F O R S O FT WA R E D E V E LO P E R S

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Matthew Levandowski | Eric Nelson | Mike Gibbons

CLEAN LOGIX LLC

• A small startup company started after Parent Company Foam-it in Grand Rapids, MI• Produces Cleaning Supply Solutions to

Warehouses in the Food and Beverage Industry.• Primary Audience• Adam, our boss• He makes the decisions

• Secondary Audience• Other Employees• Will be using the software• Must be enthused about the software

WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Utilizing resources in an efficient manner to complete tasks in a project in the time required

• Tasks depend on other tasks

• Some tasks need a specific resource

• Some resources can only be used on a specific resource

ISSUES

• Initial requirements were very incomplete.

• 90% percent of features added in last 25% development.

• How to organize the different development stages.

• How do we better assign team tasks?

• No notion of where we are at or how long to finish.

PHYSICAL TASK BOARDS

• VS

DIGITAL TASK BOARD

STACEY MATRIX

1. Agree and know how to implement a project1. Can easily move forward

2. Don’t Agree but know how to implement1. Scrum Meetings can help

reach agreement3. Agree but don’t know how to

implement1. Give time to research /

plan4. Total Chaos no one agrees

and knows how to move forward (avoid issues)

5. The Dead Zone1. Break down into chunks

for managing

WATERFALL METHOD

• Traditional method for projects

• Comprised of 5 steps:• Requirements• Design• Implementation• Verification• Maintenance

REQUIREMENTS

• First step.

• Need figured out.

• Research conducted.

• Determines scope of project.

DESIGN

• Basic elements reviewed.

• Elements put on paper

• Elaborate from basic steps.

IMPLEMENTATION

• Working model constructed.

VERIFICATION

• Working model Tested.

MAINTENANCE

• Project fully implemented where needed

• Product adjustments made to ensure system works as desired.

AGILE METHODS

• Newer more appealing methods.

• Address issues with Waterfall’s weakness

• Two big methodologies:• Scrum

• Kanban

SCRUM

• Only do enough for project to work.

• Process of sprints – 1 month duration

• Lead by ScrumMaster

• Meetings every morning

• Teamwork, communication oriented

KANBAN

• Process control.

• Work-In-Progress:• Identification and instruction

• Withdrawal Kanban:• Hand process off to next step.• Move more work into process.

PRIMARY RESEARCHSOFTWARE EVALUATION

SOFTWARE EVALUATION

Four different solutions

• ScrumWorks – Most Popular for mid size companies

• Rally – For Large Companies with tech support

• BaseCamp – Widely used for all types of management

• JIRA – Used by Large Game Companies but scales well

JIRA

• Primarily an issue tracker• Has Addons like Greenhopper for Agile Support• Price scales with # of users• Integration with popular IDE’s• No training costs• On-Demand Hosting Online• 24x7 Tech Support• Custom Reports• Starts at $10 / month for 10 users• Additional $10 / month for Greenhopper

SCRUMWORKS

• CollabNet was founded in July, 1999 by Tim O'Reilly• Scrum Sprint Logs, Burndown Charts• Integrates with CollabNet’s TeamForge System• Stand Alone Tools but Scaleable• Release Planning / Forecasting• Hosting for larger than 10 users• Tech Support Plans• Free for first 10 users no hosting

RALLY

• Supports Agile • Story, Task and Kanban Boards• Multi-team project management• IDE and Test integration• Free On-Demand deployment, but

also provide a on-premise based solution including full time network administrators minimum of $4000.

• All of these features only in Enterprise edition which is $35 per user a month.

• Additional Training Available

BASECAMP

• Online portal, Simple and easy to use• Documents projects from start to

finish• Web-based tool (no required

software)• Collaborate real-time• Has all the essentials• Multiple project/user• Take management• Whiteboards• Etc.

• Information stored off site.• Starts at $20

CONCLUSION

• Based on size of company and how much it will cost to implement and maintain this type of software we would recommend JIRA with Greenhopper.• Logos – Research market for software and current

project stats• Ethos – While we don’t have much data we will

use our research to push for more inquiry into subject

• Questions?