Circa Training Modules 
 

 • non-software aspects of a project

 • define production categories

 • internal effort versus outsourced cost

 • document software and production defects

 • assess defect severity and priority

 • track defects from discovery to resolution

 • maintain categories of logically grouped defects

 • activity profile for software defects

 • user interface components

 • navigator and help windows

 • project, process and estimate windows

 • budget and project properties

 • password protection

 • management reports

 • share data using templates

 • define the development process

 • allocate software, production and defects to tasks

 • segment artifacts and search across multiple tasks

 • allocate workers to tasks

 • set task progress and understand colour coding

 • create task dependencies on Gantt chart

 • lock tasks to predefined dates

 • review resource utilisation

 • monitor progress, complete work and record actuals

 • export schedule to MS Project

 • understanding requirements

 • identify software artifacts

 • import artifacts from a CASE tool

 • project browser and details windows

 • qualifiers and properties

 • model software evolution

 • include/exclude software

 • control scope creep

 • what is a software classifier?

 • productivity metrics and activity profiles

 • evolution and population ratios

 • refine metric values and qualifier impacts

 • define new classifiers

 • set up technology metrics

 • the resource pool

 • resource profiles, skill sets and pay rates

 • project and resource calendars

 • allocate workers to teams

 • team structure and size

 • include/exclude resources and workers