Project QA

 

Successful Software Outsourcing and Offshoring,   Prof. B. Meyer, Prof. P. Kolb

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Project QA and Collaboration Plan for  !roject na"e#

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Help:: Help The Th e pur purpo pose se of th the e Pro Proje ject ct QA QA and and o oll llab abor orat atio ion n Plan Plan is to to doc docum umen ent  t  all activities and collaboration procedures that are re!uired to execute the project  successfully "ithin its constraints constraints..

Contents 1. Organization............................................................................................................... Organization............................................................................................................... 1.1 Project-internal Functions....................................................................................... Functions....................................................................................... 1.2 Change Control Board (CCB).................................................................................. (CCB).................................................................... ..............

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2. Schedule and Budget................................................................................................ Budget................................................................................................ 2.1 2.2 2.3 2."

Schedule and Milestones........................................................................................ Milestones........................................................................................ Budget...................................................................................................................... Budget...................................................................................................................... !ecution Process................................................................................................... Process................................................................................................... Colla#oration n$iron%ent..................................................................................... n$iron%ent....................................................................... ..............

3. Co%%unication and &e'orting................................................................................ &e'orting................................................................................ ". ualit *ssurance........................................................................................ *ssurance...................................................................................................... .............. ".1 Standards and Procedures..................................................................................... Procedures..................................................................................... ".2 ualit *udits........................................................................................................... *udits........................................................................................................... ".3 +eri,ication and +alidation *cti$ities...................................................................... *cti$ities......................................................................

. Con,iguration and Change Manage%ent................................................................. Manage%ent................................................................. .1 Con,iguration Manage%ent..................................................................................... Manage%ent..................................................................................... '.&.& Configuration (te"s................................................................................................... (te"s................................................................................................... '.&.) Baselines................................................................................................................... Baselines................................................................................................................... '.&.* CM +ools +ools and esources.............................................. esources........................................................................... ............................................. ................

.2 Change Manage%ent............................................................................................... Manage%ent............................................................................................... '.).& Change Procedure.................................................................................................... Procedure.................................................................................................... '.).) Change Manage"ent Manage"ent Su!!ort................................................................... Su!!ort................................................. .................................. ................

. *##re$iations *##re$iations and /e,initions..................................................................... /e,initions................................................................ ................ ........... 0. &e,erences................................................................................................................ &e,erences................................................................................................................ . &e$ision.................................................................................................................... &e$ision....................................................................................................................

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Successful Software Outsourcing and Offshoring,   Prof. B. Meyer, Prof. P. Kolb

1. Organization 1.1 Project-internal Functions Help: Help:

#ince the projec #ince projectt manager manager has has the overal overalll project project responsib responsibility ility$$ he %she %she is also responsible for the project&internal functions. 'ut he%she can delegate the management of these functions to project team members. (n this case list the functions and individuals responsible for  Examp mpl e:

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Quality Assurance Syste" +est -ead alidation -ead Configuration Mg"t Change Mg"t etc.

1.2 Change Control Board (CCB) Help: Help:

)eleased "or* )eleased "or* produc products ts and basel baselines ines can can only only be chang changed ed on agree agreemen mentt of the responsible change ontrol 'oard +',. (n complex projects different levels of 's may be defined +see help text in section -. hange /anagement,. Examp mpl e:  A CCB CCB is res!onsible res!onsible for re/iewing re/iewing and a a!!ro/in !!ro/ing g all change re0uests on on baselined baselined !lans and wor1 !roducts, e.g. Project Plan, Project e0uire"ents S!ecification, 2esign, etc. +wo CCBs are define in this !roject3

CCB for re/iewing and a!!ro/ing all changes within changes within the !roject that affect !roject goals and sco!e. (t consists of3 Organization a%e

2. Schedule and Budget 2.1 Schedule and Milestones Help: Help:

0stimate the effor 0stimate effortt for the proj project ect activitie activities s and plan plan the activi activity ty se!uencin se!uencing. g. Then Then  prepare  prepar e the schedule schedule that supports supports all of the re!uired activities and complies complies "ith the the resource plan.

D e fi n e p r o j e c t i l e s t o n e s b a s e dont h ec h os ende v el o pme nts t r a t e gyando nc r i t i c al e v e n t si n t h e pm r o j e c t s c h ed u l e .

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Milestones

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Milestone Criteria

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Budget elease

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PS or SS re/iewed Sta1eholders identified

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("!l. Pro!osal re/iewed

Start Planning "ilestone descri!tion descri!tion,, e.g. -ife Cycle Objecti/es -CO defined#

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Sco!e and conce!t described

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yyyy5 ""5dd#  Architecture re/iewed and  Architecture and stable

Start (ntroduction Coding of new functionality finished, 2raft docu"entation

elease Product Product syste" tested, docu"entation re/iewed

Close Project

2.2 Resources 1ist the the re!uired re!uired proje project ct resource resources s based based on estima estimates tes for projec projectt activities activities$$ sub& contracts$ training$ etc. Present the distribution of the resources over the "hole  project life.

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Confir" 6%ecution "ilestone descri!tion descri!tion,, e.g. al!a /ersion#

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