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Shelley Brown30th June 2010
Managing Software Development
PiVoT
FACT
Most software projects fail. In fact, the Standish group reports that over 80% of projects are unsuccessful either because they are over budget, late, missing function, or a combination. Moreover, 30% of software projects are so poorly executed that they are cancelled before completion
Definition of Software Development?
Source : Wikipedia
Act of working to produce softwarePurpose: Meet specific needs of a specific client or
businessUsing techniques (Waterfall vs Agile)Providing structured methods
Software Development Lifecycle
Initiation & Planning
Requirements & Analysis
Design
Build & Code
Testing
Maintenance
Identify a Need
Business Case
Funding
Initiation & Planning
Kervin Pillay :
‘Pivot would be the single provisioning interface for all FMC related config i.e. Broadsoft, Mind, Acme, Siebel, Oracle, SMS provisioning, Version control, client patches and upgrades’
Khetan Gajjar:
‘Pivot would be the single portal to capture, create, update & maintain corporate and end user information whilst configuring the different IS portals.’
How?
SoftSwitch IS Billing Platform
SMS to user to
download Applicatio
n
Requirements & Analysis
Define Requirements
Expand on PiVoT
MMPS Integration
3rd Party Access
Allocate Resources
Transformation of requirement to System Design
Timescales
Change Management
Rules of Engagement
Price
Design
PiVoT Architecture
Converts Design into complete information system
Installing systems environments
Testing databases
Test Case procedures
Coding
Build & Code
Testing
Does the system developed match the requirements
Test cases drawn up and done
SoftSwitch IS Billing Platform
SMS to user to
download Applicatio
n
Data Clean up
Set up Users
Ongoing Maintenance
Maintenance
Lessons Learnt!!
Communication
System Understanding
System Testing
Project Management
How we did it better – Phase 2
Scoping One Point of Contact
Project Team
Escalation procedureRelationship
A New Challenge?Prepaid FMC
Evaluation
Understanding
Scoping
Acceptance
Development
Testing
6 Weeks – On Time – BELOW
Budget
My tips
Keep things SimpleLeave it to the expertsCover yourselfAccountabilityCommunication ChannelsEscalation Procedure
thank you
any questions?