Chapter 1. Managing Software Engineering Projects

  • Discuss the challenges associated with building software.

  • Describe the opportunities that Microsoft Visual Studio Team System offers to project managers.

  • Provide a roadmap to this book.

The Challenges

As a project manager, you have one of the most challenging jobs on the planet. You are responsible for planning the project, keeping it on schedule and within budget, keeping all the stakeholders informed, and ensuring that deliverables are in fact delivered. And if that isn’t enough, you must also rise to the unique challenges offered by each software development project.

Almost all software projects start with an incomplete understanding of ...

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