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Script PM1 - Cycle 1 Postmortem

Purpose
  • To gather, analyze, and record project data
  • To evaluate the team's and each role's performance
  • To identify ways to imporve the cycle-2 process
  • To produce the cycle-1 report
Entry Criteria
  • The engineers have complleted and test the product.
  • They have gathered all the data and completed all the forms
  • The students have read textbook Chapters 10, 16, 17, and 18.
General The cycle-1 report contains an analysis of the project by each role.
  • Overall team performance: team leader
  • Plan versus actual performance: planning manager
  • Overall product design and standards: development manager
  • Change management and project support: support manager
  • Process and product quality: quality/process manager

The cycle report should

  • Use process data to support the engineers' statements
  • Thoughtfully consider the meaning of the results produced
  • Be short and concise
Step Activities Description
1 Postmortem Process Overview The instructor describes the postmortem process
  • The need for complete and accurate process data
  • The contents of the cycle report
  • The peer evaluation process and forms
2 Review Process Data The quality/process manager leads the team in analyzing project data and identifying problem and improvement areas.
  • Leadership, planning, process, quality, or support
  • Suggested team actions and responsibilties
  • Areas for instructor or facility improvement

The engineers prepare and submit PIPs on these improvement suggestions.

3 Evaluate Role Performance The team leader leads the team in evaluating the effectiveness of the team roles, the instructor's actions, and the support facilities.
  • Where they were effective
  • Where there is room for improvement
4 Prepare Cycle-1 Report
  • The team leader leads the team in outlining the cycle-1 report.
  • Allocating report work to the team members
  • Obtaining commitments for report section completion
  • Assembling, reviewing, and correcting the completed report
5 Prepare Role Evaluations Each engineer completes an evaluation of the team and of each team role using form PEER.
  • Each role's difficulty and contribution
  • Percents must total 100%
  • The effectiveness of each role on  a scale of 1 (inadequate) to 5 (superior).
Exit Criteria
  • The development cycle has produce a high-quality product with all required documentation.
  • The completed product is under configuration control.
  • ALl process data have been evaluated and PIPs submitted.
  • The peer evaluations are done an submitted (PEER).
  • The cycle-1 report has been completed and submitted.
  • SUMP an SUMQ forms are completed for the system and all its components.
  • The project notebook has been updated.


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Last page update: 3/12/2010