Syllabus Point
- Apply project management to plan and conduct the development and implementation of a project and software engineering solution
Including:
- scheduling and tracking using a software tool, including Gantt charts
- using collaboration tools
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Scheduling and tracking using a software tool, including Gantt charts
Gantt charts display each of the component tasks in a proposed system development on an estimated timeline
- Tasks should have self-explanatory titles + estimated time required
- Dependent tasks shown
- Time scale shows important milestones
- Can be used to allocate resources
- Charts should be regularly updated during development to reflect actual vs estimated time
Kanban boards
Kanban is a visual project management and workflow system that helps teams manage their work, by balancing demand with capacity.
Using collaboration tools
Essential to manage communication, file sharing, team coordination
- VSC
- Communication tools (teams, slack)
- Cloud document sharing
- Issue tracking systems (Jira, Github issues)
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