Application Completion Project

Definition

Application Completion Project

a project, the mission of which is to complete a new version of an application based on the results of an application estimation project

Phases

An application completion project typically includes the following phases:

• Construction Phase
• Delivery Phase

Work Products

An application completion 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 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
  • Development Environments:
    • Reuse Environment
    • Engineering Environment
    • Multimedia Environment
    • Integration Environment
    • Test Environment
    • Staging Environment
  • Production Environments:
    • Client Environment
    • Contact Center Environment
    • Content Management Environment
    • Data Center Environment
• Disaster Recovery Set:
  • Disaster Recovery Plan
  • Disaster Checklist
  • Center Inventory
  • Disaster Status Report
• 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
  • Contact Center Architecture Document
  • Data Center Architecture Document
  • Information Architecture Document
  • Software Architecture Document
  • Software Architecture Prototype
• Design Set:
  • CRC Cards
  • Database Design Document
  • Hardware Design Document
  • Human Interface Design Document
  • Human Interface Prototype
  • Software Design Document
  • Javadoc
• Implementation Set:
  • Data Center
  • Data Components
  • Hardware Components
  • Software Components
• Integration Set:
  • Applications
  • Integration Plan
• Test Set:
  • Project Test Plan
  • Master Test List
  • Test Procedure
  • Test Report
  • Test Summary Report
  • Usability Testing:
    • Screening Questionnaire
    • Orientation Script
    • Observations Form
    • Pretest Questionnaire
    • Posttest Questionnaire
  • Test Script
  • Test Suite
  • Test Case
  • Test Data
• Deployment Set:
  • Deployment Plan
  • Release Notes
  • Installation Manual
• User Support Set:
  • Contact Report
  • Job Aids
  • Support Plan
  • Users Manual
  • User Support Reference Materials

Teams

An application completion 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
  • Database Team
  • Deployment Team
  • Environments Team
  • Independent Test Team
  • Integration Team
  • Process Team
  • Project Team
  • Requirements Team
  • Reuse Team
  • Security Team
  • Software Development Team
  • User Interface Team
• Evaluation Teams:
  • Architecture Evaluation Team
  • Database Evaluation Team
  • Deployment Evaluation Team
  • Environments Evaluation Team
  • Requirements Evaluation Team
  • Software Evaluation Team
  • Test Evaluation Team

Activities and Tasks

An application completion 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
• Design:
  • Design Reuse
  • Design Production
  • Design Documentation
• Implementation:
  • Acquisition
  • Data Conversion
  • Data Generation
  • Programming
  • Debugging
  • Fabrication
  • Implementation Reuse
• Integration:
  • Integration Planning
  • Component Integration
  • Installation
  • Configuration
  • Integration Reporting
• Testing:
  • Test Planning
  • Test Reuse
  • Test Design
  • Test Implementation
  • Test Execution
  • Test Reporting
• Deployment:
  • Application Delivery
  • Application Installation
  • Application Tuning
  • Database Loading
  • Database Tuning
  • Data Component Delivery
  • Data Component Installation
  • Deployment Planning
  • Documentation Delivery
  • Hardware Component Configuration
  • Hardware Component Delivery
  • Hardware Component Installation
  • Software Component Configuration
  • Software Component Delivery
  • Software Component Installation
• Content Management:
  • Content Creation
  • Content Entry
  • Content Internationalization
  • Content Editing
  • Content Approval
  • Content Publication
  • Content Retirement

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.