Project Data Sheet
Project name:
 Example
Owner:
 Sum Body Else
Lifecycle phase:
 Initiation
Modification date: yyyy/mm/dd
   
Checkpoint documents: Other documents:
 
 

 
Description:

This PDS is the root of a series of web pages that are to be used for software lifecycle documentation.  This section, the description, should contain a description of the project.  It should be a short one paragraph description at a fairly high level. 
 
Objectives:

 
Must
  • Meet customer requirements 
  • Do it on time
Want
  • Do it with no defects
  • Do it early 
Not
  • Do everything for everybody
  • Do it for free

 
Features:

The foundation of blah is blah blah which means that blah blah.  Some specific features include:

  • Ability to blah blah
  • Ability of blah blah
Customers and Customer Benefits:

The project is targeted at all users everywhere.  It is espected to be used, broadly, as the basis for all future lifeforms.  The customer benefits will be that:

  • We will get a royalty from everyone without their knowing it.
  • End customers will be able to blah blah blah.
  • Division customers will be able to blah blah blah.
Deliverables:

 
Deliverable
Required
By 
Project Data Sheet Yes Initiation 
Project Plan Yes Initiation 
Configuration Management Plan Optional Design Complete 
External Specification Yes Requirements Complete 
Quality Plan Yes Design Complete 
Inspection Report Optional QA/Release
Delivered code/software Yes QA/Release 
Test environment/test suite Yes QA/Release 

 
Staffing, Expenses and Resources:

 
Project Manager
  • Buzz Lightyear 
Development Team
  • Sally Semantic
  • John Java 
  • Frank Fortran 
  • Billy 'the thumb' Cobol 
Human Factors
  • Jan Ryles 
Learning Products
  • Tu B.Hyred 

Additional resources and equipment necessary include:
 
Travel
  • A trip to Hawaii for the preliminary design 
  • A trip to Cancunfor an alpha site at a customer location 
  • A trip to Paramus to celebrate completion 
Equipment
  • (1) HP-UX workstation - new 
  • (2) PC upgrades (RAM and HD)
  • (1) Instrument (loaned from the division) 
Expenses
  • Release dinner 
Other
  • Weekly teleconference call 

 
Lifecycle and Milestones:

The project is using the standard organization lifecycle as described in the Life Cycle Document. 
 
Project Checkpoint
Date 
Initiation to be defined 
Requirements Complete to be defined 
Commit to be defined 
Design Complete (Optional) to be defined 
Functionality Complete to be defined 
QA Complete / Release to be defined 

 
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