Project Proposal

Project Plan

Project Information

Project: PROJECTNAME

Project Time-frame: STARTDATE - ENDDATE

Attached worksheets: Plan > Resource needs

Related Documents: Project proposal > Target audience and benefits

Software development methodology

Glossary

Process impact: This plan will be used to evaluate and manage the project. Key assumptions that affect the plan should be documented here. The project plan should be updated throughout the life-time of the project.

TODO: Fill in the information above and below. Add or remove rows as needed. Use the worksheet to help identify and scope resource needs.

Summary of Project

ONE OR TWO SENTENCES HERE. For more information see the Project proposal.

IF YOU PLAN TO ORGANIZE YOUR WORK ACCORDING TO A ROUGH BREAKDOWN OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THOSE COMPONENTS HERE. FOUR TO TEN BULLETS.

Summary of Methodology

What general development approach will be used?

THREE TO FIVE SENTENCES OR BULLETS HERE. COVER GENERAL APPROACH, IMPORTANT ASSUMPTIONS, KEY PRACTICES, AND PROJECT COORDINATION CONTROLS. For more information see the Software Development Methodology.

How will the project team be organized?

The development team will consist of ...

The change control board will consist of ...

What development and collaboration tools will be use?

We plan to use the following tools extensively through out the project:

Project website

Project mailing lists

Issue tracking system

Version control system

Automated build system

Automated unit test system

How will changes be controlled?

Requests for requirements changes will be tracked in the issue tracker

The change control board (CCB) will review requested changes and authorize work on them as appropriate

After the feature complete milestone, no new features will be added to this release.

After the code complete milestone, no entirely new product source code will be added to this release.

All source code commit log messages must refer to a specific issue ID, after the feature complete milestone.

How will this plan be updated?

This project plan will be updated as needed throughout the project. It will be placed under version control and instructions for accessing it will be on the project website. Any change to the plan will cause an automatic notification to be sent to a project mailing list.

Work Breakdown Structure and Estimates

TODO: List tasks that will be needed for this project. Keep dividing tasks into subtasks until you feel that you have enough detail to expose risks and make reasonable estimates in ideal engineering hours.

TIP: Label each step uniquely to show its position in the WBS, e.g., Step 1.1.4.A. Use numbers for steps that you intend to do in sequence, and use letters for steps that you intend to do in parallel. E.g., Step 1.1 comes before Steps 1.2.A and 1.2.B, but those two steps may be done in parallel, and Step 1.3 will be done after all 1.2.* steps have been finished. Don't worry about renumbering if you delete a step.

Step Description Estimate

1. Preparation

1.1. Developer training 30h

2. Inception

2.1. Requirements gathering 30h

2.2. Requirements specification 20h

2.3. Requirements validation 10h

3. Elaboration

3.1. High-level design 5h

3.2. Low-level design (break down by component)

3.2.A. Object design 10h

3.2.B. User interface design 10h

3.2.C. Database design 3h

3.3. Design review and evaluation 5h

4. Construction

4.1.A. System implementation

4.1.A.1. Implement COMPONENT-NAME 1 25h

4.1.A.2. Implement COMPONENT-NAME 2 25h

4.1.A.3. Implement COMPONENT-NAME 3 25h

4.1.A.4. Implement COMPONENT-NAME 4 25h

4.1.A.5. Integrate Components

(mostly done during component implementation) 5h

4.1.B. Technical documentation (break down by component) 10h

4.1.C. User documentation (break down by component) 10h

4.1.D. Testing

4.1.D.1. Test planning 10h

4.1.D.2. Test code implementation (break down by component) 30h

4.1.D.3. Test execution 10h

4.2. Implementation review and evaluation 15h

5. Transition

5.A. Release packaging 3h

5.B. Documentation for other groups 3h

6. Reflection

6.1. Postmortem report 10h

Total 329 hours

Deliverables in this Release

TODO: List project deliverables in detail, with delivery dates.

Deliverable Name Description Delivery Date