IBM SYSTEM 370
Abdulmumin Ibrahim
Ibrahim Musa Adam
Saeed Malhooz
Outline
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Introduction
Evolution of the Project
Project life cycle
Project drivers
Objectives of System 370
Project Selection Model
Risk and Uncertainty
The Project Manager
Project Organization
Integration
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Introduction
• Project Management
– Project management is the methodological approach.
• Project Management and technology
– Project Management implementation.
• Benefits of Project Management
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Efficiency
Customer satisfaction
Improved growth
Competitive edge
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Evolution of System 370
• Reusability of software
– Mainframe hardware
• Virtual Memory
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Project life cycle
• Conception
– Idea: system with extendable memory
• Selection
– Backward compatibility
– Software reusability
– Memory address storage
• Planning
– Peter Druke (plans)
– Time factor
– Project outcome meets parent organization outcome
• Termination
– Will be discussed latter
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Project drivers
• Speed to market
– Fore front in technology market
• Cost effective
– Features
• Complexity an uniqueness of innovation
– Reusability of software
• Distribution of enterprise
– Geographic location
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Objectives of System 370
• Price
• Compatibility
• Performance
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Project Selection Model
• Sacred cow
• Competitive necessity
– Market domination in US and Europe
– Fore front of technology
• Product line extension
– Chain of family line architecture
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Risk and Uncertainty
• The most highly risk decision in computer
industry.
• “Classic case of all eggs in one basket”
• Uncertainty
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The Project Manager
• Mythical on-Month
– “Adding man power to a late project make it later”
• Brooks invented computer architecture
– Aid in reusing software packages in new hardware
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Project Organization
• Organizational structure
– Manner in which an organization arrange itself
• Functional
– System 370
• Matrix
– System 360
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Integration
• Program Managers
• Hierarchy
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Project Control
• Result regulation
• Administration
• Asset conservation
– Physical asset
– Financial asset
– Human resource
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Termination
• Termination by extinction
– Name Replacement
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Thank you
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