Better Software Project Management

A Primer for Success
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-471-39555-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 551 g

Die Anwendung von Project-Management-Techniken zur Planung, Terminierung und Steuerung von Software-Entwicklungsprojekten hat in den letzten zehn Jahren enorm an Bedeutung gewonnen. Im Unterschied zu vielen anderen Büchern, die sich mit diesem Thema befassen, bietet Ihnen dieser Band eine gut verständliche, leicht lesbare Einführung in das Gebiet. So verbessern Sie die Qualität Ihrer Produkte, steigern Ihren Marktanteil und können den Wünschen Ihrer Kunden besser gerecht werden!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewin, Marsha D

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE.

Who This Book Is For.

Approaching Software Project Management.

Useful Features of This Book.

How This Book Is Organized.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Chapter 1: Getting Moving.

Project Management Quick Start.

What's a Project Manager to Do?

Materials Review.

Chapter 2: Mastering the Process.

Theory of Constraints: The Dimensions.

Satisfying the Quadruple Constraint.

Taking Corrective Steps.

Adjusting to Project Outcomes.

Defining Project Types.

Applying Methodologies to the Madness.

Getting the Lay of the Land: Kick-off.

Compiling the Project Bible.

Choosing Projects with the Best Chance of Success.

Negotiating for Success.

Handling the Pressure.

The Importance of Project Definition.

Chapter 3: Planning the Project.

Getting There from Here.

Risky Business.

Defining the Project Work Plan in Detail.

Setting Standards.

Scheduling.

Cost Planning.

Practicing the Art of Estimating.

Choosing a Project Cost System.

Building in Contingency.

Risk Planning.

Chapter 4: Lewin on Leadership.

Organizing the Project Team.

Knowing Who to Organize.

Leadership Guidelines.

Talent Searching.

Organize a Virtual Team.

Additional Notes on Talent.

Back to the Drawing Board.

Chapter 5: Monitoring.

Getting and Staying in Control.

Financially Speaking.

Dealing with Creepy Crawly Changes.

Communicating and Publicizing.

Chapter 6: Completing.

Knowing You're at the Finish Line.

The Joy of Reviewing.

Life after Completion.

In Conclusion.

Appendix I.

Appendix II.

Appendix III.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

MARSHA D. LEWIN, CCP, CMC, FIMC, is a management consultant specializing in project management and information system implementation. Her consulting firm was named one of the 100 leading management consulting firms in the United States. In over thirty years of consulting, she has successfully implemented software in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Lewin is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, past president of the Association of Management Consultants, and a former director and officer of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Council of Consulting Organizations. She is the author of The Overnight Consultant and The Consultant's Survival Guide, also published by Wiley, and the coauthor of Software Project Management: Step by Step.