Systems Development: Investigation and Analysis - Principles of Information Systems - page 508

Figure 12.11

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PROJECT PLANNING DOCUMENTATION

Sample Gantt Chart
A Gantt chart shows progress
through systems development
activities by putting a bar through
appropriate cells.

Date

System

Warehouse Inventory System (Modification)

12/10

System

Scheduled activity
Completed activity

Analyst Signature

Cecil Truman

Week

Individual
assigned

Activity*

12 345 678 9 10 11121314

R — Requirements definition
R.1 Form project team
R.2 Define obj. and constraints
R.3 Interview warehouse staff
for requirements report
R.4 Organize requirements
R.5 VP review
D — Design
D.1 Revise program specs.
D. 2. 1 Specify screens
D. 2. 2 Specify reports
D. 2. 3 Specify doc. changes
D. 4 Management review
I — Implementation
I. 1 Code program changes
I. 2. 1 Build test file
I. 2. 2 Build production file
I. 3 Revise production file
I. 4. 1 Test short file
I. 4. 2 Test production file
I. 5 Management review
I. 6 Install warehouse**
I. 6. 1 Train new procedures
I. 6. 2 Install
I. 6. 3 Management review

VP, Cecil, Bev
Cecil

Bev
Team
VP, Team

Bev
Bev
Bev
Cecil

Team

Bev

Team

Bev

Cecil

Bev

Cecil

Team

Bev
Bev

Team

*Weekly team reviews not shown here
**Report for warehouses 2 through 5

Table 12.6

Software

Vendor

AboutTime
OpenPlan

NetSQL Partners ( www.netsql.com)
Welcom ( www.welcom.com)

Selected Project Management
Software

Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com)
Skire ( www.skire.com)

Microsoft Project
Unifier

Project Scheduler Scitor ( www.scitor.com)

time at the least cost. In what some people believe is the largest private construction project
in the United States, MGM Mirage and others used project management software to help
them embark on an ambitious $8 billion construction project on 76 acres with over 4,000
hotel rooms, retail spaces, and other developments. 61 To complete the project, managers
selected Skire's Unifier ( www.skire.com ), a powerful and flexible project management soft-
ware package. The project management software should save the developer a substantial
amount of money. According to a company spokesperson, “Any incremental improvement
can go right to the bottom line when you're building on 76 acres of prime Las Vegas Strip
real estate valued at $30 million an acre.”