ITEC 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Systems Development Life Cycle, Project Planning, Project Manager
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Systems development life cycle (sdlc: describe the method and process of developing a new is, w/o sdlc, projects are at risk for missed deadline, low quality, etc, provides, structure, methods, controls, checklist. The project team: varies over duration of project, during planning phase: consists of few members, during analysis phase: + systems/business analysts, during design phase: + technical workers, during implementation: + programmers, qa. Project management: project manager: primary responsibility for functioning of the team, project management: organizing and directing team within predetermined schedule and budget, good manager: know how to/execute plan, anticipate problems/adjust for variances, oversight committee: reviews and directs project. Tasks of project manager: planning/organization, identify scope of project, develop plan w/ task list + schedule, directing, monitoring the execution of the project, allocating resources and determining roles, anticipate problems and manage staff. Increased level of service, customer satisfaction: list costs, payroll expense for staffing.