1. What is the purpose of the SEMP? When in the life cycle should it be developed? How does it relate to each of the following?
a) The PMP
b) The reliability program plan
c) The integrated logistic support plan
The purpose of the Software Engineering Management Plan is to develop the policies, procedures and structure in order to foster the support activities and engineering activities required for design and development process of the system.
Systems Engineering Management Plan is developed in the conceptual design phase of the life cycle process when the need for the management related requirement arises. SEMP relationship with each of the following:
a) The PMP: PMP document will explain about the deliverables, overall tasks with
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Reliability Program Plan is combined with SEMP, in smaller projects. For larger projects reliability program plan is made separately. SEMP will define responsibilities and authorities to each of the specialty program plans (one among them is reliability program plan) to prevent them from overlapping.
c) Integrated Logistic Support Plan: Integrated logistic support plan focuses on the system’s operations and the maintenance required for system to sustain. ILSP covers all the applicable logistics related activities. ILSP includes logistics concepts, acquisition strategy and research results; projected resource requirements; lists of project tasks, schedules, applicable procedures and policies; areas of project risks. ILSP is developed in conceptual design phase along with SEMP and must be tied directly to SEMP, particularly with regards to those tasks dealing with logistics engineering.
2. Select the system of your choice and develop a detailed outline of a SEMP for your
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• Verification Loop: This important and final step in systems engineering process.
3. Systems Development Life Cycle:
• Project Initiation: The first step of project is to identify scope and prepare a plan for project. Initiation phase is mandatory. Stakeholders of the project cannot skip initiation phase of project.
• Requirements Development: The main goal of requirements development phase is to produce requirements and operations concept for project.
• Preliminary Design: Once the requirements are established, developers begin with the Preliminary design phase. Various design documents are produced in this phase.
• Detailed Design: Detailed design scope will be determined based on amount of work to be accomplished. Engineers refine physical architecture and functional architecture in this phase. Design documents are produced such as System Test Plan, Database Description Document and
...tion requirements. Similarly, the systems analysis, or define phase, is the deliverable which defines the system’s requirements. This includes taking the deficiencies in the existing system and addressing them with specific proposals for improvement. These proposals can be to ensure that the new EHR has all the necessary requirements to qualify for certification and help to narrow down vendor selection. Incorporated into the SDLC is a maintenance phase in which constant upkeep and evaluation is needed to ensure an operational system that is properly maintained, supported and secured. During this phase, system users should be kept up-to-date about the latest modifications and procedures. It is therefore important to know that your vendor has a good standing reputation and plans to provide continuous support for your software throughout the product’s lifecycle.
The vendors will outline how the work will be accomplished, who will perform the work, and vendors experience in providing the service. Additionally, the vendors will be required to submit work breakdown structures (WBSs) as the hierarchy structure below and work schedules to show their understanding of the work to be performed and their ability to meet the project schedule. There are constraints to be included in the RFP and communicated to all vendors in order to determine their ability to operate within these constraints. The project schedule is not flexible and the contractor must complete the service within the established project schedule of 1 year. The contractor must support the approved project scope statement.
The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle was developed by Deming and his mentor Walter Shewhart to assist with learning and analysis of process improvement scenarios. As a tool the PDSA cycle was first used with process improvement but has since been grown into wide-spread industry standard analytical tool. The first step of the process is Plan, which involves creating a goal and planning the processes to obtain the goal. The next step is Do which involves starting and following the plan created in the previous step. Following that step is Study which consists of analyzing how well the results of the Do phase correspond with the goals from the plan phase. The step can involve statistical analysis or just simply plotting the results when compared to the expected results. Completing the cycle is the Act ...
The most important part of integrating anything into a plan is the logistics portion of that plan. What is
A software development methodology defines the activities to be undertaken by each individual in the development process, specific techniques for accomplishing those activities, like using a flowchart to document the program logic of a particular software. It also offers guidelines to manage the quality of software at various stages of development.
Kent Beck, the project leader will find using the WBS to make complex projects more manageable as it is designed to help break down projects into manageable chunks that can be effectively estimated and supervised. By creating a WBS include several benefits. For example it can help assist with accurate project company, helps with assigning responsibilities, shows the control points, project milestones, and allows for more accurate estimation of the triple constraint (cost, risk, and time) therefore helping to explain the project scope to stakeholders.
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Businesses that are project-intensive have to perfect their project planning and scheduling skills in order to ensure maximum utilization of business resources for maximum profitability at the minimum cost. Lack of proper planning and management has meant losses for small businesses, and big companies alike.
The systems planning phase is the first phase completed in the SDLC. It encompasses evaluating the feasibility and the cost of the system, identifying the risks involved with implementing the system, and determining the responsibilities of each of the team members. To begin the planning phase, a systems request is submitted to the IT department, detailing the problems and changes to be made in a system. (Rosenblatt, 2014). It is important to note that the request may be a large, significant request, or it can be a smaller, more minor request; however, each request should be addressed using the systems development life cycle. After the request has been made, a feasibility study is conducted that determines the costs and benefits of the new or improved system. The study then recommends a strategy that is best for the system in terms of technical, monetary, and time factors.
The communication plan will help in maintain control over the project and to make sure that
However, in some cases we need to develop strategies for them to improve their efficiency, improve their machinery, install backup generation, etc. In these scenarios, a team is developed with the consultant being the project manager or point man. Therefore, these projects require the four functions to be followed so we can develop the best possible solution. The first function used is “Planning”, which allows us to outline a strategy catering to the specific needs of our client. The “Planning” function also gives us a time table on how long the project will take to complete, who needs to be involved, and how we expect to accomplish each goal.
The planning process depends on a formal information system. The external and internal assessments provide a reality base on which to build future plans. The vision or mission identifies the organization's purpose and its desired future state.
Long term planning is essential in a successful organization. This long term planning is known as strategic planning. “During the strategic planning process, organizations usually
Requirements engineering begins during the communication activity, continues into the modeling activity, and builds a bridge from the system requirements into software design and construction. Through requirements engineering, there is an examination of the context of software work performed. It is essential for the software engineering team to understand all requirements of a problem before the team tries to solve the problem. An identification of specific needs that the design and construction must address is also included. Further is a need for the identification of the priorities that guides the order for the completion of work. This i...
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