Planetaria 2.4 Release Plan

This is an example report used to illustrate release planning concepts.
The company and product referred to in the report are fictional.
For information on release planning, contact
Prof. David A. Penny
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto,
e-mail: penny@cs.toronto.edu
web: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~penny
phone: +1 (416) 978-1675

(follow the links for definitions and explanations of the terms used).


Planned Release Dates

Release: 2.4
Design Start: Mon Sep 5
Code Start: Mon Oct 30 (38 workdays)
Development Cut: Fri Feb 16 (74 workdays)
Beta Availability: Fri Mar 23 (25 workdays)
General Availability: Fri Jun 1 (49 workdays)

Mission

This release will be a significant upgrade from 2.3. The ability to view the sky from various locations in the universe, the ability to cope with orbiting entities, and the ability to simulate the passage of time are three of the major upgrades in this release. Many other features will be included as well. This release will satisfy many of users' most frequent requests, and satisfy a key NASA request for realistically rendered planets.

Current Status Summary

Estimates: are Normal with the given mean and standard deviation.
As at: EOD Fri, Nov 10 2000 (Coding phase: 10 of 74 working days elapsed).

mean sdev
Remaining coding capacity: 394 effective coder days ± 28
Average coders: 6.8 effective coders per day ± 0.5
A+B Features Remaining coding requirement: 400 effective coder days ± 16
Delta: -6 effective coder days ± 32
A Features Only Remaining coding requirement: 334 effective coder days ± 14
Delta: 60 effective coder days ± 31


A+B Features
Confidence: 43% 50% 80% 95% 99%
DCUT Slip (workdays): on-time -1 -5 -9 -12
Projected GA: Jun 1 Jun 5 Jun 15 Jun 27 Jul 5


A Features Only
Confidence: 97% 50% 80% 95% 99%
DCUT Slip (workdays): on-time +9 +5 +1 -2
Projected GA: Jun 1 May 8 May 18 May 30 Jun 7

Capacity

Estimates: are Normal with the given mean and standard deviation.
As at: EOD Fri, Nov 10 2000 (Coding phase: 10 of 74 working days elapsed).

Coder Class Days Vacation Work Factor Effective Days To Date w(act.) A A+B
Philip Manager 64 5 ± 1 0.1 ± 0.1 5.9 ± 3 1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Tracy Architect 64 4 0.2 ± 0.1 12 ± 3.6 2 0.2 +10 +3
Sam Lead 64 5 ± 1 0.4 ± 0.1 23.6 ± 5.9 5 0.5 +4.6 -1.4
Al Lead 64 5 0.4 ± 0.1 23.6 ± 5.9 4 0.4 -1.4 -1.4
Goodwin Lead 64 5 0.3 ± 0.1 17.7 ± 4.7 3 0.3 +0.7 +0.7
Christina Coder 64 4 0.6 ± 0.1 36 ± 5.4 6 0.6 +5 -3
Shakur Coder 64 0 1.2 ± 0 76.8 ± 0.6 12 1.2 +10.8 -1.2
Helen Coder 64 5 ± 1 .6 ± 0.2 35.4 ± 11.8 7 0.7 +7.4 -2.6
Ted Coder 50 4 ± 2 1 ± 0.4 46 ± 18.5 9 0.9 +19 +11
Cal Coder 64 5 ± 1 0.6 ± 0.2 35.4 ± 11.8 5 0.5 +4.5 -1.6
Britney Coder 60 3 ± 2 0.7 ± 0.1 39.9 ± 4.8 7 0.7 +3.9 +3.9
Bob Coder 64 4 ± 1 0.7 ± 0.1 42 ± 4.9 7 0.7 +6 -2
totals: 49 ± 3.6 6.8 ± 0.5 394 ± 28 68 6.8 +71.3 +6.7
Unassigned: -11 -11
Final Totals: +60.3 -5.7

Requirement

Estimates: are Normal with the given mean and standard deviation.
As at: EOD Fri, Nov 10 2000 (Coding phase: 10 of 74 working days elapsed).

fid description prereq prio promised assigned initial status to date remain spec design
345 show angular separation A nto al 4 ± 0.4 DONE 4 y y
304 Field-of-View indicators A ttr helen 8 ± 1 CC 7 y y
234 NGC/IC objects A bpi brit 22 ± 2 WIP 7 18 ± 1 y y
389 time simulation A bpi, nto sam, cal 35 ± 5 WIP 10 27 ± 4 y y
230 change location A helen 5 ± 1 NYS 5 ± 1
704 set location to city 230 A bob 9 ± 0.5 WIP 7 3 y y
298 set elevation 230 A helen, cal 21 ± 4 NYS 21 ± 4 y p
239 set location to planet 230 A sam, brit 19 ± 2 NYS 19 ± 2 p y
456 set location from map 230 A bob 11 ± 0.5 NYS 11 ± 0.5 y y
301 orbit framework A bob, al 32 ± 5 NYS 32 ± 5 y y
303 orbit display 301 A chris 14 ± 1 WIP 6 9 ± 2 p y
906 orbit editor 301 A shak 18 ± 2 WIP 12 8 ± 0.5 y p
959 proper motion A phil, brit 15 ± 1 WIP 1 14 ± 1 y y
508 selective constellations A tracy 4 ± 0.5 WIP 2 2 y y
102 images for objects A shak 10 ± 0.5 NYS 10 ± 0.5
294 show planets 102 A nasa ted 41 ± 3 WIP 9 27 ± 2 y y
459 rendered planets 294 A nasa good 18 ± 5 WIP 3 17 ± 3 y p
873 planet atmosphere 459 A nasa shak 8 ± 4 NYS 8 ± 4 y
939 custom images 102 A shak 5 ± 0.2 NYS 5 ± 0.2 y p
986 constellation boundaries A 8 ± 1 NYS 8 ± 1 y y
934 classical constellation A al 15 ± 3 NYS 15 ± 3 y
904 clip movies A chris 22 ± 10 NYS 22 ± 10 y
848 H-R diagram A helen 15 ± 1 NYS 15 ± 1 x
509 night vision A shak 17 ± 5 NYS 17 ± 5 y y
937 absolute motion A 3 ± 0.3 NYS 3 ± 0.3 y p
394 light pollution A shak 3 ± 0.3 NYS 3 ± 0.3 y y
367 limit stars by distance A shak 15 ± 1.5 NYS 15 ± 1.5 y y
totals (A) 397 ± 17 1/27 68 334 ± 14 78% 63%
735 comet database 303 B chris, cal 15 ± 1 NYS 15 ± 1 y y
640 milky way display B helen 10 ± 2 NYS 10 ± 2
491 guides framework B shak 12 ± 4 NYS 12 ± 4 y p
493 Galactic guides 491 B ted 4 ± 0.3 NYS 4 ± 0.3 p p
412 Equatorial guides 491 B ted 4 ± 0.3 NYS 4 ± 0.3 p p
458 Ecliptic guides 491 B sam 6 ± 2 NYS 6 ± 2
345 bookmarks to Web B tracy, bob 15 ± 5 NYS 15 ± 5 y y
totals (A+B) 463 ± 18 1/34 68 400 ± 16 71% 56%

Release Plan Document Version Control Information

version: 2.345
last plan change: Mon Nov 6 11:47 2000 DAP
last approval: Wed Nov 8 13:21 2000 DAP
last update: Fri Nov 10 18:34 2000 DAP

Copyright © 2001, David A. Penny. All rights reserved.