Malloc assists in Project management a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a successful project. A project is a one-time effort that produces a specific result, for example, a building or a major new computer system.
A project consumes resources (whether people, cash, materials, or time), and it has funding limits.
No matter what the type of project, project management typically follows the same pattern:
- Definition
- Planning
- Execution
- Control
- Closure
Project management can be applied to almost any type of project and is widely used
to control the complex processes of software development projects. The systems development
life cycle (SDLC) is one example of a methodology for guiding the project management
process from an initial feasibility study through maintenance of the completed application.
Various SDLC approaches include the waterfall model, which was the original SDLC
method; rapid application development (RAD); joint application development (JAD);
the fountain model; the spiral model; build and fix; and synchronize-and-stabilize.
A number of charting methods, such as the Gantt chart and PERT chart have been developed
as tools to create a graphic representation of a project plan and its current status.
Approaches
- Traditional approach
- Critical Chain Project Management
- Extreme Project Management
- Event Chain Methodology
- Process-based Management
- Agile Project Management
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