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parallel development management
performance of projects, monitoring
     Earned Value
     releases
performance/stress testing
phased transaction risks
phases (RUP)
    Construction
         change requests, discussing
         common mistakes
         contractual issues
         goals of 2nd
         iteration planning 2nd
         iteration results, assessing
         iteration results, demonstrating
         iterative versus Waterfall techniques
         readiness for construction, assessing
     Elaboration
    Inception
         Business Analysis Models
         Business Cases
         common problems
         communication
         development process
         functional prototypes
         goals of 2nd
         Iteration Plans
         project glossaries
         project vision
         project Web sites
         risk lists
         Risk Management Plans
         SDPs (Software Development Plans)
         software development environment
         team management tips
         Use Case Models
         Vision Statements
    Transition
         acceptance testing
         change requests
         data migration
         goals of
         installation scripts
         IOC, deploying
         online help
         staffing considerations
         training
         user groups, identifying
pipelining
planning
     data migration
     implementation plans
         background
         finding
         presenting
         recommendations
    iterations
         baselines
         content
         goals 2nd
         Iteration Plans
         length 2nd
         releases
         staff considerations
         time considerations
     Risk Management Plans
     SDPs (Software Development Plans)
     sense of plan ownership, establishing
PMO (Project Management Office)
     CCBs (Change Control Boards)
     common code, developing
     contracting officers
     data models
     internal project champions
     IT managers
    lead user representatives
         attributes of
         responsibilities of
    PMO project architects
         attributes of
         importance of
         responsibilities of
     project managers
         attributes of
         responsibilities of
political risks
     discovering unknown political risks
     identifying
portals
postmortems
     benefits of
     configuration management trends
     contents of
     data collection
     defect trends
     definition of
     metrics data
     project management forums
     requirements management trends
     sources of information for lessons learned
presentations
     of implementation plans
    portmortem presentations
         contents of
         project management forums
priorities
     balancing competing stakeholder priorities
     defects
problem-tracking software
process consultants
     choosing projects suitable for
     definition of
     implementation plans
         background
         finding
         presenting
         recommendations
     organizational assessments
     pricing
     task schedules
     working with
processes, adapting
procurement
     fixed-price projects
    government procurement process
         advantages of
         Best and Final Offer (BAFO)
         contract award
         contractor answers
         disadvantages of
         oral presentations
         proposal meetings and conferences
         proposal team formation
         questions from bidders
         questions from outsourcing organization
         release of RFPs
         written proposals
    progressive acquisition model
         advantages of
         for medium to large projects
         for small projects
         weaknesses of
    two-stage procurement processes, implementing
         artifacts for contractors
         contract types
         cultural changes
         second phase bids
progressive acquisition model
     advantages of
     for medium to large projects
     for small projects
     weaknesses of
project architects (PMO)
     attributes of
     importance of
     responsibilities of
Project Console
project glossaries 2nd
Project Management [See also project managers.]
     Iteration Assessments
     Iteration Plans
     project management forums
project managers [See also Project Management.]
     PMO (Project Management Office) project managers
         attributes of
         CCBs (Change Control Boards)
         responsibilities of
    software project teams
         interaction with other organizations
         project managers from development roles
         project managers from nontechnical backgrounds
         qualifications for
         team interaction
project Web sites/portals
     advantages of
     best practices
     content of
ProjectConsole
projects [See also procurement.]
     choosing for first RUP implementation
     estimates 2nd
     fixed-price projects
     glossaries 2nd
    lifecycle phases [See phases.]
    monitoring performance of
         Earned Value
         releases
    postmortems
         benefits of
         configuration management trends
         contents of
         data collection
         defect trends
         definition of
         metrics data
         project management forums
         requirements management trends
         sources of information for lessons learned
     project vision
     project Web sites/portals
         advantages of
         best practices
         content of
     readiness for construction, assessing
         checklist for products in development
         checklist for project customers
         checklist for project environment and staffing
proposals [See also procurement.]
     BAFO (Best and Final Offer)
     oral presentations
     proposal meetings and conferences
     proposal teams, forming
    RFPs (Requests for Proposals)
         releasing
         System Realization Contracts
         System Specification Contracts
     written proposals, submitting
prototypes
     functional prototypes
     user interface prototypes