Effective Software Project Management

Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Closing Phase of the Adaptive Project Framework Model

Figure 29-2 illustrates the Closing Phase of the SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model.

Figure 29-2. The Closing Phase of the SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model

The Closing Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework is entirely taken up with a Client Checkpoint. Either the Client Checkpoint looks back at the just completed cycle and then looks forward to the coming cycle, or the Client Checkpoint represents the end of the last cycle.

The Just Completed Cycle

Each project that follows an Adaptive Project Framework model presents the development team with a need to learn to work with the customer. Every cycle presents the development team with information to help it to work more effectively and efficiently with their customer team. For the Adaptive SDPM strategy, learning to work with the customer on the probative initiatives is a most critical learning experience. The customer may have no previous experience with the identification, execution, and learning through the use of probative initiatives. Even if the development team has worked with the customer team on previous projects, the combination of project type and customer type is still a unique experience. For each project, some customers naturally take a proactive role in the ...