Course Registration System

Iteration Plan
Preliminary Iteration (Inception)

1. Objectives
2. Scope
3. References
4. Plan

   4.1    Iteration Activities

   4.2    Iteration Schedule

   4.3    Iteration Deliverables

5. Resources

   5.1    Staffing Resources

   5.2    Financial Resources

   5.3    Equipment & Facilities Resources

6. Use Cases
7. Evaluation Criteria

1. Objectives

This Iteration Plan describes the detailed plans for the Preliminary Iteration of the C-Registration System Project. During this iteration, the requirements of the system will be defined and the high level plan for execution of the full project will be developed. This first iteration will conduct a thorough analysis on the business case for the system and will result in a decision on whether the project will proceed.

The Preliminary Iteration Plan applies to the C-Registration System project being developed by Wylie College Information Systems for Wylie College. This document will be used by the Project Manager and by the project team.

Applicable references are:

1. Course Registration System Vision Document, WyIT387, V1.0, Wylie College IT.
2. Course Registration System Stakeholder Requests Document, WyIT389, V1.0, 1998, Wylie College IT.
3. Course Registration System Glossary, WyIT406, V1.0, 1998, Wylie College IT.
4. Course Registration System Inception Phase Schedule, V1.0, 1999, Wylie College IT.
5. Course Registration System Project Plan, WyIT418, V1.0, 1999, Wylie College IT.

The Preliminary Iteration will develop the product requirements and establish the business case for the C-Registration System. The major use cases will be developed as well as the high level Project Plan. At the end of this iteration, Wylie College will decide whether to fund and proceed with the project based upon the business case.

The following table illustrates the high level activities with their planned start and end dates.

Activity	Start Date	End Date
Business Modeling	Dec 1, 1998	Dec 22, 1998
Requirements Definition	Dec 1, 1998	Jan 19, 1999
Configuration Management Setup	Dec 1, 1998	Jan 14, 1999
Management	Dec 1, 1998	Jan 19, 1999

4.2    Iteration Schedule

The detailed schedule showing all tasks and the assigned responsibilities is contained in the following schedule:

 

4.3    Iteration Deliverables

The following deliverables or artifacts will be generated and reviewed during the Preliminary Iteration:

Artifact Set	Deliverable	Responsible Owner
Business Modeling Set	Glossary Business Use Case Model Supplementary Business Spec. Business Use Case Realization	Bob Collings Yee Chung Bob Collings Yee Chung
Requirements Set	Vision Document Stakeholder Requests Document Use Case Specifications Supplementary Specification Requirements Attributes Document Use Case Model (and Model Survey)	Sue Gamble Bob King Sue Gamble Sue Gamble Sue Gamble Sue Gamble
Management Set	Preliminary Iteration Plan Project Plan Project Schedule Project Risk List Measurement Plan Business Case Document Status Assessment Preliminary Iteration Assessment Configuration Management Plan	Rick Bell Rick Bell Rick Bell Rick Bell Rick Bell Rick Bell Rick Bell & Carol Ming Rick Bell & Carol Ming Simon Jones
Standards and Guidelines	Requirements Attributes Guidelines Configuration Management Environment	Simon Jones Simon Jones

The staffing requirements for the Preliminary Iteration are:

Project Management

Project Management Rick Bell

Business Modeling Group

Business Modeling Manager Bob King

Business-Process Analysts Bill Collings, Glen Fox

Business Designer Yee Chung

Business-Model Reviewer Abu Zony

Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering Manager Carol Ming

Systems Analysts Sue Gamble, <TBD>

Architect Steve Johnson

Software Engineering

Process Engineer (CM) Simon Jones

The project organization chart and the staffing requirements for the full project will be contained within the Project Plan [5].

5.2    Financial Resources

The following table shows the budget for the Preliminary Iteration. Wylie College has secured $150,000 in funds for this first iteration.

5.3    Equipment & Facilities Resources

The Inception Phase requires the following computer equipment, which has already been acquired by the Information Systems department:

The Wylie College Information Systems department has sufficient office space and furniture to meet the needs of this iteration.

During the Preliminary Iteration, all significant use cases and actors will be identified. The basic flows and key alternative flows of each use case will be determined and documented in the Use Case Specifications. The design and implementation of use cases will begin in the next iteration.

The primary goal of the Preliminary Iteration is to define the system to the level of detail required to make a sound business judgment on the viability of the project from a business prospective. At the completion of the iteration, a review of the Business Case will arrive at a Go / No Go decision for the project.

Each deliverable developed during the iteration will be peer reviewed and subject to approval from the team.