Md Rijwan Alam Ansari
ABSTRACT
As the size and complexity of the software projects have been dramatically increased over the decade or so, it is problematic on part of the big software houses which run several projects concurrently. For this, the Program Director and respective project manager sometimes are in trouble to track the projects in proper ways. To resolve this problem, the present research formulates a model by providing essential information of the concurrent project(s) based on various matrices to the Program Director.
Based on this model a dashboard for the Program Director has been suggested. The current industrial practices do not consider the time elapsed for the meetings in assessing the progress of the project. This research has also emphasized on this and includes elapsed time for project tracking. In a nutshell, this research introduces an innovative model for the program management addressing the various natures of the complex projects in huge organization with a view to determining the project problems. The research has generated the idea of task estimation based on resource matrices considering the outcomes of associated meetings for precise and realistic plan.
For the validation of the model, we have implemented a graphical dashboard for the Program Director.
- Albert Ponsteen, Rob J. Kusters, October 2014. Classification of Human- and Automated Resource Allocation Approaches in Multi-Project Management. 28th IPMA World Congress, IPMA 2014. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.Google Scholar
- Amgad Badewi, 2016. The impact of project management (PM) and benefits management (BM) practices on project success: Towards developing a project benefits governance framework. International Journal of Project Management 34 (2016) 761--778.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Christopher Biesenthal, Ralf Wilden, June 2014. Multi-level project governance: Trends and opportunities. International Journal of Project Management 32 (2014) 1291--1308.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Darja Smite, Juris Borzovs, 2008. Managing Uncertainty in Globally Distributed Software Development Projects. Datorzinātne Un Informācijas Tehnoloģijas.Google Scholar
- E.G. Too, P. Weaver, 2014. The management of project management: A conceptual framework for project governance. International Journal of Project Management 32 (2014) 1382--1394.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Catarina Costa, A. César C., 2010. Challenges and Solutions in Distributed Software Development Project Management: a Systematic Literature Review. International Conference on Global Software Engineering. Princeton, NJ, USA.Google ScholarDigital Library
- H-Christian Estler, Martin Nordio, Carlo A. Furia and Bertrand Meyer, August 2014. Awareness and Merge Conflicts in Distributed Software Development. 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Shanghai, 18--21. IEEE Computer Society Press.Google Scholar
- Henning Femmer, Marco Kuhrmann, Jorg Stimmer, Jorg Junge, August 2014. Experiences from the Design of an Artifact Model for Distributed Agile Project Management. 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering. Shanghai, China.Google ScholarDigital Library
- Hertogh, M.J.C.M., Westerveld, E., 2010. Playing with complexity. Management and organisation of large infrastructure projects. PhD thesis Erasmus University, Rotterdam.Google Scholar
- Hu, Y., Chan, A., Le, Y., 2012. Conceptual framework of program organization for managing construction megaprojects---Chinese client's perspective. Engineering Project Organizations Conference, Rheden, Netherlands.Google Scholar
- Jeroen Rijke, Sebastiaan van Herk, Chris Zevenbergen, Richard Ashley, Marcel Hertogh, Ernst ten Heuvelhof, October 2014. Adaptive Programme Management Through A Balanced Performance/Strategy Oriented Focus. International Journal of Project Management, 32 (2014) 1197--1209.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Krajewski, L. and Ritzman, L., 2002. Operations Management: Strategy and Analysis Sixth Edition Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. NY.Google Scholar
- Md. Anawarul Kabir, Md. Salahuddin Pasha, Mohammad Abdur Razzak, July 2011. Unified Software Development Model for Free/Open Source Software. International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA), Vol.2, No.3.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Miguel Jiménez, Mario Piattini and Aurora Vizcaíno, March 2009. Challenges and Improvements in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Review. Alarcos Research Group, Institute of Information Technologies & Systems, Escuela Superior de Informática, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de la Universidad 4, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain.Google Scholar
- Muller, R., 2009. Project Governance. Gower, London.Google Scholar
- Nielsen, B.B., 2010. Strategic fit, contractual, and procedural governance in alliances. Journal of Business Research. 63, 682--689.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Pellegrinelli, S., 2011. What's in a name: project or programme? International Journal of Project Management V-29, 232--240.Google Scholar
- PMI, 2013. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)---Fifth Edition. Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.Google Scholar
- Turner, J.R., 2009. The Handbook of Project-based Management. McGrawHill, London.Google Scholar
- Valentine Casey, Ita Richardson, 2006. Project Management within Virtual Software Teams. International Conference on Global Software Engineering. Florianopolis, Brazil.Google Scholar
- Zane Galviņa, Darja Šmite, 2011. Software Development Processes in Globally Distributed Environment. Scientific Papers, University of Latvia Vol. 770 Computer Science and Information Technologies.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- An Innovative Model for Program Management
Recommendations
Software project management tools: a brief comparative view
The task of managing a software project can be an extremely complex one, drawing on many personal, team, and organizational resources. The quality of a software product is dependent on the process in which the project is completed. Time delays in ...
A practical approach for software project management
CompSysTech '09: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies and Workshop for PhD Students in ComputingThe paper gives an introduction of the art of software project management and fixes its place in the scope of project management discipline. The development of Project Management Software (PMS) is an active research area in the field of Project ...
Practicum in software project management: an endeavor to effective and pragmatic software project management education
ESEC-FSE companion '07: The 6th Joint Meeting on European software engineering conference and the ACM SIGSOFT symposium on the foundations of software engineering: companion papersOne of the key factors influencing project success or failure is project management. Unfortunately, effective management of software projects is not in practice; what is actually being practiced varies significantly from what is advised in the available ...
Comments