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CHECKPOINTS OF THE PROCESS
PRASHANT SINGH1706225
ROHIT GARG
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It is always important to have
visible milestones in the life
cycle where variousstakeholders meet, face to
face ,to discuss progress andplans
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Purpose of the milestones in the
lifecycle :
Demonstrate how well a project is performing.
Synchronize stakeholders expectations.
Achieve concurrence on three evolving
perspectives: the requirements ,the design, and
the plan.
Synchronize related artifacts into a consistent
and balanced state.
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Identify the important risks,issues,and out-of-
tolerance conditions.
Perform a global assessment for the whole
lifecycle ,not just the current situation of an
individual perspective or intermediate
product.
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Three types of joint management
reviews are conducted throughout the
process:
Major milestones
Minor milestones Status assessments
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MAJOR MILESTONES
These system wide events are held at the end
of each development phase.
They provide visibility to system wide issues.
Synchronize the management and engineering
perspectives.
Verify that the aims of the phase have beenachieved .
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Life-Cycle Objectives Milestone
Occurs at the end of the inception phase.
Present to all stakeholders a recommendation
on how to proceed with development
,including a plan, estimated cost and schedule
,and expected benefits and cost savings.
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LIFE CYCLE ARCHITECTURE MILESTONE
Occurs at the end of the elaboration phase. Demonstrate an executable architecture to all
the stakeholders.
A more detailed plan for construction phase is
presented for approval.
Critical issues relative to requirements and
operational concept are addressed.
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INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY
MILESTONE
Occurs late in the construction phase.
Assess the readiness of the software to begin thetransition into customer/user sites
Authorize the start of acceptance testing . Issues are addressed concerning installation
instructions, software versions descriptions ,userand operator manuals ability of the developmentorganization to support user sites.
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Software quality metrics are reviewed to
determine .
The readiness of the test environment and the
test software for acceptance testing is
assessed.
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PRODUCT RELEASE MILESTONE
Occurs at the end of the transition phase.
Assess the completion of the software .
Results of the acceptance testing arereviewed.
Open issues are addressed.
Software quality metrics are reviewed.
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MINOR MILESTONE
These iteration-focused events .
Conducted to review the content of an
iteration in detail .
Authorize continued work.
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MILESTONE OF AN ITERATION
Iteration Readiness Review.
Iteration Assessment Review.
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PERIODIC STATUS ASSESSMENTS
Serve as project snapshots
A mechanism for open addressing,communicating and resolving management
issues ,technical issues, and project risks. Objective data derived directly from on-going
activities and evolving product configurations.
A mechanism for disseminatingprocess,progress,quality trends,practices,andexperience information to and from allstakeholders in an open forum.
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