This document outlines the key components of an effective project plan, including purpose, goals, scope, success criteria, assumptions, constraints, risks, stakeholders, and dependencies. It defines a project as a program of work with a start and end that aims to create beneficial change. Software projects are developed to solve problems, automate processes, or create online applications. Student projects provide demonstration and educational benefits. The document stresses the importance of selecting technologies and preparing a detailed plan.

1. A
Seminar
on
Project Definition
By
Ms. Humera Shaziya
Asst. Prof. (c)
Dept. of Computer Science
Nizam College

2. Contents
 Project- What it is?
 Software Project
 Student Project
 Selection of Project
 Project Plan

3. Contents (Contd)
 Project Plan
 Purpose
 Goals and Objectives
 Scope
 Success Criteria
 Project Context
 Assumptions
 Constraints
 Risks
 Stakeholders
 Project Dependencies

4. Project – What is it?
A project is defined as a programme of work to
Bring about a beneficial change and which has
 A start and an end
 A team
 Constraints of cost, time and quality
 A scope of work

5. Examples of Project
 The construction of a building or apartments
 The production of a new customer newsletter,
catalogue or a website
 The creation of a large tender and processing of a
response to it

6. Software Project
It is a kind of project in which software
programs are written, these programs are
combined into an application which is installed
and used to solve a problem or to automate the
any business or to go online
Examples of software project
 Automation of banks, hospitals, malls etc
 The development of web application
 The development of student information system

7. Student Project
It is a kind of software project developed for
 Demonstration purpose
 Educational benefits

8. Selection of Project
The following steps may help you in the selection of a student
project
1. Choose the type of project
 Automation projects – Eg: Emp IS, Payroll Sys.
 Web Application projects – Eg: online
 Mobile Application
2. Choose the technologies –
 Operating System – Windows or Unix
 Programming Languages – C, CPP, Java
 Frameworks – Struct, .Net
 IDE – Notepad, EditPlus, Eclipse, NetBeans
 RDBMS – Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server
3. Prepare a project plan

9. Project Plan
 It is a document that contains clear and accurate
definition of your project
 It contains the following sections
 Purpose
 Goals and Objectives
 Scope
 Success Criteria
 Project Context
 Assumptions
 Constraints
 Risks
 Stakeholders
 Project Dependencies

10. Purpose
 Answer the question “Why?”
 Provide the reasons for doing the project
 Business Benefits
 Educational Benefits

11. Goals and Objectives
 Answer the question “What?”
 What are you doing?
 What is the outcome of the project?
 State the accomplishments or achievements

12. Success Criteria
 Specify measurable or verifiable results that
determine the success level of the project
 For web-site: the success factor is no. of visitors
 For student project: Acceptance

13. Project Context
 How this project fits within the organization
 How this project relates to other projects

14. Assumptions
 Things that are considered to be true with regard
to other aspects

15. Constraints
 These are limitations
 Schedule
 Budgetory
 Resource
 Technical factors
 that will limit the options available to the project

16. Risks
 List uncertain events or conditions
 Computer breakdown
 Cancellation of training classes
 Unavailability of resource persons

17. Stakeholders
 Lists the following
 Individuals
 Business units
 Organization
 Involved in the project

18. Project Dependencies
 Person, Place or technology that will impact the
result or success factor

19. Software Development Models
 Waterfall
 Prototyping
 Iterative
 RAD- Rapid Application Development
 Spiral

20. Activities
 Requirement
 Analysis
 Design
 Coding
 Testing