Effective Software Project Management

Chapter 12. The Incremental SDPM Planning Phase

The cautious seldom err.

—Confucius Chinese philosopher and teacher

Chapter Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will: Understand why you should use a deliverables form of the WBS Be able to decompose a deliverables-based WBS for the Rapid Development Waterfall model Understand the planning phase of an Incremental SDPM strategy for the Staged Delivery Waterfall model Understand the planning phase of an Incremental SDPM strategy for the Feature-Driven Development model

There is a great deal of similarity between the Linear and Incremental SDPM Strategies in the Scoping Phase. Here in the Planning Phase, you begin to see the differences between the two. Everything that is done in the Planning Phase for the Linear SDPM strategy is done in the Planning Phase for the Incremental SDPM strategy. Those differences relate to the deployment of functionality, and that is a major difference between the two. The deployment of functionality is a planning function and is governed by two variables:

• The first is the grouping of functionality and the assignment of those groups to increments. The groups are formed so as to have business value. Also, the groups must have internal cohesion and minimal coupling to other groups.

• The second is the sequencing of those increments.

The sequencing output from the Scope Phase is a Project Overview Statement (POS) and a clearly defined requirements document. Using these documents as input to the ...