Project Planning - Timber Products

Abstract

This case study follows a scenario, for a project manager that has been given the task of developing a complete software solution for the customer-order system of Jackson’s Timber Products (JTP). The tasks performed are project estimation decision of a development process, and project planning. This document is followed by two files from a project management tool (Project Libre), where important aspects are analyzed.

Acronyms

|DET |Data Element |

|EI |External Inputs |

|EIF |External Interface |

|EO |External Outputs |

|EQ |External Enquiries |

|FP |Functional Points |

|FTR |File Types |

|LIF |Logical internal files |

|LIF |Logical internal files |

|KLOC |Thousands Lines of code |

|PM |Person months |

|RET |Record element type |

|UAF |Unadjusted function points |

|VAF |Value adjustment factor |

|WBS |Work breakdown structure |

|PMI |Project management Institute |

|ERP |Enterprise resource planning |

|BPM |Business process model |

|CRM |Customer relation management |

|COCOMO |Constructive Cost Model |

Software scope

Company information – Problem description

This project involves a...