Software Project Management

Name: Software Project Management
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Author: HUGHES
ISBN: 9781526849052

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Útgefandi: McGraw-Hill UK

ISBN: 9781526849052

Print ISBN: 9781526849052

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Útgáfa: 5

Höfundar: HUGHES

Tungumál: English

Útgefið: 2021-04-04

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Cover
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Brief Table of Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
Guided tour
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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction to software project management
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why is software project management important?
1.3 What is a project?
1.4 Software projects versus other types of project
1.5 Contract management and technical project management
1.6 Activities covered by software project management
1.7 Plans, methods and methodologies
1.8 Some ways of categorizing software projects
1.9 Stakeholders
1.10 Setting objectives
1.11 The business case
1.12 Project success and failure
1.13 What is management?
1.14 Management control
1.15 Conclusion
Annex 1 Contents list for a project plan
1.16 Further exercises
Chapter 2: Project evaluation and programme management
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A business case
2.3 Project portfolio management
2.4 Evaluation of individual projects
2.5 Cost-benefit evaluation techniques
2.6 Risk evaluation
2.7 Programme management
2.8 Managing the allocation of resources within programmes
2.9 Strategic programme management
2.10 Creating a programme
2.11 Aids to programme management
2.12 Some reservations about programme management
2.13 Benefits management
2.14 Conclusion
2.15 Further exercises
Chapter 3: An overview of project planning
3.1 Introduction to Step Wise project planning
3.2 Step 0: Select project
3.3 Step 1: Identify project scope and objectives
3.4 Step 2: Identify project infrastructure
3.5 Step 3: Analyse project characteristics
3.6 Step 4: Identify project products and activities
3.7 Step 5: Estimate effort for each activity
3.8 Step 6: Identify activity risks
3.9 Step 7: Allocate resources
3.10 Step 8: Review/publicize plan
3.11 Steps 9 and 10: Execute plan/lower levels of planning
3.12 Conclusion
3.13 Further exercises
Chapter 4: Selection of an appropriate project approach
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Build or buy?
4.3 Choosing methodologies and technologies
4.4 Choice of process models
4.5 Structure versus speed of delivery
4.6 The waterfall model
4.7 The spiral model
4.8 Software prototyping
4.9 Other ways of categorizing prototypes
4.10 Incremental delivery
4.11 Agile methods
4.12 Atern/Dynamic Systems Development Method
4.13 Extreme programming (XP)
4.14 Managing iterative processes
4.15 Selecting the most appropriate process model
4.16 Conclusion
4.17 Further exercises
Chapter 5: Software effort estimation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Where are estimates done?
5.3 Problems with over-and underestimates
5.4 The basis for software estimating
5.5 Software effort estimation techniques
5.6 Bottom-up estimating
5.7 The top-down approach and parametric models
5.8 Expert judgement
5.9 Estimating by analogy
5.10 Albrecht function point analysis
5.11 Function points Mark II
5.12 COSMIC full function points
5.13 COCOMO 13: a parametric productivity model
5.14 Conclusion
5.15 Further exercises
Chapter 6: Activity planning
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The objectives of activity planning
6.3 When to plan
6.4 Project schedules
6.5 Projects and activities
6.6 Sequencing and scheduling activities
6.7 Network planning models
6.8 Formulating a network model
6.9 Adding the time dimension
6.10 The forward pass
6.11 The backward pass
6.12 Identifying the critical path
6.13 Activity float
6.14 Shortening the project duration
6.15 Identifying critical activities
6.16 Activity-on-arrow networks
6.17 Conclusion
6.18 Further exercises
Chapter 7: Risk management
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Risk
7.3 Categories of risk
7.4 A framework for dealing with risk
7.5 Risk identification
7.6 Risk assessment
7.7 Risk planning
7.8 Risk management
7.9 Evaluating risks to the schedule
7.10 Applying the PERT technique
7.11 Monte Carlo simulation
7.12 Critical chain concepts
7.13 Conclusion
7.14 Further exercises
Chapter 8: Resource allocation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The nature of resources
8.3 Identifying resource requirements
8.4 Scheduling resources
8.5 Creating critical paths
8.6 Counting the cost
8.7 Being specific
8.8 Publishing the resource schedule
8.9 Cost schedules
8.10 The scheduling sequence
8.11 Conclusion
8.12 Further exercises
Chapter 9: Monitoring and control
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Creating the framework
9.3 Collecting the data
9.4 Visualizing progress
9.5 Cost monitoring
9.6 Earned value analysis
9.7 Prioritizing monitoring
9.8 Getting the project back to target
9.9 Change control
9.10 Conclusion
9.11 Further exercises
Chapter 10: Managing contracts
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Types of contract
10.3 Stages in contract placement
10.4 Typical terms of a contract
10.5 Contract management
10.6 Acceptance
10.7 Conclusion
10.8 Further exercises
Chapter 11: Managing people in software environments
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Understanding behavior
11.3 Organization behaviour: a background
11.4 Selecting the right person for the job
11.5 Instruction in the best Methods
11.6 Motivation
11.7 The Oldham-Hackman job characteristics model
11.8 Stress
11.9 Health and safety
11.10 Some ethical and professional Concerns
11.11 Conclusion
11.12 Further exercises
Chapter 12: Working in teams
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Becoming a team
12.3 Decision making
12.4 Organizational structures
12.5 Coordination dependencies
12.6 Dispersed and virtual teams
12.7 Communication genres
12.8 Communication plans
12.9 Leadership
12.10 Conclusion
12.11 Further exercises
Chapter 13: Software quality
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The place of software quality in project planning
13.3 The importance of software quality
13.4 Defining software quality
13.5 ISO 9126
13.6 Product versus process quality management
13.7 Quality management systems
13.8 Process capability models
13.9 Techniques to help enhance software quality
13.10 Testing
13.11 Quality plans
13.12 Conclusion
13.13 Further exercises
Appendix A PRINCE2 – an overview
Appendix B Answer pointers
Further reading
Index
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