{"product_id":"better-software-project-management-isbn-9780471395553","title":"Better Software Project Management","description":"A complete guide to piloting a software project to success-on time and within budget\u003cbr\u003e This book provides novice software project managers, software developers, and anyone delivering reusable software with strategies for mastering the basics of directing a software project. Well-known management consultant Marsha Lewin uses a \"been there, done that\" approach designed to solve on-the-job problems quickly and efficiently.\u003cbr\u003e Learn how to get a project in motion immediately in the first chapter's \"quick start\" tutorial. This comprehensive overview outlines the ins and outs of software project management, including the expectations for a project manager, defining the project, satisfying critical needs, and leading and monitoring your team. These aspects of managing small- to medium-sized project types are detailed in the same lively, colloquial style that demystifies the complexities of the discipline. The author equips you with the tools to concurrently satisfy the triple constraints of schedule, budget, and quality within the context of risk management, and highlights potential pitfalls and their solutions to assure repeated success.\u003cbr\u003e To help you get under way and stay ahead, supplemental, ready-to-use forms, formats, and checklists are included, along with information on:\u003cbr\u003e ? Use of resources, including people and budget, the quality of software developed, and the costs and risks\u003cbr\u003e ? Political and technical issues affecting project success\u003cbr\u003e ? Risk management methodology\u003cbr\u003e ? Shaping yourself as a leader\u003cbr\u003e ? Software development methodologies, from traditional life cycle to prototyping, and how they relate to software project management\u003cbr\u003e ? Testing and its role in project management\u003cbr\u003e Dozens of real-world examples and diagrams, together with a comprehensive bibliography and glossary, render Better Software Project Management a crucial resource for anyone responsible for keeping software projects within budget and on schedule.Die Anwendung von Project-Management-Techniken zur Planung, Terminierung und Steuerung von Software-Entwicklungsprojekten hat in den letzten zehn Jahren enorm an Bedeutung gewonnen. Im Unterschied zu vielen anderen Büchern, die sich mit diesem Thema befassen, bietet Ihnen dieser Band eine gut verständliche, leicht lesbare Einführung in das Gebiet. So verbessern Sie die Qualität Ihrer Produkte, steigern Ihren Marktanteil und können den Wünschen Ihrer Kunden besser gerecht werden! PREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Who This Book Is For.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Approaching Software Project Management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Useful Features of This Book.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How This Book Is Organized.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Getting Moving.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Project Management Quick Start.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What's a Project Manager to Do?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Materials Review.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Mastering the Process.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theory of Constraints: The Dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Satisfying the Quadruple Constraint.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Taking Corrective Steps.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adjusting to Project Outcomes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Defining Project Types.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Applying Methodologies to the Madness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting the Lay of the Land: Kick-off.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Compiling the Project Bible.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Choosing Projects with the Best Chance of Success.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Negotiating for Success.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Handling the Pressure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Importance of Project Definition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Planning the Project.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting There from Here.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Risky Business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Defining the Project Work Plan in Detail.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Setting Standards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Scheduling.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cost Planning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Practicing the Art of Estimating.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Choosing a Project Cost System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Building in Contingency.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Risk Planning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Lewin on Leadership.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Organizing the Project Team.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Knowing Who to Organize.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leadership Guidelines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Talent Searching.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Organize a Virtual Team.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Additional Notes on Talent.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Back to the Drawing Board.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Monitoring.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting and Staying in Control.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Financially Speaking.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dealing with Creepy Crawly Changes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Communicating and Publicizing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Completing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Knowing You're at the Finish Line.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Joy of Reviewing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Life after Completion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix I.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix II.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix III.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \"Well Done!\" (\u003ci\u003eConsulting to Management\u003c\/i\u003e (C2M), 6\/1\/2004) \u003cb\u003eMARSHA D. LEWIN\u003c\/b\u003e, CCP, CMC, FIMC, is a management consultant specializing in project management and information system implementation. Her consulting firm was named one of the 100 leading management consulting firms in the United States. In over thirty years of consulting, she has successfully implemented software in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Lewin is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, past president of the Association of Management Consultants, and a former director and officer of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Council of Consulting Organizations. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Overnight Consultant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Consultant's Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Wiley, and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSoftware Project Management: Step by Step\u003c\/i\u003e. A complete guide to piloting a software project to success-on time and within budget\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book provides novice software project managers, software developers, and anyone delivering reusable software with strategies for mastering the basics of directing a software project. Well-known management consultant Marsha Lewin uses a \"been there, done that\" approach designed to solve on-the-job problems quickly and efficiently.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Learn how to get a project in motion immediately in the first chapter's \"quick start\" tutorial. This comprehensive overview outlines the ins and outs of software project management, including the expectations for a project manager, defining the project, satisfying critical needs, and leading and monitoring your team. These aspects of managing small- to medium-sized project types are detailed in the same lively, colloquial style that demystifies the complexities of the discipline. The author equips you with the tools to concurrently satisfy the triple constraints of schedule, budget, and quality within the context of risk management, and highlights potential pitfalls and their solutions to assure repeated success.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e To help you get under way and stay ahead, supplemental, ready-to-use forms, formats, and checklists are included, along with information on:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Use of resources, including people and budget, the quality of software developed, and the costs and risks\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Political and technical issues affecting project success\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Risk management methodology\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Shaping yourself as a leader\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Software development methodologies, from traditional life cycle to prototyping, and how they relate to software project management\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ? Testing and its role in project management\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dozens of real-world examples and diagrams, together with a comprehensive bibliography and glossary, render Better Software Project Management a crucial resource for anyone responsible for keeping software projects within budget and on schedule.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988804288741,"sku":"NP9780471395553","price":106.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471395553.jpg?v=1761781654","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/better-software-project-management-isbn-9780471395553","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}