Application Estimation Project

Definition

Application Estimation Project

a project, the mission of which is to produce an estimate of the time, cost, and effort required to develop a version of the application

Phases

An application estimation project typically includes the following phases:

• Initiation Phase

Work Products

An application estimation project typically produces or updates the following work products:

• Management Set:
  • Contract
  • Statement Of Work
  • Management Plan
  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Organization Chart
  • Master Schedule
  • Process Description Doc
  • Status Report
• Configuration Mgmt Set:
  • Config Mgmt Plan
  • Change Request Form
  • Config Id Report
  • CCB Meeting Minutes
  • Config Status Report
  • Config Audit Report
• Risk Management Set:
  • Risk Management Plan
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Monitoring Report
• Metrics Set:
  • Metrics Plan
  • Metrics Report
• Quality Set:
  • Quality Plan
  • Audit Report
  • Inspection Report
  • Inspection Summary Report
  • Process Inspection Checklist
  • Endeavor Debrief Report
• Environments Set:
  • Project Environments Description Document
  • Product Selection Report
  • Reuse Environment
  • Engineering Environment
• Training Set:
  • Training Materials
  • Training Needs Assessment
  • Training Plan
  • Training Schedule
  • Training Vendor Assessment
• Requirements Set (largely completed during the previous project):
  • Actor Cards
  • Use Case Cards
  • Application Vision Statement
  • Requirements Executive Summary
  • System Requirements Specification
  • External API Specification
  • Glossary
  • Domain Model Document
• Architecture Set (largely completed during the previous project):
  • System Architecture Document
  • Information Architecture Document
  • Software Architecture Document
  • Software Architecture Prototype

Teams

An application estimation project typically involves the collaboration of the following teams:

• Management Teams:
  • Project Management Team
  • Configuration Control Board
  • Configuration Management Team
  • Metrics Team
  • Quality Team
  • Training Team
• Application Development Teams:
  • Architecture Team
  • Environments Team
  • Process Team
  • Project Team
  • Requirements Team
  • Reuse Team
  • Software Development Team
  • User Interface Team
• Evaluation Teams:
  • Architecture Evaluation Team
  • Environments Evaluation Team
  • Requirements Evaluation Team
  • Software Evaluation Team
  • Strategy Evaluation Team

Activities and Tasks

An application estimation project typically involves the performance of the following activities and associated tasks:

• Management:
  • Cost Management
  • Communications Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Schedule Management
  • Scope Management
• Configuration Management:
  • Configuration Management Planning
  • Configuration Identification
  • Version Control
  • Configuration Control
  • Configuration Status Reporting
  • Configuration Auditing
• Risk Management:
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Control
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Risk Monitoring
• Process Engineering:
  • Process Needs Assessment:
  • Process Framework Extension
  • Process Framework Iteration
  • Process Construction
  • Process Tailoring
  • Process Documentation
  • Process Consulting
  • Process Mandating
• Quality Engineering:
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
• Reuse Engineering:
  • Endeavor Support
  • ReusableWork Product Certification
  • ReusableWork Product Evaluation
  • Reusable Work Product Identification
  • ReusableWork Product Preparation
  • Reuse Repository Production
• Environments Engineering:
  • Environments Needs Assessment
  • Vendor and Tool Evaluation
  • Vendor and Tool Selection
  • Tool Acquisition
  • Environments Design
  • Environments Production
  • Environments Maintenance
• Requirements Engineering:
  • Requirements Reuse
  • Requirements Identification
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Requirements Specification
• Architecting:
  • Architecture Reuse
  • Architecture Prototyping
  • Architecture Documentation
  • Architecture Integrity Assurance

Guidelines

• The above lists of work products, teams, and work units is typically a superset of what is actually needed. The management and process teams should work together to identify the proper subset of process components to use.