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The software project manager's handbook : principles that work at work / Dwayne Phillips.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society, c2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 485 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780471674207
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.1068   22
Contents:
What Makes a Good Software Manager? -- Four Basics That Work -- What Doesn’t Work and Why -- Managing a Project Day by Day -- Requirements -- Planning -- Risk Management -- Design -- Integration and Testing -- Software Maintenance -- Cookbook -- Appendix A Documents for the OPT Project -- Appendix B Configuration Management -- Appendix C Structured Analysis and Design -- Appendix D Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book guides both software project managers and their team members toward a common goal, emphasizing basic principles that are extremely effective at work. The author's unique approach stresses that success on software projects has more to do with how people think individually and in groups than with programming. Readers will follow four themes that will lead to successful projects - balancing people, process, product; making ideas visible; applying configuration management properly; and using standards.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What Makes a Good Software Manager? -- Four Basics That Work -- What Doesn’t Work and Why -- Managing a Project Day by Day -- Requirements -- Planning -- Risk Management -- Design -- Integration and Testing -- Software Maintenance -- Cookbook -- Appendix A Documents for the OPT Project -- Appendix B Configuration Management -- Appendix C Structured Analysis and Design -- Appendix D Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book guides both software project managers and their team members toward a common goal, emphasizing basic principles that are extremely effective at work. The author's unique approach stresses that success on software projects has more to do with how people think individually and in groups than with programming. Readers will follow four themes that will lead to successful projects - balancing people, process, product; making ideas visible; applying configuration management properly; and using standards.

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