Effective Software Project Management

The Monitoring and Control Phase of an Extreme SDPM Strategy for the INSPIRE Model

The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model has all of the considerations stated previously for the generic Extreme SDPM situation. Figure 35-3 highlights the Monitoring Phase of an Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model.

Figure 35-3. The Monitoring Phase of an Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model

As is the case with the Adaptive Project Framework, there is a minimum of formal status reporting in the Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model. The team is in constant communication with one another. Any need to change direction or take advantage of a newly learned or discovered function or feature is immediately communicated and action taken when appropriate. Swim lanes come and go as learning and discovery take place. This is the team at its most agile and adaptive form.

SPeculate Phase

This is the creative piece that starts the team thinking about what to do in the coming cycle. A review has been completed of what was done, learned, and discovered in the just completed cycle. It’s now time for the team to put on their thinking caps and identify what will be done in the next cycle. Think of it as similar to the Cycle Plan Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model. The difference is that you are proceeding ...