Week 7 notes project planning

Poor scope statements 

I need a PRETTY BIG WEBSITE which works on everything, that people can use to BUY STUFF 

i need it QUICKLY and its got to look absolutely AMAZING 

I can pay about 5K GIVE OR TAKE 

i want it to accept all credit cards and CRYPTO. Ive got to be able to update the pages MYSELF 

This is a massivley ambitious and ambiguous project scope. Our job as Pm would he to ask the tricky questions and narrow the job down 

Better scope statement 

I need an e-commerce website built upon (platform) with a. Initial agreed 100 pages developed before the deadline 

Scope Creep , PMBOCK, 2008 

Adding features and functionality without addressing the effects on time will bloat a project and could result in project failure.

Got to learn to say NO

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How does it happen?

• Client has unfiltered access to team – asking for favours.

• Lack of clarity / detail during kick-off – assumptions are made about the size and features of things

• Lack of detailed planning / understanding- as above

• Poorly defined initial requirements capture – as above

• Manager “promised the earth” to make the sale – poorly managed expectations 😢

MoSCoW Prioritisation (Clegg, 1994)

MoSCoW is a DSDM artefact which allows teams to understand project priorities:

• Must haves – the deliverable must include this (legal, unsafe etc.) • Should have – important but not vital (still viable)

• Could have – wanted or desirable but less important

• Won’t have – definitely won’t be included – “out of scope”

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As an account manager I want a sales report of my account to be sent to my inbox daily so that so that I can monitor the sales progress of my customers 

User Story 

The report is sent daily to my inbox 

The report contains the following details 

The report is in CVS format

Task

Three users Stories of our own 

As an editor I must be able to update (access/ control) the content on the platform, so that I can properly edit the content 

As a moderator of the site I must be able to access an admin (Filter Key words) account, So that I can moderate the content on the platform. 

As a writer/ Author I must be able to spellcheck my work, So that I can create a story without many faults.