Software Project Management 5ED

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Contents
1. Introduction to Software Project Management
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Why is Software Project Management Important?
	1.3 What is a Project?
	1.4 Software Projects versus Other Types of Project
	1.5 Contract Management and Technical Project Management
	1.6 Activities Covered by Software Project Management
	1.7 Plans, Methods and Methodologies
	1.8 Some Ways of Categorizing Software Projects
	1.9 Stakeholders
	1.10 Setting Objectives
	1.11 The Business Case
	1.12 Project Success and Failure
	1.13 What is Management?
	1.14 Management Control
	1.15 Traditional versus Modern Project Management Practices
	Conclusion
	Annex 1 Contents List for a Project Plan
	Further Exercises
2. Project Evaluation and Programme Management
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 A Business Case
	2.3 Project Portfolio Management
	2.4 Evaluation of Individual Projects
	2.5 Cost–benefi t Evaluation Techniques
	2.6 Risk Evaluation
	2.7 Programme Management
	2.8 Managing the Allocation of Resources within Programmes
	2.9 Strategic Programme Management
	2.10 Creating a Programme
	2.11 Aids to Programme Management
	2.12 Some Reservations about Programme Management
	2.13 Benefi ts Management
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
3. An Overview of Project Planning
	3.1 Introduction to Step Wise Project Planning
	3.2 Step 0: Select Project
	3.3 Step 1: Identify Project Scope and Objectives
	3.4 Step 2: Identify Project Infrastructure
	3.5 Step 3: Analyse Project Characteristics
	3.6 Step 4: Identify Project Products and Activities
	3.7 Step 5: Estimate Effort for Each Activity
	3.8 Step 6: Identify Activity Risks
	3.9 Step 7: Allocate Resources
	3.10 Step 8: Review/Publicize Plan
	3.11 Steps 9 and 10: Execute Plan/Lower Levels of Planning
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
4. Selection of an Appropriate Project Approach
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Build or Buy?
	4.3 Choosing Methodologies and Technologies
	4.4 Software Processes and Process Models
	4.5 Choice of Process Models
	4.6 Structure versus Speed of Delivery
	4.7 The Waterfall Model
	4.8 The Spiral Model
	4.9 Software Prototyping
	4.10 Other Ways of Categorizing Prototypes
	4.11 Incremental Delivery
	4.12 Atern/Dynamic Systems Development Method
	4.13 Rapid Application Development
	4.14 Agile Methods
	4.15 Extreme Programming (XP)
	4.16 Scrum
	4.17 Managing Iterative Processes
	4.18 Selecting the Most Appropriate Process Model
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
5. Software Effort Estimation
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Where are Estimates Done?
	5.3 Problems with Over- and Under-Estimates
	5.4 The Basis for Software Estimating
	5.5 Software Effort Estimation Techniques
	5.6 Bottom-up Estimating
	5.7 The Top-down Approach and Parametric Models
	5.8 Expert Judgement
	5.9 Estimating by Analogy
	5.10 Albrecht Function Point Analysis
	5.11 Function Points Mark II
	5.12 COSMIC Full Function Points
	5.13 COCOMO II: A Parametric Productivity Model
	5.14 Cost Estimation
	5.15 Staffi ng Pattern
	5.16 Effect of Schedule Compression
	5.17 Capers Jones Estimating Rules of Thumb
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
6. Activity Planning
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 The Objectives of Activity Planning
	6.3 When to Plan
	6.4 Project Schedules
	6.5 Projects and Activities
	6.6 Sequencing and Scheduling Activities
	6.7 Network Planning Models
	6.8 Formulating a Network Model
	6.9 Adding the Time Dimension
	6.10 The Forward Pass
	6.11 The Backward Pass
	6.12 Identifying the Critical Path
	6.13 Activity Float
	6.14 Shortening the Project Duration
	6.15 Identifying Critical Activities
	6.16 Activity-on-Arrow Networks
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
7. Risk Management
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Risk
	7.3 Categories of Risk
	7.4 A Framework for Dealing with Risk
	7.5 Risk Identifi cation
	7.6 Risk Assessment
	7.7 Risk Planning
	7.8 Risk Management
	7.9 Evaluating Risks to the Schedule
	7.10 Applying the PERT Technique
	7.11 Monte Carlo Simulation
	7.12 Critical Chain Concepts
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
8. Resource Allocation
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 The Nature of Resources
	8.3 Identifying Resource Requirements
	8.4 Scheduling Resources
	8.5 Creating Critical Paths
	8.6 Counting the Cost
	8.7 Being Specifi c
	8.8 Publishing the Resource Schedule
	8.9 Cost Schedules
	8.10 The Scheduling Sequence
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
9. Monitoring and Control
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Creating the Framework
	9.3 Collecting the Data
	9.4 Review
	9.5 Project Termination Review
	9.6 Visualizing Progress
	9.7 Cost Monitoring
	9.8 Earned Value Analysis
	9.9 Prioritizing Monitoring
	9.10 Getting the Project Back to Target
	9.11 Change Control
	9.12 Software Confi guration Management (SCM)
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
10. Managing Contracts
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Types of Contract
	10.3 Stages in Contract Placement
	10.4 Typical Terms of a Contract
	10.5 Contract Management
	10.6 Acceptance
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
11. Managing People in Software Environments
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Understanding Behaviour
	11.3 Organizational Behaviour: A Background
	11.4 Selecting the Right Person for the Job
	11.5 Instruction in the Best Methods
	11.6 Motivation
	11.7 The Oldham–Hackman Job Characteristics Model
	11.8 Stress
	11.9 Health and Safety
	11.10 Some Ethical and Professional Concerns
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
12. Working in Teams
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 Becoming a Team
	12.3 Decision Making
	12.4 Organization and Team Structures
	12.5 Coordination Dependencies
	12.6 Dispersed and Virtual Teams
	12.7 Communication Genres
	12.8 Communication Plans
	12.9 Leadership
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
13. Software Quality
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 The Place of Software Quality in Project Planning
	13.3 The Importance of Software Quality
	13.4 Defi ning Software Quality
	13.5 ISO 9126
	13.6 Product and Process Metrics
	13.7 Product versus Process Quality Management
	13.8 Quality Management Systems
	13.9 Process Capability Models
	13.10 Techniques to Help Enhance Software Quality
	13.11 Testing
	13.12 Software Reliability
	13.13 Quality Plans
	Conclusion
	Further Exercises
Appendix A Prince2—An Overview
Appendix B Project Management Tools
Appendix C Answer Pointers
Further Reading
Index