Managing and leading software projects / Richard E. (Dick) Fairley.
By: Fairley, R. E. (Richard E.).
Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | Wiley InterScience (Online service) [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society, c2009Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2009]Description: 1 PDF (xvii, 492 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470405697; 0470405694.Subject(s): Software engineering | Computer software -- Development -- Management | Chapters | Complexity theory | Computer architecture | Computers | Contracts | Current measurement | Decision making | Documentation | Electric breakdown | Engineering profession | Estimation | Hardware | Humans | IEEE standards | Knowledge management | Lead | Marketing and sales | Materials | Modeling | Organizations | Personnel | Process control | Productivity | Project management | Risk management | Schedules | Sections | Size measurement | Software | Software measurement | Standards | Standards organizations | Teamwork | TestingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 005.1/068 22 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Process models for software development -- Establishing project foundations -- Plans and planning -- Project planning techniques -- Estimation techniques -- Measuring and controlling work products -- Measuring and controlling work processes -- Managing project risk -- Teams, teamwork, motivation, leadership, and communication -- Organizational issues.
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The book is organized around basic principles of software project management: planning and estimating, measuring and controlling, leading and communicating, and managing risk.; Introduces software development methods, from traditional (hacking, requirements to code, and waterfall) to iterative (incremental build, evolutionary, agile, and spiral).; Illustrates and emphasizes tailoring the development process to each project, with a foundation in the fundamentals that are true for all development methods.; Topics such as the WBS, estimation, schedule networks, organizing the project team, and pe.
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