Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques

Written from the standpoint of a project manager working in a software development organization, this unique guide explains software project management in its entirety, including project acquisition and execution with backward linkages to concepts that play a facilitation role in successful project management. It provides all the guidance, best practices, tools and techniques needed to master software project management and achieve superior results.

Key Features

Presents best practices and pitfalls to avoid for nearly every topic discussed

Details management of work, configuration, quality management, productivity, team morale and expectations management of the project team, functional management, senior leadership and customers

Covers all facets of planning-project management, induction training, and deployment-and every aspect of project control

Explains decision-making concepts from the perspective of software project managers and includes all the tools and techniques needed for making quantitative decisions

WV offers downloadable software project planning templates, a demo version of a collaborative software project management tool (PMPal), a tool useful for test effort estimations and test case design (TestPal); and a personal effectiveness tool (PET)-available from the Web Added Value? Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com