The Complete Software Project Manager - Anna P Murray

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Résumé :
Your answer to the software project management gap

The Complete Software Project Manager: From Planning to Launch and Beyond addresses an interesting problem experienced by today's project managers: they are often leading software projects, but have no background in technology. To close this gap in experience and help you improve your software project management skills, this essential text covers key topics, including: how to understand software development and why it is so difficult, how to plan a project, choose technology platforms, and develop project specifications, how to staff a project, how to develop a budget, test software development progress, and troubleshoot problems, and what to do when it all goes wrong. Real-life examples, hints, and management tools help you apply these new ideas, and lists of red flags, danger signals, and things to avoid at all costs assist in keeping your project on track.

Companies have, due to the nature of the competitive environment, been somewhat forced to adopt new technologies. Oftentimes, the professionals leading the development of these technologies do not have any experience in the tech field-and this can cause problems. To improve efficiency and effectiveness, this groundbreaking book offers guidance to professionals who need a crash course in software project management.

• Review the basics of software project management, and dig into the more complicated topics that guide you in developing an effective management approach
• Avoid common pitfalls by perusing red flags, danger signals, and things to avoid at all costs
• Leverage practical roadmaps, charts, and step-by-step processes
• Explore real-world examples to see effective software project management in action

The Complete Software Project Manager: From Planning to Launch and Beyond is a fundamental resource for professionals who are leading software projects but do not have a background in technology....

Biographie:

ANNA P. MURRAY, a nationally recognized technology consultant, speaker, and blogger, is president of emedia, a provider of software development, high-level technology consulting, and project and program management. She is a double winner of the Stevie Award for Women in Business, a recipient of a Mobile Marketing Association award for mobile app development, and Folio's Top Women in Media award....

Sommaire:

FOREWORD xvii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix

ABOUT THE AUTHOR xxi

INTRODUCTION xxiii

CHAPTER 1 Software Development Explained: Creativity Meets Complexity 1

A Definition of Software Development 1

Why Is Software Development So Difficult? Hint: It's Not Like Building a House 1

The Simple, the Complicated, and the Complex 2

Metaphor #1: Piles of Snow 3

Metaphor #2: The Ikea Desk 4

Metaphor #3: Heart Surgery 5

Using the Three Metaphors in Project Management 6

CHAPTER 2 Agile, Waterfall, and the Key to Modern Project Management 7

Agile and Waterfall 7

Waterfall 7

Waterfall's Problems 8

The Requirements Requirement 9

Inflexibility 9

Loss of Opportunity and Time to Market 9

Customer Dissatisfaction 10

Agile 10

Lack of Up-Front Planning 12

Lack of Up-Front Costs 12

Stakeholder Involvement 13

Extensive Training 13

Where Agile Works Best 14

The Need for Up-Front Requirements in Many Projects 14

The Real World 15

Agile Enough 15

The Software Development Life Cycle 15

CHAPTER 3 Project Approaches...