11 AIT - project management / impacts of technology (U2)

Scrum, Agile, Lean, Structured Approach and Prototype Approach are all methods of...

• Project management

• Classroom management

This method for project management is where a project is completed in a logical set of sequential steps. It is suitable where there is a clear and definitive product that needs to be made. This is sometimes referred to as the "Waterfall" model.

• Structured Approach

• Prototype Approach

This method for project management is where is where a limited working model or draft of a final product is made, which the client can evaluate and modify or add features where desired. This is sometimes referred to as the "Agile" model.

• Structured Approach

• Prototype Approach

This kind of diagram is a project management tool used to schedule, organise and coordinate tasks within a project.

• PERT chart

• GANTT chart

This kind of diagram is a project management tool used to schedule, organise and coordinate tasks within a project.

• PERT chart

• GANTT chart

Select two disadvantages of the Structured Approach to project management.

• Development can take such a long time that requirements change, rendering the developed product obsolete.

• Development can be slow, expensive and inflexible, unable to cater for fast paced changes to business requirements.

• A draft must be made, and if the client is unsatisfied with it, another draft will have to be made.

• It may have poor documentation due to continuously changing customer requirements.

Select two disadvantages of the Prototype Approach to project management.

• Development can take such a long time that requirements change, rendering the developed product obsolete.

• Development can be slow, expensive and inflexible, unable to cater for fast paced changes to business requirements.

• A draft must be made, and if the client is unsatisfied with it, another draft will have to be made.

• It may have poor documentation due to continuously changing customer requirements.

Select two advantages of the Prototype Approach to project management.

• Beneficial in projects where there is no clear and definitive product, e.g. creative tasks

• Allows the client to be actively involved in the project, reducing risk of client dissatisfaction with final product

• Solution is robust and will fulfil the requirements described in the initial stage

• Solution is carefully planned and well documented

Select two advantages of the Structured Approach to project management.

• Beneficial in projects where there is no clear and definitive product, e.g. creative tasks

• Allows the client to be actively involved in the project, reducing risk of client dissatisfaction with final product

• Solution is robust and will fulfil the requirements described in the initial stage

• Solution is carefully planned and well documented

A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a legal document outlining the level of service expected from a business, laying out the metrics by which service is measured, as well as remedies or penalties should agreed-on service levels not be achieved.

• True

• False