Service- and Component-based Development: Using Select Perspective™ and UML

Project management tools

Project planning tools allow you to plan and track software development projects. The key to these types of tool is the communication of plans and collection of actual delivery dates. The best example available today is Microsoft Project. However, project management tools are also fairly generic and apply equally well to all types of software development project. One critical addition for service- and component-based development is that of outsourcing management. As component specifications can be delivered by developers who reside outside the consuming organization, overall project management is not advisable or practical. Each organization or sub-organization should manage only its own projects, but it must comply with ...