Introduction to Software project management /

Villafiorita, Adolfo

Introduction to Software project management / by Adolfo Villafiorita - First edition - Boca Raton, FL : Auerbach Publications, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2014 - 1 online resource (296 pages)

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Basics: Software Development Activities and Their Organization -- chapter 3 Making IT Right: Managing Goals, Time, and Costs -- chapter 4 Making IT Better: Managing Changes, Risks, and Quality -- chapter 5 Making IT Perfect: Managing People and Organizing Communication -- chapter 6 Software Project Pricing -- chapter 7 Managing Software Development Projects -- chapter 8 Development and Management Standards -- chapter 9 Open Source Tools for Managing Projects

Although software development is one of the most complex activities carried out by man, sound development processes and proper project management can help ensure your software projects are delivered on time and under budget. Providing the know-how to manage software projects effectively, Introduction to Software Project Management supplies an accessible introduction to software project management. The book begins with an overview of the fundamental techniques of project management and the technical aspects of software development. This section supplies the understanding of the techniques required to mitigate uncertainty in projects and better control the complexity of software development projects. The second part illustrates the technical activities of software development in a coherent process???describing how to customize this process to fit a wide range of software development scenarios

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Software engineering
Project management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Project Management
COMPUTERS--Software Development & Engineering--General

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