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SOFTWARE
PLANNING MODELS
Robert Grupe, CISSP CSSLP PE PMP
2012-02-25
Tags: project management, software development
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Comparative Planning Models
Enterprise Application Commercial Software
Development Application Development
• Prerequisites • Prerequisites
• Executive Sponsor Charter • Executive Sponsor Charter
• Product Requirements from
• Planning Phase Product Manager
• Product Requirements • Defined & market validated by
Development • Competitive analysis
• Internal Business Analyst • Customer requests &
• With business owner feedback
representative and SME’s • End-user requests &
feedback
• Design Requirements
Development • Planning Phase
• Internal Business Analyst with
• Design Requirements
internal Development and Vendor Development
Leads • Architect, Development Leads,
QA Lead, & Product Manager
• Development team leads
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Planning Models Comparison
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Performance Comparisons
1. Enterprise Outsourced
• 85 working days
2. Commercial Internal Development
• 20 working days (1/4 the time: 77% faster)
• 74% lower cost
3. Outsourced Optimized
• 33 working days(1/3 the time, 61% faster)
• 47% lower cost
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Requirements
Planning Methods Comparison
Enterprise Applications Development
Without Product Management with Product Management
• Planning Prerequisites • Planning Prerequisites
• PowerPoint Overview
• Summary objective, problems, and • Pre-Validated Product
benefits Requirements
• HL diagram of new process
• Detailed flows of new
• Requirements Gathering processes
• Time-boxed effort
• Not all required SME’s may be • User Scenarios
available • Screen & Print Mockups
• Not all requirements may be
discovered and detailed
• Requirements Gathering
• New processes may not be fully
identified, analyzed, or documented • Throughout year
• Limited time to validate
requirement details/options with • Multiple SME’s as needed
customers & users • Feedback validation
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Finis
• Robert Grupe
• Robert.Grupe@Red7ManagementSolutions.Com
• http://www.Red7ManagementSolutions.Com
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