapid Application Development is a way to quickly create software by following a specific
method for development and iterative prototyping based on a plan. It highlights the things
quickly based on the feedback and the user input what do they think of it. This helps the
developers to make quick changes to the process. This technique is mainly focused on
speed and flexibility making it perfect for the project to change where it is supposed to be
at. This also helps to identify the final product that fits what the users want. But this
technique is not really best option to choose for very large or highly organized projects.
, How does RAD methodology work?
RAD (Rapid Application Development) breaks development process into smaller parts,
it’s had iterative cycles which mainly emphasis on creating prototypes and demo models
quickly. After collecting lots of requirements the development process starts based on the
user feedback series of prototypes that get created. With each iteration the developers
have to adapt the features, and the design elements, as needed. It is important that users
need have involvement for allowing real-time adjustments. This technique is different from
any other traditional approaches including speed, flexibility and getting regular feedback
from users, instead of spending lots of time planning everything.
And RAD has four steps:
• Requirements Planning Phase
• User Design Phase
• Construction Phase
• Cutover Phase
Requirements Planning Phase: Requirement planning is the first step in creating software
or applications. In this phase, the main focus is on understanding what the project needs
to achieve. This is important to start the project and ensure it will meet its requirements
when it is finished.
During this stage, developers and users will need to work together closely to set a clear
goal for the project and also need to discuss if any current or future problems that might
come up during development.
User Design Phase: In this stage, customers will work with the developers to make sure
their goals are met during the design process. It's like customizing the software, also
letting users try out the beta version of the product at different stages to make sure it works
for them and also it will give them an idea of the full version of the software.
Also, developers can create a prototype, and let customers test it to check if everything
works correctly. After testing, they can discuss what worked and what needs to be fixed.
Construction Phase: After finishing the design and planning fully, developers can quickly
build the final model for the users. Here is how the construction process works:
Fast Building: Developers can quickly create a working version of the software based on
the design and the user’s needs.
Improving Steps: The software is built in parts. Each part adds new changes like adding
features or fixes problems based on feedback from users.
