Runnig Head: Project Management

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGING BY PROJECTS USING A METHOD LIKE DSDM, AND THE CMM AND CMMi- HOW A COMPANY IMPROVES ITS CAPABILITY

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of the relationship between managing by projects using a method like DSDM, and the CMM and CMMI and how a company improves its capability in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Project Management Techniques” and its relation with DSDM, CMM, and CMMi Methods. The research also sanalyse how a combination of hard and soft project and change management methodologies guided successful in-house development of a campus-wide information system.

Table Of Content

CHAPTER I2

Introduction2

Purpose Of Study3

CHAPTER II4

Literature Review4

Development6

Change administration and marketing9

The customer and developer organization13

An assessment framework16

CHAPTER III17

Methodology17

Outline for a Quantitative Approach23

Ethical Concerns24

CHAPTER IV27

Analysis and Discussion27

Capability Maturity Model30

CMM structure31

Immaturity32

Maturity32

The Customer-Developer Interface According to Software Acquisition CMM35

Process form of SA CMM38

Dynamic System Development Method - DSDM41

Process Model of the DSDM43

Actors and Stakeholders of DSDM45

Messages in DSDM45

Method aspect - readiness47

Evaluate how to Quantify of the Objectives of the Interface52

Structure the Messages of the Customer-Developer Interface53

CHAPTER IV54

Conclusion54

REFERENCES56

Chapter I

Introduction

Software technology is the undertaking of evolving software inside schedule, to a designed cost with anticipated quality. A mature development organisation is adept to manage this in a controlled way with restricted deviations from task to task and without significant influence from surprises from inside the organisation or from the task environment. But in the same instant an organisation decides not to evolve a software merchandise on its own, command of the development process is lost. The organisation can no longer use its own characterised development process and its value assurance program to direct the development. Or when an organisation decides to evolve software on agreement for another organisation, this command is also lost. It is really very widespread for companies, government authorities and other organisations to come by more or less convoluted software applications from distinct software developers. It is also very widespread for software developers to objective for an external end-user for its software. Each time one of these two situations happens, an interface between the two organisations is established.

Purpose Of Study

The aim of this study was to explore the concept of the relationship between managing by projects using a method like DSDM, and the CMM and CMMI and how a company improves its capability in a holistic context.

Chapter II

 Literature Review

A project director's function is to address a project as a conceive problem and to choose the most apt methodologies at the outset (Shurville et ...