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Software Development Team (SDT)
New Software Application Development Procedure
The Software Development Team has two primary responsibilities, the Finance Division Website and Application Development. This document addresses the procedures we use to determine the order in which projects are developed by our team.
This procedure should be adhered to in order to stay focused and deliver quality applications. By following this procedure, the Directors as a group decide what projects get developed and their priority. With our existing resources we will need to keep development to a maximum of two concurrent projects that fall into the "large" catagory. In addition, we will also concurrently develop one project that falls into the "small" catagory.To insure an efficient development process, it will also be important that project priorities remain consistent, which will allow the SDT to complete the projects within the estimated time frame.
Currently, we are getting requests from various levels in the organization, and the requests are submitted to various people in FDCG. This procedure will eliminate confusion and help streamline the process. All documents and forms associated with this document are available on the Finance Division intranet site and links are available in this document.
- Step 1
- User within department defines need.
- User completes Request for Proposal (RFP).
- Sends RFP to their department Director.
- Step 2
- Director approves the RFP.
- Sends RFP to Software Development Team (SDT) Project Manager
- SDT requests meeting with the requesting user. The purpose of this meeting is to gather enough information to estimate scope and time required to complete the project.
- Step 3
- The PM will determine if project falls into the "small" or "large" application catagory. The Project Manager of the SDT will send a Statement of Work (SOW)to the Director of department and the requesting user.
- Step 4
- If the project is put into the "small" catatgory, it will be developed in the order in which it is received pending the sponsoring Director's approval of the SOW. If the project falls into the "large" catagory, the sponsoring Director approves the proposal, she/he and the FDCG Director will take the request to the Directors meeting for approval.
- Directors will decide the priority of the project.
- Director of FDCG will notify Project Manager of approval and project priority
- If approved, the SDT will meet with the requestor and end users for additional in-depth requirements.
- If "not approved to be developed at this time", the FDCG Project Manager will communicate this to the requestor.