Book description
This book is designed for software engineering students and project management professional in the IT and software industry. It focuses on the four phases of management -- planning, organizing, monitoring, and adjusting (POMA) -- and tailors to systems and applications on software projects. The tasks and techniques utilized in each of the POMA management phases are discussed with specific software engineering and IT related examples. Drawing from years of experience in the industry, the author presents material within a framework of real-world examples and exercises that help readers apply new concepts to everyday situations.
Table of contents
- Cover Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction: What is Software Project Management?
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Part One: Software Project Planning (POMA)
- A Team Effort
- Plan Content
- Levels of Planning
- Chapter 1 Project Content and Deliverables
- Chapter 2 Task Analysis
- Chapter 3 Goals and Measurements
- Chapter 4 Project Resource Planning
- Chapter 5 Risk Analysis and Planning
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Part Two: Organizing and Preparing (POMA)
- Organizing
- Human Resources
- Processes, Methodologies, and Tools
- Goals and Measurements
- Chapter 6 Human Resources
- Chapter 7 Processes, Methodologies, and Tools
- Chapter 8 Goals and Measurements: Preparations and Costs
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Part Three: Software Project Monitoring (POMA)
- The Role of Monitoring in Software Project Management
- Monitoring: A Three-Part Operation
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Chapter 9 Collecting Project Information
- Formal Data Gathering and Monitoring
- Macro and Micro Levels of Monitoring
- Monitoring the Budget
- Data Collection Schedule
- Formal Project Status Meetings
- Informal Data Gathering and Monitoring
- Physically Collocated Environment
- Physically Remote Environment
- Establishing Trust
- Key Concepts
- Exercises
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 10 Analysis and Evaluation of Information
- Chapter 11 Presenting and Communicating Data
- Part Four: Adjustments and Actions (POMA)
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Part Five: Additional Skills
- Chapter 14 The Project Team
- Chapter 15 Change Control
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Chapter 16 Task Scheduling
- Task Sequence and Effort Representation
- Critical Versus Noncritical Paths
- Forward- and Backward-Pass Scheduling of Tasks
- Improving Estimations: The Program Evaluation and Review Technique
- Reducing Schedules: The Critical Path Method
- Creating a Calendar Schedule
- Key Concepts
- Exercises
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 17 Effort Estimation
- Chapter 18 Earned Value Management
- Chapter 19 Procurement and Acquisition
- Index
Product information
- Title: Managing Systems and IT Projects
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2010
- Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
- ISBN: 9781449656515
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