7. Managing Requirements and People
What Skipper would Incur the risk, What Buccaneer would ride, Without a surety from the wind Or schedule of the tide?
—EMILY DICKINSON
Sea Captain Taking Note of His Charts
7.1 Introduction
The perceived importance of project management has been increasing in the years since Peter Drucker (Drucker 1993) introduced it as a topic worthy of discussion and specialization in the 1950s. Management of software development projects has also been a much discussed area. It is fair to say software development projects are among the most complex undertakings. It is also fair to say that they have consistently been poorly ...
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