14 Optimizing the Plan
After spending so much time developing the initial plan, you might think that you should focus only on completing the actual work—that you can’t afford to take time to improve the plan. On the contrary, frequently revisiting the plan and updating your project’s processes can improve the project’s cost-effectiveness, quality, and schedule performance.
On the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) website, you’ll find a presentation (www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/presentations/sepg04.presentations/proof.pdf) by Steve Brady and Sherri Turner from the 2004 SEPG conference. The presentation compares project data from three projects from a single organization. All three projects were of similar size and were executed in similar development ...
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