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Test Management Tool (TMT)
Software Project Management Plan (SPMP)
TMT-SPMP-1.2
27-Sep-2010
Description Date Cost
MS Visual Studio 2010, an IDE. 30-Aug-2010 Free
Configuration Management Tool (at
http://adam.404.unfuddle.com).
20-Sep-2010 Paid by Adam
5.1.4. Project Staff Training Plan
There is no plan for project staff planning. It is assumed that the team members assigned to the
TMT team have already been well trained in the pre-requisites of the capstone course. Team
members are assigned with responsibilities based on their initial skill levels and re-evaluated
after each development increment as applicable.
5.2. Work Plan
5.2.1. Work Activities
The various work activities to be performed in the project are defined in the TMT Team’s Metric
Program. The work activities are decomposed from project management task, support task, and
product features into low-level tasks that expose all project risk factors and allow accurate
estimate of resource requirements and schedule duration for each work activity.
5.2.2. Schedule Allocation
After defining the various work activities, the TMT PM schedules the work activities agreeing
with the Table 1.1-2: Master Build Schedule and Table 1.1-1: Project Deliverables. The specific
schedule allocations for the detailed tasks are defined in the TMT Team’s Metric Program.
5.2.3. Resource Allocation
The TMT PM allocates the various work activities to different team members based on their skill
levels and desired roles stated in Figure 4.2-1: Project Internal Organization Structure and Table
4.3-1: Project Roles and Responsibilities. The TMT PM and technical leads re-assesses resource
allocations weekly (i.e., every Monday).
5.2.4. Budget Allocation
The Table 1.1-3: Project Budget Summary shows the budgets allocated to major work activities
in the work breakdown structure. The detailed budget allocated to various tasks as well as other
cost (e.g., travel, meeting, equipments, etc.) are specified in the TMT Team’s Metric Program.
5.3. Control Plan
The key factors that contribute to the TMT project management are the processes of planning,
scheduling, performance measurement, risk mitigation, variance analysis, and corrective action.
The TMT PM coordinates with the different technical leads to develop the detailed plans based
on established work assignments defined in the TMT Team’s Metric Program for the TMT
project. Microsoft Office 2007 software is used to document the plans. The plans are then