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Supporting Time Planning Aligned with CMMI-DEV and PMBOK

Authors:
Rafael Gonçalves
André Pereira
Christiane Wangenheim

Keywords: time planning; PMBOK; CMMI; dotProject.

Abstract:
Software projects often fail, because they are not adequately managed. The establishment of effective and efficient project management practices especially with respect to time management still remains a key challenge to software organizations. Striving to address these needs, “best practice” models, such as, the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) or the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), are being developed to assist organizations in improving project management. Yet, so far there does not exist a unified model focusing on the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, this paper presents a generic model for time planning aligned with CMMI and PMBOK. In order to facilitate its application in practice an open-source tool (dotProject) has been enhanced and evaluated by project management specialists. The results of this research are expected to facilitate the adoption of time planning practices in SME contributing positively to their competitiveness.

Pages: 352 to 360

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: November 18, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-230-1

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 18, 2012 to November 23, 2012