May 2009
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 28m
English
Content preview from How to Save a Failing Project
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Index
A
agile methods, 76–77
Alexander, Ian F., 155, 167
assessing why project is failing, 39
B
bad news, responses to, 33–34
Baker, Dan R., 139, 173
Bennis, Warren, 102
Bierderman, Patricia Ward, 102
Boehm, Barry, 11, 139
BPM. See build process model
brainstorming, 111, 158
Brooks, Frederick P., 75–76
Brown, Norm, 76
Buede, Dennis, 49
build process model (BPM), 55, 66–68
Burlton, Roger T., 87
Bush, Marilyn W., 125
business objectives, 40
C
Cagle, Ronald B., 46
Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM), 76, 176, 185
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), 167–168, 173
Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV), 184
Capability Maturity Model Integration for Services (CMMI-SVC), 49
CAR. See causal analysis and ...
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