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# [Plan](Project-Plan) > Resource Needs
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##### Project:
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::[PROJECTNAME](Home)
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##### Internal Release Number:
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::X.Y.Z
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##### Project Time-frame:
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::STARTDATE - ENDDATE
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##### Related Documents:
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- [Project proposal](Proposal)
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- [Project plan](Project-Plan)
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- [QA plan](qa-plan.html)
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- [Software development methodology](SDM)
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- [Glossary](Glossary)
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---
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**Process impact:** Based on the project plan and the worksheet below,
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this project will need the following resources to meet its goals. If
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fewer resources are available, the scope of the release should be
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reconsidered or the process must be changed.
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*TODO: Fill in the information above and below. Add or remove rows as
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needed. Use the worksheet to help identify and scope resource needs.
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These rows are just examples. The total effort listed in this example
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may not even match the totals given in other examples of related
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documents.*
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### Human Resource Needs
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| Need | Resource | Amount | Status | Comments/Responsibilities |
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|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------|------------|---------------------------|
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| ::Project Management | ::PERSONNAME | ::20 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Requirements | ::PERSONNAME | ::20 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Requirements | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::10 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Consultation with domain expert | ::PERSONNAME | ::2 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Consultation with topic expert | ::PERSONNAME | ::4 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Training on use of component/technology | ::PERSONNAME | ::8 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Overall Design | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::20 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Detailed UI Design | ::PERSONNAME | ::5 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Detailed Database Design | ::PERSONNAME | ::5 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Development | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::40 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Development | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::80 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Development | ::PERSONNAME | ::20 hours | ::Pending | |
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| ::Technical writing | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::10 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::QA Planning | ::PERSONNAME | ::10 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::QA Testing | ::PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME, PERSONNAME | ::40 hours | ::Assigned | |
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| ::Release Engineering | ::PERSONNAME | ::4 hours | ::Assigned | |
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### Capital Needs
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| Need | Resource | Amount | Status | Comments |
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|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| ::Training materials | ::Book/Course on specific technology | ::1 | ::Allocated | ::Book ordered |
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| ::Development Workstations | ::800MHz PC, 256MB RAM | ::4 | ::Satisfied | ::Dev group will use existing workstations |
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| ::Development DB Server | ::Dual CPU 1GHz PC, 512MB RAM: SERVERNAME.company.com | ::1 | ::Allocated | |
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| ::Interactive Testing Workstations | ::800MHz PC, 256MB RAM | ::2 | ::Allocated | |
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| ::Load Test Server | ::800MHz PC, 256MB RAM: SERVERNAME.company.com | ::1 | ::Pending | |
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| ::Load Test Clients | ::500MHz PC or Mac, 128MB RAM | ::4 | ::Satisfied | ::QA group will use existing machines |
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| ::Automated Testing Slave | ::800MHz PC, 256MB RAM: SERVERNAME.company.com | ::1 | ::Satisfied | ::QA group will use existing machine |
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| ::Testing DB Server | ::Dual CPU 1GHz PC, 512MB RAM: SERVERNAME.company.com | ::1 | ::Rejected | ::Testing group will use development DB server and do load testing in off hours |
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| ::IDE Licenses | ::Standard development licenses | ::N/A | ::Satisfied | ::Will use open source tools |
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| ::SCM Licenses | ::Standard development licenses | ::N/A | ::Satisfied | ::Will use open source tools |
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| ::Testing Tool Licenses | ::Standard development licenses | ::N/A | ::Satisfied | ::Will use open source tools |
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| ::DB Licenses | ::Standard development licenses | ::6 | ::Pending | |
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| ::DB Licenses | ::Production licenses | ::4 CPU's | ::2 Pending; ::2 Rejected | ::Testing group will use development DB server and do load testing in off hours |
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| ::Software component | ::GIS Library w/ source code | ::1 | ::Pending | ::One time fee, approx. $10,000 |
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| ::Software component | ::Encryption library | ::1 | ::Pending | ::Revenue sharing at 2% |
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#### Possible Status Values
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- Pending: request is awaiting management decision
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- Assigned: task has been assigned to a person in the issue tracker
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- Allocated: capital request approved by management, but resource has
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not arrived
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- Satisfied: request is satisfied, resource has arrived
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- Rejected: requested resource will not be allocated, plan must be
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adjusted to work without this resource
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### Resource Needs Checklist
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The goal of this checklist is to help expose resource needs that might
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otherwise be missed. It does not help with the actual estimated number
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of hours needed. Those estimates should be based on the project plan.
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*TODO: Answer the questions below. If multiple sample answers are
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provided, [chip away](glossary-std#chipaway){.def} the ones that do
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not apply. Edit any provided answers as needed. Use this exercise to
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help you fill in the tables above.*
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#### Does this project need more than a few days work?
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:: Yes. A project manager role is needed to oversee the project.
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:: No. The developers can manage their own work.
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#### Are the requirements already completely defined and validated?
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:: Yes. No additional time is needed for requirements.
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:: No. Effort is needed for requirements.
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#### What aspects of the system need to be designed?
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:: General design. Group developer effort needed.
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:: User interface. UI designer and domain experts effort needed.
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:: Database design. Developer and DBA effort needed.
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:: Security design. Developer and topic expert effort needed.
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:: Other design. Developer, domain, and/or topic expert effort needed.
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#### Does the project plan include any new development?
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:: Yes. Development resources are needed.
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:: No. No developers are needed
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#### Does the project plan include complex configuration of existing components?
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:: Yes. Component expert needed. Also need time to coordinate with
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development and operations teams.
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:: No. No component experts are needed
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#### Does the development team have knowledge of all tools, components, and technologies to be used?
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:: Yes. No training time needed.
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:: No. Effort needed for training. Need training materials, courses, or
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time with experts or mentors. List specific training
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needs individually.
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#### Is the entire development team have an agreed upon software development methodology?
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:: Yes. No effort needed for defining a methodology.
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:: Yes. But, effort is needed to refine the methodology to the project
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at hand.
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:: No. Effort needed to define and document a methodology and train all
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team members. Additional effort needed for refinements throughout
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the project.
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#### Does the project plan include end-user documentation?
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:: Yes. Technical writing resources must be allocated.
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:: No.
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#### What is the complexity of the internal documentation?
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:: Significant. Technical writing resources must be allocated.
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:: Average. Developers can produce technical documents as they go.
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#### Will the technical support, training, operations, or services groups deal with the product of this project?
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:: Yes. Effort must be allocated to train the staff in those groups.
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:: No, but other developers will need training to reuse this component.
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:: No. Effort put into producing good technical documentation should
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be enough.
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#### Will the product of this project be sold to customers, directly or indirectly?
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:: Yes. The full SDM must be followed, including effort by a change
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control board and release engineering.
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:: No, it is for internal use only but it will be used repeatedly to
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help build a shipping product. Release engineering and CCB effort is
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still needed.
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:: No, it is for internal use only and will only be used once. Release
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engineering and CCB effort not needed.
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#### Does the QA plan call for the running of automated unit tests?
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:: Yes. Development effort will be needed to implement unit tests.
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:: No. Additional QA effort will be needed for manual testing.
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#### Does the QA plan call for more than the running of automated unit tests?
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:: Yes. QA effort will be needed.
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:: No. Unit tests will be enough for this component, full QA can be
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done on products that use this component.
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#### How many development workstations will be needed?
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:: 1 per developer.
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:: 1 per developer, plus extra for...
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#### What development servers are needed?
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:: None.
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:: One for the whole team.
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:: One for the one aspect of development, another for another aspect.
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:: One for the one branch of development, another for another branch.
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#### What database servers are needed?
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:: None. No database is being used.
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:: None. Database is integrated into product and does not require a
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separate server.
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:: One for the whole team.
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:: One for the developers, one for QA.
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:: One for one branch of development, another for another branch.
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:: One for the developers, one for QA, one for load testing.
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:: One for each developer or tester, plus one for load testing.
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#### What machines are needed for automated testing?
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:: None. Automated testing will not be done.
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:: None. Automated testing will be done on workstations.
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:: One for all nightly automated tests.
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:: One for one aspect of nightly automated tests, another for
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another aspect.
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:: One for one branch of development, another for another branch.
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#### What machines are needed for load testing?
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:: None. Load testing will not be done.
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:: None. Load testing will be done on workstations.
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:: One machine will do all load testing.
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:: Several machines needed to act as clients and servers.
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:: One cluster of load testing machines for each branch of development.
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#### What development tools must be licensed for this project?
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:: None. Everything is implemented by us.
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:: None. All development tools are open source.
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:: Some tools: IDE, database, testing tools. These tools have already
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been purchased, installed, and configured.
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:: Some tools: IDE, database, testing tools. Budget must be allocated
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to purchase these tools. Effort must be allocated to research and
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select tools for purchase, install, and configure them.
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#### What software components must be licensed for this project?
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:: None. Everything is implemented by us.
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:: None. All reused components are open source.
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:: Some components: database, server software, libraries. These
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components have already been selected, purchased, installed,
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and configured.
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:: Some components: database, server software, libraries. Effort must
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be allocated to research, select, install and configure
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these components. Budget must be allocated to purchase them.
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#### Are any of the personnel assignments of capital allocations conditional?
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:: Yes. All such conditions are written in the comments column above.
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We have a contingency plan that will still achieve (an
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acceptable subset) of the project goals.
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:: No. Management has set aside these resources as promised, and the
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needs of this project will take priority over any other project that
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is likely to need the same resources.
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#### Have these resource assignments been communicated to the people being assigned and their managers?
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:: Yes, everyone understands. Feedback is welcome.
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:: No, this is a risk that is noted in the [Risk
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Management](Project-Plan#risks) section.
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