Book description
Why another book on software project management?
For some time, the fields of project management, computer science,
and software development have been growing rapidly and
concurrently. Effective support for the enterprise demands the
merging of these efforts into a coordinated discipline, one that
incorporates best practices from both systems development and
project management life cycles. Robert K. Wysocki creates that
discipline in this book--a ready reference for professionals and
consultants as well as a textbook for students of computer
information systems and project management.
By their very nature, software projects defy a "one size fits all"
approach. In these pages you will learn to apply best-practice
principles while maintaining the flexibility that's essential for
successful software development.
Learn how to make the planning process fit the need
* Understand how and why software development must be planned on a
certainty-to-uncertainty continuum
* Categorize your projects on a four-quadrant model
* Learn when to use each of the five SDPM strategies--Linear,
Incremental, Iterative, Adaptive, and Extreme
* Explore the benefits of each strategic model and what types of
projects it supports best
* Recognize the activities that go into the Scoping, Planning,
Launching, Monitoring/Controlling, and Closing phases of each
strategy
* Apply this knowledge to the specific projects you manage
* Get a clear picture of where you are and how to get where you
want to go
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Evolving State of ESPM
- Linear ESPM
-
Incremental ESPM
- Incremental SDPM Strategy
-
The Incremental SDPM Scoping Phase
- The Scoping Phase of an Incremental SDPM Strategy
- The Scoping Phase of the Incremental SDPM Strategy for the Staged Delivery Waterfall Model
- The Scoping Phase of the Incremental SDPM Strategy for the Feature-Driven Development Model
- The Role of the RBS
- The Role of the Precedence Diagram
- Discussion Questions
- The Incremental SDPM Planning Phase
- The Incremental SDPM Launching Phase
- The Incremental SDPM Monitoring and Controlling Phase
- The Incremental SDPM Closing Phase
- The Incremental SDPM Strategy Summary
-
Iterative ESPM
- Iterative SDPM Strategy
-
The Iterative SDPM Scoping Phase
- The Scoping Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy
- The Scoping Phase of the Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall Model
- The Scoping Phase of the Iterative SDPM Strategy for the SCRUM Model
- The Scoping Phase of the Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Rational Unified Process Model
- The Scoping Phase of the Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Discussion Questions
-
The Iterative SDPM Planning Phase
- The Planning Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy
- The Planning Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall Model
- The Planning Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the SCRUM Model
- The Planning Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Rational Unified Process Model
- The Planning Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Discussion Questions
-
The Iterative SDPM Launching Phase
- The Launching Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy
- The Launching Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall Model
- The Launching Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the SCRUM Model
- The Launching Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Rational Unified Process Model
- The Launching Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Discussion Questions
-
The Iterative SDPM Monitoring and Controlling Phase
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall Model
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the SCRUM Model
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Rational Unified Process Model
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Discussion Questions
-
The Iterative SDPM Closing Phase
- The Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM Strategy
- Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Closing Phase of the Evolutionary Development Waterfall Model
- Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Closing Phase of the SCRUM Model
- Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Closing Phase of the Rational Unified Process Model
- Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Closing Phase of the Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Discussion Questions
- The Iterative SDPM Strategy Summary
-
Adaptive ESPM
- Adaptive SDPM Strategy
- The Adaptive SDPM Scoping Phase
- The Adaptive SDPM Planning Phase
- The Adaptive SDPM Launching Phase
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The Adaptive SDPM Monitoring and Controlling Phase
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Adaptive SDPM Strategy
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Adaptive SDPM Strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework Model
- The Monitoring and Controlling Phase of an Iterative SDPM Strategy for the Adaptive Software Development Model
- Discussion Question
- The Adaptive SDPM Closing Phase
- The Adaptive SDPM Strategy Summary
- Extreme ESPM
-
In Summary
- Where Are You?
- Where Do You Want To Go and How Can You Get There?
- What’s on the Web Site?
- Bibliography
- The Project Overview Statement
- Requirements Gathering
- The Work Breakdown Structure
- Estimation
- The Project Network Diagram
- The Resource Schedule
- Organizing the Project Team
- Project Performance Reporting
- Business Process Flow Diagramming
Product information
- Title: Effective Software Project Management
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2006
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780764596360
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