Effective Software Project Management

Chapter 21. The Iterative SDPM Monitoring and Controlling Phase

Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

—Benjamin Nathan Cardozo U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Chapter Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to: Understand the Monitoring and Controlling Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy Discuss the role of project reviews in the Iterative SDPM strategy Implement strategies to handle the Iterative project scope change requests Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Waterfall Development model Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development model

All of the Monitoring and Controlling discussion for the Linear and Incremental SDPM strategy situations apply to the Iterative SDPM strategy and will not be repeated here. Iterative SDPM strategy projects follow the same procedures as by-the-book projects, except they repeat those procedures several times over the life of the project. Within a single repetition, all of the Monitoring and Controlling activities done in the Linear and Incremental SDPM strategies are done in the Iterative SDPM strategy. But you do face some additional considerations. They arise because the Iterative approaches all produce the current but incomplete solution at each iteration. Over a series of iterations, the complete solution ...