Project RecoveryProject Recovery
The slides in this presentation are derived from materials in the textbook used for CSE 4316431!" #apid Development$ Taming %ild Soft&are
S'hedules " b( Steve )'Connell*
 
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+ ,ro-e't in Trouble .C*S* 16/10+ ,ro-e't in Trouble .C*S* 16/10
%hat &as the first indi'ationfirst indi'ation of trouble 2o& &as the re'over( planre'over( plan developed %hat &as the re'over( plan )(thi'al man/month)(thi'al man/month Signs of denialdenial DefensivenessDefensiveness %as the problem that people &erent
&orking hard&orking hard enough
 
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Chara'teristi's of a ,ro-e't in eedChara'teristi's of a ,ro-e't in eed of a #e'over( ,lanof a #e'over( ,lan
o one kno&so one kno&s &hen the( &ill finish" and 'ant even guess
,rodu't 5ualit( has plummeted5ualit( has plummeted and defe'ts are on the rise
Ever(one is &orking long" hard hours&orking long" hard hours ,eer/pressure and management
 
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Chara'teristi's of a ,ro-e't in eedChara'teristi's of a ,ro-e't in eed of a #e'over( ,lanof a #e'over( ,lan
Developers be'ome defensive defensive  of their progress
,ro-e't team .development" marketing" management" et'*0 relationshipsrelationships deteriorate finger pointingdeteriorate finger pointing
 
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2o& to 8et Things 9a'k on Tra'k2o& to 8et Things 9a'k on Tra'k
ThreeThree fundamental approa'hes$ 1* In'rease produ'tivit( b( fo'using on short/
term gains :* Cut the si;e of the pro-e't so it 'an be
'ompleted &ithin the time and effort planned
3* <a'e the fa'ts = slip the s'hedule" do damage 'ontrol" possibl( 'an'el the pro-e't
>r .usuall( best0" 'ombine these three'ombine these three$ Drop a fe& featuresfeatures" in'rease produ'tivit(produ'tivit( 
&hen possible" slip the s'hedules'hedule as ne'essar(
 
#e'over( ,lan 9asi's#e'over( ,lan 9asi's
>ne plan does not fit all +dopt a plan that is right for &here&here  (ou are (ou are on (our pro-e't (our pro-e't
It almost never helps to Cut 'orners .?not enough time to6@0 
+dd people .m(thi'al man/month 0 #el( on silver bullets .there3s no
?magi'@ 0
<irst Steps<irst Steps
 
gnifi'ant a'tion is re5uired Same ol" same ol &ont &orkA
+ppl( Theor(/% anal(sis Theor(/% anal(sis  %hat do all stakeholders need at this
point 2o& does ever(one &in
 
Bui'k
S'hedule
e&
Te'hnolog(
ser/friendl(
)ore <irst Steps)ore <irst Steps
+sk+sk the team &hat needs to be done Involve ever(one ever(one 
Evaluate all ideas
estimate" and ad-ust a''ordingl(
 
eople fix these problems and (ou &ill get the most leverage to&ard getting the pro-e't ba'k on tra'k
,ro'ess,ro'ess fix these problems or (our re'over( plan &ill fail
,rodu'tTe'hnolog(,rodu'tTe'hnol
 
 
eople ,roblems,roblems
+ddress the moralemorale of the team Criti'al to produ'tivit( ,otential +pproa'hes Sa'rifi'e the sa'red 'o&s 
Take expli'it a'tion  that makes the development team feel important #emove unreasonable s'hedule pressure 
#emove mi'ro/management  pra'ti'es
Deal &ith ?problem people@?problem people@ #e'all dis'ussion of ?%el'h 8rid@
Deal &ith ma-or leadershipleadersh
 
ip problems Is the pro-e't leader &ho got (ou in this
hole the right one to get (ou out Identif( &here on the team the
leadership is &eak
 
 ( 'arefull(" if at all" if at all 9rookss a&$ +dding people to a late
pro-e't is like pouring gasoline on fireA Consider adding onl( if pro-e't 'an be
partitioned to isolate ne& people Err on the side of >T adding people
<o'us<o'us #emoving distra'tionsdistra'tions &herever possible
 
 
)anaging the)anaging the ,ro'ess,ro'ess
Identif( and fix things that are 'learl( broken or not &orking Take de'isivede'isive a'tion
Create ?mini/milestones@ )iniature" binar( and exhaustive )iniature/ 'ompleted in da(s" not &eeks 9inar(/ done or not done Exhaustive/ &hen last is done" pro-e't is
done )onitor progress &ith finer granularit(finer granularit(
Always a
Best Practice
)anaging the)anaging the ,ro'ess,ro'ess
Tra'kTra'k s'hedule progress meti'ulousl( )ake sure ?done@ is 1FFG done +sk ?the next 5uestion@ Calibrate and re'alibrateCalibrate and re'alibrate (our s'hedule Expe't additional &ork .over/time0 to
make up slips on a mini/milestone
 
)anaging the)anaging the ,ro'ess,ro'ess
#e'alibrate#e'alibrate the re'over( plan after a short time after 1 or : &eeks Dont let things get a&a( from (ou again
)ake ever( re'over( s'hedule a meaningful one Dont give in to pressure or 'reate ?off/
the/'uff@ estimates
Stabili;eStabili;e the re5uirements nstable" 'hanging re5uirements ma( be
the root 'auseroot 'ause of all (our problems )a( need to restart re5uirements phaserestart re5uirements phase Implement a rigid 'hange evaluationrigid 'hange evaluation 
pro'ess for an( further 'hanges Implement minimum time dela(minimum time dela( to even
'onsider further 'hange
#eining in the#eining in the ,rodu't,rodu't
TrimTrim the feature set ,rioriti;e#e/prioriti;e features <o'us on features that 'reate best
possible produ't at this time #elegate lo&/priorit( features to the
next release )inimi;e" minimi;e" minimi;e
 
Take out the garbagegarbage Eliminate lo& 5ualit( 'omponents
'arefull(A #edo them from the beginningfrom the beginning if the(
are 'riti'all( needed S(stemati' redesign and implementation
&ill redu'e (our riskA
S(stemati'all( redu'e and manageS(stemati'all( redu'e and manage  further defe'ts Tra'k progress dail(Tra'k progress dail( Hopen" Hfixed" Hresolved
Dont tr( to take short/'utsshort/'uts short/ 'utting the fix inevitabl( results in more defe'ts
 
#eining in the#eining in the ,rodu't,rodu't
Identif( a kno&n good stateIdentif( a kno&n good state and build on it se as basebase for further &ork Dail( build and test '('le )ake maintaining the buildmaintaining the build ea'h da( a
top priorit( Consider a ?developers on 'all@ approa'h
 
Timing our #e'over( ,lanTiming our #e'over( ,lan
eed to find right balan'eright balan'e bet&een$ Too earl( = people &ont believe there is
a problem" so the( &ont take (our plan seriousl(