Type: Individual Project

Unit: Project Scheduling

Deliverable Length: 3–4 new pages in software development plan

The software development plan is now mostly complete with respect to the planning, and many steps in the overall process have been defined. The next step is to prepare a project schedule so that the entire team and the stakeholders will understand the tasks and the completion dates.

For this assignment, you will prepare a project schedule.

The following are the project deliverables:

• Update the software development plan document title page with a new date and project name.
• Update the previously completed sections based on your instructor's feedback.
• Add the following new content:
  • Project Schedule:
    • Identify each of the major milestones for the project, including the requirements, design, development, and testing phases. Note that no task should be longer than 1 week in duration, so if you have longer tasks, divide them into multiple, shorter tasks in an appropriate work breakdown structure (WBS).
    • Within each milestone, identify the tasks and their duration, the required resources to complete the tasks, and the major deliverables for the milestone (i.e., identify how you will determine if the milestone is complete).
    • Prepare a timeline for the project using the information above. The timeline should account for prerequisites and should also identify the major milestones. Include a Gantt chart and a network flow diagram showing the critical path for the project.
    • Discuss any float built into the project, and justify your reasoning.
    • Define how the project tasks will be tracked and how completion of tasks will be verified.
• Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.
• Name the document yourname_SWE481_IP4.doc. Note that this document will be submitted as the Key Assignment Draft in the upcoming Discussion Board assignment for a peer review.
• Submit the document for grading.
• After the assignment has been graded, share your document with your team through the team area in the classroom. Your team should decide whether documents will be shared through the Discussion Board or the file uploads in the team area.