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need to define before and planning phases #17

Closed timm closed 9 years ago

timm commented 9 years ago

Despite the amount of the paper that describes PSP and TSP and lifecycles - I don't know what happens in the Before and Planning phases. I don't know what this could be that isn't what is traditionally considered the Requirements phase. Without this - I don't see how you can compare your results with other studies that would presumably consider these things as part of the requirements phase. Meanwhile, a lot of the Project Phases section seems irrelevant to understanding the data.

llayman commented 9 years ago

I think this is a Bill question.

timm commented 9 years ago

i've sent an invite out to bill. when he accepts pz transfer this to bill

WilliamNichols commented 9 years ago

I can take this. I see two issues 1) uncertainty about the before and planning 2) a complaint that much of the phases section seems irrelevant.

1) seems straightforward to deal with 2) does this mean the section should be trimmed?

timm commented 9 years ago

all we need here is a list of activities that happen in "before" and "planning".. just to satisfy the reviewers that (say) there is no "requirements" or other such in there.

WilliamNichols commented 9 years ago

How are these words?

TSP teams can be launched in any stage of the development lifecycle, though are more common in the phases which require more staff. The TSP Launch Preparation scripts and checklists (see TSP: Leading a development Team) require the TSP coach to assure that management and business have clearly identified cost, schedule, and scope goals appropriate to the upcoming development activities, often including a conceptual model. For example an architecture team must have sufficient requirements to reason about, prototype, and specify an architecture (Integrate End to End Early and Often, Software, IEEE (Volume:30 , Issue: 4 ), while a coding only team within a larger project would have more precisely defined requirements and high level design.