[Year 12 SofDev] How much project management is enough?

[Adrian Janson]

Hi Mark,

 

My understanding (and please Paula correct me if I am wrong!) is:

 

Gantt and PERT are NOT examinable in SD.

Critical paths, slack, predecessors, dependancies, milestones, etc. - and
also NOT examinable.  Only the points mentioned in the KK: that is -
including identifying, scheduling and monitoring tasks, resources, people
and time

Mind you - in understanding these things, it might be helpful to discuss PM
terms....  I have not included them in my text.

Use case - does include <<includes>> and <<extends>> - and I have included
these in my text as well.

 

Cheers,

Adrian

 

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Friday, 12 November 2010 3:34 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] How much project management is enough?

 

Hi all.  In the new study design, project management has been considerably
cut back: in SD and year 11, students are not required to use PM software,
and ITA doesn't mention PM at all.

SD key knowledge U3O1-02 is "key tasks associated with planning software
projects, including identifying, scheduling and monitoring tasks, resources,
people and time".

I'm not sure how deep the knowledge needs to be: are critical paths, slack,
predecessors, dependencies, milestones, lag & lead time, Gantt and PERT
examinable?  Just because students don't have to use PM software doesn't
necessarily mean they don't have to read a PERT, for example.

I thought I'd guessed the depth needed for Use Cases until I read the VCAA
FAQ, which had things like <<includes>> which I didn't figure necessary.  
I don't want to be caught out if I cut back PM theory too far.

Regards
Mark


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