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Minimizing Software Defects via Inspections.
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Stocking and Managing a Test Lab.
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Many software projects fail to deliver on-time and
on-budget and a factor in that is normally inefficient project communication. Studies have shown that software
teams that consistently deliver on-time and on-budget communicate in an effective manner. These teams stay in contact
constantly, but wisely use each other's time during the communication process and are careful not to waste other
people's time.
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Below are some tips for enhancing project communication
when working in software development projects:
1. Set up an online repository for
documentation - For effective communication,
all your project documents should be online, up-to-date, and available at everyone's finger tips. This includes
requirement documents, detailed designs, test plans, project plans, status reports, user acceptance plans, post
mortem documents, etc. Having all of these documents at everyone's disposal ensures that everyone is working on
the same set of deliverables. Example.
2. Specify Clear Roles and Responsibilities - For effective communication, everyone on the team should
know what their role is and what they are accountable for. Each role should be documented during the initial phases
of the project and every team member should sign off on their responsibilities. Post these in your online documentation
repository.
3. Monitor Employee Performance - Each employee should have defined goals and should be
measured against their goals monthly or quarterly (depending on project duration). Goals should be specific, measurable
and achievable. Progress to goals should be based on objective measurement.
4. Progress Reports - Progress reports should be created weekly. This can be
as informal as creating a weekly status report for management review or as formal as creating reports using a project
planning tool. Consider using a tool for this, some good ones are Software Planner and Microsoft Project.
5. Make Decisions based on Facts - All decisions should be objective and should not be self-serving.
Decisions should be based on facts, performance and in the spirit of improving overall team performance.
6. Project Tracking should be done
Online - All phases of the Software
Lifecycle should be managed online, preferably via the web. This includes managing of requirements, tasks, issues,
defects, test cases. sharing knowledge with discussion forums and your document repository. There are many software
packages to help you with this, here is an example.
7. Be Careful of People's Time - It is good to have periodic meetings, but the presence
of solid project tracking tools eliminates many of the long-winded meetings that teams have. Team members are most
productive when they know their roles, responsibilities and have a way of showing progress online. This can greatly
reduce the number of face-to-face meetings that are needed.
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As development proceeds, it allows your project managers and developers to track project deliverables.
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Quality Web Systems
This book provides a framework for ensuring that key Web system success criteria are addressed during the development
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Automated Software Testing
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and Performance delivers a rigorous guide to the state of the art in managing automated testing in a text that
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