Software Engineering - Old Questions

3. What is project planning? Explain the types of project plan.

Project planning is an organized and integrated management process, which focus on activities required for successful completion of the project. It is concerned with identifying the activities, milestones and deliverables produced by the project. Project plan should include cost of various resources required to accomplish project.

Types of project plan:

1. Quality plan:

    It describes the quality procedures and standards that will be used in a project

2. Validation plan: 

    It describes the approach, resources and schedule used for system validation

3. Configuration management plan:  

    It describes the configuration management procedures and structures to be used.

4. Maintenance plan:

    It predicts the maintenance requirements of the system, maintenance costs and effort required.

5. Staff development plan:  

    It describes how the skills and experience of the project team members will be developed.