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This case study follows a technical lead at a medical insurance company as he navigates the challenges of a software development project. It helps students understand common pitfalls in project management and software engineering.
What's inside
- Introduction to the Giga-Quote program
- Initial project approval and changes
- Schedule and team management challenges
- Design and coding phases
- Handling unexpected requirements changes
Who it is for: Students of project management and software engineering. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Classic mistakes in software development are shown through a case study. Students learn about project management, software engineering and the consequences of poor decisions.
The project begins
A technical lead for an insurance company gets funding for a software program. The project's requirements and deadline change. The team looks for ways to shorten the schedule.
Design and development
The team starts work on the project. They use a new programming language and a report-building tool. They make decisions about how to meet the project's requirements.
Problems arise
The team realises that they will not meet the deadline. They agree to work longer hours. They start testing the software and training users at the same time.
The project is delayed
The team finds more problems with the software. They take a break and write a detailed report about what remains to be done.
Key terms
- client-server project
- A project where one program acts as a server, providing services to other programs, the clients.
- GUI
- Graphical user interface, a way for users to interact with software using visual elements.
- feature-complete build
- A version of the software that has all the planned features, but may not be fully tested.
- QA
- Quality assurance, the process of checking that the software meets the required standards.
- bug
- A problem or error in the software that causes it to behave incorrectly.
- Sev-1
- A severity level for a bug, meaning it is a high-priority problem that must be fixed.
Questions this document helps with
- What are the risks of changing a project's requirements and deadline?
- How can a team shorten a software development schedule?
- What are the consequences of not testing software thoroughly?
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