Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment November 16 th , 2010

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment November 16th, 2010

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Presenters Wendy L. Shannon Director, CRS Program, PMO Global Payments Robert Kelly Senior Project Manager, PMO Global Payments

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment AGENDA • Housekeeping • Defining and Modeling a Release Plan • Modeling Deliverables on the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) - Tricks to Clearly define the deliverables on the WBS • Resource Pool utilization and EPM (Enterprise Project Management) - How to handle resource contention on EPM

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Defining and Modeling a Process • What type of questions to ask? • How to handle external dependencies • Creating a milestone with a duration and a resource

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Modeling Project Phases • Initial GAP analysis • Requirements Section • Design Section • Develop and Unit test Section • Deployment Section

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Resource Pool Utilization and EPM • Adding a resource with an existing assignment to a new project on EPM • View resources status • Avoid conflicts with resource allocation

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Conclusion • With the use of Microsoft Project and EPM, we have demonstrated how to model the ‘Release Planning Process’. • We highlighted a standardized reusable template, a clear concise way of defining deliverables and external dependencies as well as how to avoid conflicts with resource allocation on multiple plans.

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment Wrap Up / Questions?

Release Planning – from Requirements to Deployment November 16 th , 2010