Project Execution and Software Development: A Comprehensive Analysis

This project report provides a detailed analysis of a software development project, covering various aspects from project execution to software selection and security. The report begins with an executive summary and table of contents, followed by an introduction that outlines the project's scope. It then proceeds to determine two software options, Nexenta and Ipswitch, and justifies the selection of Nexenta. The hardware needs, including storage, RAM, operating system, and communications equipment, are discussed in detail. The software is then investigated, and the report demonstrates maintenance and security procedures. The project review identifies issues like schedule flaws, requirements inflation, and staff turnover. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of a disciplined approach to software development. The report references several sources to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of the software development process.

Running head: PROJECT EXECUTION AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Project execution and software development
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Executive summary
Any software development project is a complex measure for undertaking people within various
boundaries of the employee, along with time and budget resources. Again, the project managements
are been related to the development of software involving any small team to be evaluated. Apart
from this, a couple of software options have opted and the software preferred in analyzed. Further,
different necessities of the hardware are been determined. Apart from this, the software is been
investigated and a discussion is done on the maintenance and security processes. Lastly, in this
study, the project is been reviewed.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................3
Determination of two software options:................................................................................................3
Selection of the preferred software:.......................................................................................................4
Discussion of the hardware needs:........................................................................................................5
Storage:..............................................................................................................................................5
RAM:.................................................................................................................................................5
Operating system:..............................................................................................................................5
Communications equipment:.............................................................................................................5
Investigating the software:.....................................................................................................................6
Demonstrating the maintenance and different security procedures:......................................................6
Project review:.......................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion:............................................................................................................................................8
References:............................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction:
The project of software development is a complicated method to undertake individuals under
the boundaries of staff, budgets and time resources. Here, the project management related to a simple
software development project that involves a small team is investigated. Here, two software options
are chosen and the preferred software is discussed. Next, the immediate and mid-term needs of the
hardware are identified. Further, the software is evaluated and a demonstration is done on the
security and maintenance procedures. At last, the project is reviewed.
Determination of two software options:
Here, the two office automation software, namely Nexenta and Ipswitch, are considered.
Name: Nexenta
Cost: Nexenta has been selling the NexentaStor 5.0 as the license of perpetual software including
NexentaFusion 1.0. The solutions are there for purchase across the network of the global channel
partners.
Source: Maximum of the business of Nexenta comes from various partners that deliver the services
and hardware besides the software of Nexenta. The software of the company has been pre-installed
in the systems of storages from different vendors that involves the Dell, Cisco Systems and
Supermicro (Lindsjørn et al. 2016). It has continued for contributing to the software that is free and
open sources and utilized in the products. As the popular Oracle stopped continuing the Open
Solaris, the business turned to be the founding member of the open-source project replacing it.

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Name: Ipswitch
Cost: It is available at 1,755 dollars. As the business requirements and IT gets to be more complex,
they have been making the elements simpler.
Source: It is a network management system that is designed primarily for medium and greater sized
business. This can enable to consider things to efficiently manage the daily affairs. Apart from this,
the operations like infrastructural management, transactions and applications are flawlessly used
with Ipswitch (Niazi et al. 2016). It is of big help for the IT teams having a broad range of the
scalable and flexible features. This is to provide smartest online serves to the customers. Besides,
one can assure that there are no downtimes present. It was introduced back during 1991. It is a
popular service of network management and serving some topmost companies throughout the world.
Besides, it can prove to be a successful prospect for the business also.
Selection of the preferred software:
Here, Nexenta has been used. It is justified due to various reasons. As the business grows, the
number of digital files accumulated can overwhelm the computers of the office along with the hard
drives. The storage of the file securely is vital since the partners, customers and employees require to
share and access the data among themselves. For making the overall process simpler, Nexenta can be
used. This is and platform of open-source file storage (Niazi et al. 2016). Besides, the service is
flexible in nature and permits the structuring of file storages to fit the necessities. This s through
simplifying managing of the files. Apart from this, Nexenta secures the files from getting damaged
and from various unauthorized accesses.

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Discussion of the hardware needs:
This is based as per immediate and mid-term considerations.
Storage:
It is seen that Nexenta has been intended to be completed through developing the storage
systems that never need any specialized hardware. Apart from producing hardware, the business can
deliver the software for running at lesser-costing computing hardware of commodity. This model
later marketed as the storage that is software-defined.
RAM:
This should be a minimum of 2GB.
Operating system:
Their operating system is open source and free operating systems. This assimilates the
OpenSlaris kernel with the GNU application userland. Besides, their operating system has been
running over the hardware of Intel/AMD 32/64 bit. This must be distributed as one installable CD.
Again, the binary packages and upgrades are never involved over the CD at can installed from the
NexentaOS repository (Kuutila et al. 2018). This is through utilizing the Tool of advanced
Packaging. Apart from this, the components that are source bases software can get downloaded from
the repositories of networks that are available at GNU Linux/Debin and the Ubuntu Linux.
Communications equipment:
Nexenta has been helping the customers in bypassing the Massively Expensive Storage
Systems or MESS. It is generated through various conventional vendors and focusing on the
building and growing business. This boosts productivities and the service of customers (Dingsøyr et
al. 2016).

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Investigating the software:
This can be done through the tests done. Firstly, the ESG chosen the ESXi cluster were the
vital desktops are to be deployed and chosen to the desktops to be implemented as the stateless. This
involves the randomly assigned various desktops storing none of the user information. On the other
hand, it can be persistent that involved the designated desktops containing the data of the assigned of
the users. Further, the advanced tab has been permitting the point to implement the desktops as the
linked clones (Jabangwe, Šmite and Hessbo 2016). Apart from this, the ESG can choose the
implementation of stateless desktops as connected cloned for quicker consideration. Further, the
ESG Lab that s configured the pool of desktop. This is the reason the development scenario, just ten
desktops has been implemented as pre-allocating the space of storage for growing up till forty
overall desktops at a later stage. Apart from this, the snapshot templates and the desktops are chosen
as the copy of the baseline for the virtual desktops and the Lab of ESG (Saito et al. 2017). This
involves the selection of the suitable domain for the desktops for joining. Apart from this, the
advanced scopes permitted the setting of displaying options, naming patters active directory
containers and options of system preparations.
Demonstrating the maintenance and different security procedures:
Regarding maintenance, there are two main ways of engaging Nexenta support organization.
This is through a customer portal and phone. Regarding software maintenance, the clients can
receive the software updates freely till that they are within the active agreement of support. Prior to
updating the clients, the new versions must make a review the suitable documentation and HCL and
hardware compatibility list. As one has any concern or question, the Nexenta service and support
organization to engage the business before to begin the upgrading the software (Grudin 2017).

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Regarding the security procedures, the storage profiles provide the storage of Nexenta
corresponding to the desktops to get developed. Apt from this, it is able to develop the dedicated
architecture across the wizard optimizing the virtual and storage desktops. It is integrated to have
great value for the users wishing the easy path for gaining the developed storage elements and
desktop starts despite any necessity for a dedicated team. Again, the performance validation analyzer
delivers the testing series of running on desktops and storage solutions. This involves the outputting
outcomes to evaluate through administrators in an easy and simplified interpret interface
(Ahimbisibwe, Daellenbach and Cavana 2017). Moreover, this results from the real time assessment
of the VDI systems and is useful to assure that the SLA or Service Level Agreements are been met.
Apart from the testing of the advanced analytics performance delivered across the NexentaConnect
permits the administrators for meeting the acceptance level at baseline (Maté et al. 2016). This is for
the pool deployed and the advanced analytics is available for nearly monitoring the implementations.
Besides, the metrics have been delivering costly insights for the performing the hypervisors,
desktops and storages. Again, the administrators are able to investigate the data presented from the
side of performance metrics and then they can leverage the feature of rebalancing under the solution.
This is to tune the pools of desktops for the most effective experience of the users (Bano, Zowghi
and da Rimini 2017). Besides, partnering the professional and supportive of services with Nexenta
for the services at professional levels are able to provide confidence. Thus from the initial
engagement to the ultimate test and handoff, the service group can assure the leading practices
utilized. This is from understanding the scenario and the designing of solution (El Bajta et al. 2015).
Project review:
There are various issues found, like inherent schedule flaws. As the software development
process goes on, with the distinct software and intangible nature, this becomes inherently

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complicated to determine and make a schedule. Apart from this, there have been concerns with
requirements inflation, staff turnover, breakdown of specification and poor productivity. Apart from
these various skills are also learnt from here. The overall process has been useful to provide
successful projects of software supporting the strategic goals of the business. It has been helpful to
adjust the style of management for reflecting Nexenta for the SDLC or Software Development Life
Cycle.
Conclusion:
The software development generates the enhanced and new code of computers, adding a
notable value of a business. This is done towards the existing or new process of business.From the
above study, the approaches towards software development are useful to ideas the knowledge of
vital concepts for software development. The report evaluated the properties of an effective software
system. This also helps in learning what any development process requires to involve for creating
that software. It is seen that no such one development method is there suiting various requirements
of users. Nonetheless, there should a disciplined approach to software development.

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