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5.3.2.3. Schedule Reviews
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Software Project Management Plan (SPMP)
TMT-SPMP-1.2
27-Sep-2010
Schedule reviews are conducted by the TMT Project Advisor, PM, and technical leads on a
weekly basis (i.e., every Mondays or Wednesdays). Applicable schedule updates upon reviews
can be made to the TMT Team’s Metric Program; the updates are then notified to the client and
all team members. Schedule reviews are done for at least one incremental release ahead to have
early risk mitigation.
5.3.2.4. Progress Variance Monitoring
Actual progress can differ from the planned progress for many reasons, including but not limited
to inaccurate effort estimation, resource limitation, plan and requirement changes, and etc. The
TMT technical leads are responsible to notify the TMT PM and the PM is responsible to update
the applicable scheduled tasks on the TMT Team’s Metric Program. Deviations that are beyond
the PM’s capabilities to resolve (e.g., member drop outs, non-productive or poor performance,
etc.) are brought to the Project Advisor’s attention.
5.3.2.5. Progress Variance Resolution
The TMT PM has the authority to reallocate resources, delegate and reschedule the tasks, or
correct performance problems that are not impacting a major release. Otherwise, consultancies
from the TMT Advisor are recommended.
5.3.2.6. Follow-Up on Corrective Action
The TMT Team’s Metric Program is used to identify the initial schedule deviation and to analyze
the corrective action results. Corrective action items are closely monitored to ensure that they are
effectively recovering the schedule variance before milestone or the master build schedule is
jeopardized.
5.3.3. Budget Control Plan
The total cost of the project is $140,000.00 spreading out to 14 weeks as shown in Table 1.1-3:
Project Budget Summary. The project cost is calculated based on $100.00 per person-hour
expended for each task by each assigned resource; i.e., $100.00 * effort hour * resource. Periodic
cost analysis and reviews are conducted to assess performance and provide insight to the future
task assignments.
5.3.4. Quality Control Plan
There is no independent Quality Assurance (QA) Group under the TMT management. Instead,
the TMT PM and Testing Group are responsible for assurance of all quality and production
control requirements are being accomplished. The TMT Test Lead is responsible to conduct
various reviews on project plans, requirements, designs, codes, tests, and all other documents. In
performing these duties, the TMT Test Lead monitors adherence to all applicable policies,
processes, procedures, and plans.