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CHECKPOINTS OF THE PROCESS

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It is always important to have

visible milestones in the life

cycle where variousstakeholders meet, face to

face ,to discuss progress andplans

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Purpose of the milestones in the

lifecycle :

Demonstrate how well a project is performing.

Synchronize stakeholders expectations.

Achieve concurrence on three evolving

perspectives: the requirements ,the design, and

the plan.

Synchronize related artifacts into a consistent

and balanced state.

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Identify the important risks,issues,and out-of-

tolerance conditions.

Perform a global assessment for the whole

lifecycle ,not just the current situation of an

individual perspective or intermediate

product.

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Three types of joint management

reviews are conducted throughout the

process:

Major milestones

Minor milestones Status assessments

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MAJOR MILESTONES

These system wide events are held at the end

of each development phase.

They provide visibility to system wide issues.

Synchronize the management and engineering

perspectives.

Verify that the aims of the phase have beenachieved .

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Life-Cycle Objectives Milestone

Occurs at the end of the inception phase.

Present to all stakeholders a recommendation

on how to proceed with development

,including a plan, estimated cost and schedule

,and expected benefits and cost savings.

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LIFE CYCLE ARCHITECTURE MILESTONE

Occurs at the end of the elaboration phase. Demonstrate an executable architecture to all

the stakeholders.

A more detailed plan for construction phase is

presented for approval.

Critical issues relative to requirements and

operational concept are addressed.

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INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY

MILESTONE

Occurs late in the construction phase.

Assess the readiness of the software to begin thetransition into customer/user sites

Authorize the start of acceptance testing . Issues are addressed concerning installation

instructions, software versions descriptions ,userand operator manuals ability of the developmentorganization to support user sites.

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Software quality metrics are reviewed to

determine .

The readiness of the test environment and the

test software for acceptance testing is

assessed.

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PRODUCT RELEASE MILESTONE

Occurs at the end of the transition phase.

Assess the completion of the software .

Results of the acceptance testing arereviewed.

Open issues are addressed.

Software quality metrics are reviewed.

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MINOR MILESTONE

These iteration-focused events .

Conducted to review the content of an

iteration in detail .

Authorize continued work.

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MILESTONE OF AN ITERATION

Iteration Readiness Review.

Iteration Assessment Review.

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PERIODIC STATUS ASSESSMENTS

Serve as project snapshots

A mechanism for open addressing,communicating and resolving management

issues ,technical issues, and project risks. Objective data derived directly from on-going

activities and evolving product configurations.

A mechanism for disseminatingprocess,progress,quality trends,practices,andexperience information to and from allstakeholders in an open forum.

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