The success of any project depends on how requirements are being managed, and how changes are being controlled through out the project. When things get hectic and the schedule slips, it becomes crucial to get back to the customer as soon as possible with some adjustments to functionality being delivered. In fact, it is even more crucial to avoid that schedule slippage in the first place. Most importantly, it is critical to any project manager or QA manager to provide accurate estimates for each feature to be delivered, with accurate time frame when it will be delivered. Agile projects also must have better control over increments to make sure specific functionality is delivered at the right time.

In this presentation, Dr. Magdy Hanna will share his new approach to Requirement-Based Project Management. RBPM provides a process that effectively manages projects through requirement management. RBPM is supported by Rommana™ , an integrated software lifecycle management methodology and tool, which supports the following project management activities:

• Allocating and managing project resources, roles, responsibilities and access rights.
• Creating and managing project tasks for both development and testing on the project level, as well as on the requirement level.
• Creating and maintaining action item lists for both development and testing effort.
• Managing risks throughout the project for both development and testing on the project level, as well as on the requirement level.
• Creating and maintaining project timeline for all project tasks for both development and testing.
• Creating and maintaining cost and time estimates for both development and testing tasks, either on the projects level or the requirement level.
• Managing product release and features included in each release.

Dr. Hanna is a recognized educator, speaker and consultant in several areas of software engineering. His distinguished seminars on various topics have been highly rated by software professionals. Dr. Hanna's experience with software goes back to the mid 1970's when he worked as a developer at the NCR center in Cairo , Egypt . Over the last thirty years, Dr. Hanna has worked in all aspects of software projects and processes in all capacities.

Dr. Hanna is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the International Institute for Software Testing, (www.iist.org) the leading educational and professional development organization that provides education-based certifications to software test and quality professionals around the world.

Dr. Hanna is the founder and Chairperson of the International Conference on Practical Software Quality and Testing, (www.PSQTconference.com) and founder and Chairperson of the International Conference on Software Process Improvement, (ww.icspi.com).