Project: Modern Analyst Knowledge Appraiser

Product SDLC Work Plan (since we are BA's I am not documenting PM related stuff)

Inception Phase Deliverable

Iteration I1 (design and development are engaged at about 10-20%)

• Business Case
• Project Environment
• Iteration Plan
  • Estimated Costs and Resource Utilization
  • Scope of Work
  • WBS
• Critical Use Cases and Primary Scenarios Identified
• Defined Architecture
• Milestone Release Business Requirements Document First Baseline
  • Background/History
  • Scope and Objectives
  • Business Level Requirements
  • Stakeholder/User Analysis (stakeholders define all of their needs)
  • User Level Requirements (Use Case Identities)
  • Functional Level Requirements (Use Case Scenarios)
  • Non-functional Requirements
  • Assumptions/Constraints
  • Risks and Dependencies
  • Solution Options
  • Link to Change Requests
  • Link to Business Glossary
  • Link to Business Rules
  • Link to Specifications and Design
  • Link to Business Case/Vision
  • Link to Use Case Model
  • Link to Class Model
  • Link to State Machine
• Milestone Release System Specifications Document First Baseline
  • BSA to Define Components

Elaboration Phase Deliverable

Iteration E1 (design and development is engaged at about 30-40%)

• Iteration Plan
  • Estimated Costs and Resource Utilization
  • Scope of Work
  • WBS
• Use Case Model Phase One The Actor Model
  • Complete User Analysis
  • Associate Business Activities to Users (matrix)
  • Define Actors (generalize if needed)
  • Associate Actors to Users (matrix)
• Use Case Model Phase Two Defining the Diagrams
  • Create/Package UC List
  • Name Main/Alternate Flows
  • Associate Actors to UC
  • Begin Diagrams/Boundaries
  • Generalize Use Cases
  • Define Dependencies
  • Create UC Descriptions
  • Define Business Event
  • Define Pre-conditions
  • Define Post-conditions
  • Associate Business Objects
  • Associate Business Rules
  • Detailed Priority Analysis of Use cases to take us into Construction

E2 (design and development are now engaged 100%)

• Iteration Plan
  • Estimated Costs and Resource Utilization
  • Scope of Work
  • WBS
• use Case Model Phase Three Write Specifications in Priority Sequence (For each UC in Priority Order)
  • Write Main Scenario
  • Write Alternate Scenarios
  • Write Exception Scenarios
  • Create Activity Diagrams
  • Create State Diagrams
  • CODING and DESIGN STARTS AFTER EACH UC IS REALIZED
• Entity Class Model (to be lead by BAS and BA)
  • Define all entity objects
  • Define all associations
  • Define all Attributes
  • Define all Methods
  • Decompose to Level 2
• Milestone Design and Coding Begin at about this Point
• Milestone Design Work Plan is Released
• Milestone Construction Work Plan is Released
• Milestone Testing Work Plan is Released
• Milestone Test Planning can begin at about this Point
• Milestone Release Business Requirements Document Finial Baseline
• Milestone Release System Specifications Document Finial Baseline

Construction Phase

C1

• Iteration Plan
  • Estimated Costs and Resource Utilization
  • Scope of Work
  • WBS
• Analysis continues, but design and coding are more active
• Focus on design and implementation
• Cumulative increase in functionality
• Greater depth of implementation
• Greater stability begins to appear
• Implement all details, not only those of central architectural value
• Milestone Release the Actual v1-beta of the module
• Milestone Testing has become more active
• Milestone Implementation and Release Work Plan is Released
• Milestone a working Non-Certified System is Released

Transition Phase

T1

• Iteration Plan
  • Estimated Costs and Resource Utilization
  • Scope of Work
  • WBS
• Testing is a full time activity with the live audience having a chance to participate if the software is stable
• Transfer of the system to the user community
• Installation, training, technical support
• Control is moved to a maintenance team
• Final Integration with existing systems
• Milestone Alpha, Beta, and final releases
• Milestone a working Certified System is Released
• Milestone a working Production System is Released