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Managing Test Team. More...
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Many software development teams are physically spread
out over the globe. As projects begin, the project management team may reside in one location while developers
may reside in offices located around the country. Add outsourced teams from India, Russia and other parts of the
world, and you have a very geographically dispersed team. Geographically dispersed teams present collaborative
challenges which can be overcome with a combination of best practices and software.
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1. Set Project Management Guidelines - Everyone on
the team should understand how a project is to be run, what the major phases of the project are, and what deliverables
are expected along the way. Once the project management guides are defined, they should be communicated to all
team members as to ensure buy in from all stake holders. Here is a project management guidelines template
to get you started.
2. Invest in a Project Management Portal - To manage all phases of the software development lifecycle, invest in
a web-based portal that allows all participants in the project to track all the deliverables, including customer
requirements/functional specifications, project plans, detailed designs, and test cases/plans. It should also handle
team collaborative needs, like issue/defect management, calendar management and should empower communication with
discussion forums. By putting your project on-line, project managers can define the plan, clients can approve them,
and team members can input their progress toward assigned tasks. There are a number of web-based products that
can provide this level of project management and team collaboration. Here is how Software Planner accomplishes
the various phases discussed:
Project Management
Requirements Management
IIssue/Defect Management
4. Be Proactive with Email Alerts - Without rule-based email alerts, you are forced to physically log in and determine
what is happening with projects. A better approach is to set up email rules, where you are automatically alerted
via email as conditions arise. For example, if a project task is marked urgent, you may want to be notified. If
a task is completed early, you may want to be notified, so that follow-on work can begin earlier than expected.
As issues/defects are resolved, you can invoke the quality team to test the fix. These can all be accomplished
via rule-based email alerts. Be sure that your project management portal has these capabilities.
5. Bring Structure to Incoming Email Alerts - After your email alerts are set, you may quickly become overwhelmed
with the number of emails you receive. A great way to manage this is to use folders within your email system to
automatically move emails with certain subject to folders. For example, you could have a folder in your email called
"Project Plan Updates". Then anytime a email alert is sent to you regarding project plan updates, those
can automatically put in a specific folder within your email system. That allows you to review them at one time
(end of the day, periodically during the day, etc). Most email systems allow you to create folders/subfolders and
create rules to automatically move the messages to specific folders based on who sent them, words in the subject
of the email, etc. In Microsoft Outlook®, click Tools / Rules and Alerts to set this up.
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