This book is just a rehash of the Project Management Institute's book, "Project Management Book of Knowledge," which is an abstraction of procedures used in all project management. It is not specific to the process of building software at all. Don't buy this book, get one written by software people
Software Project Management For Dummies
โ Scribed by Teresa Luckey, Joseph Phillips
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 411
- Series
- For Dummies
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
- The increase in project outsourcing has forced traditional programmers to take on the role of project managers and quickly learn how to manage software projects * The author discusses all of the essentials in widely accepted project management methodology, from managing programmers to assessing and eliminating risk * The book covers the iterative development model, using Microsoft Project 2003, as well as a variety of methodologies including eXtreme, open source, SQA testing, software life cycle management, and more * The companion Web site contains tools, case studies and other resources to help even novices get up and running
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This book is for a beginner, and I was happy to see it included ES, EF, LS, LF, Critical Path, Gannt charts, etc. and even got into the Earned Value concept and some formulas. This seems to have the right amount of detail for the beginner PM, with the exception that it did not even mention the 42 pr
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