Managing Software Projects

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ISBN: 9780763725464 | 0763725463
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Copyright: 3/1/2004

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Managing Software Projects is a book for software engineering students and project management professionals in the IT and software industry. It focuses on and tailors the four phases of management -- planning, organizing, monitoring, and adjusting (POMA) -- to application on software projects. The tasks and techniques utilized in each of the POMA management phases are discussed with specific software engineering and IT related examples. Drawing from years of experience in the industry, the author presents material within a framework of real” examples and exercises that help readers apply new concepts to everyday situations.

INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SOFTWARE PROJET MANAGEMENT?

(16)

Software Project

(3)

Software Artifacts

(1)

Code Versus Noncode Software Artifacts

(2)

Software Engineering

(4)

Software Process and Methodology

(1)

Components of Software Engineering

(1)

Software Product Life Cycle

(1)

The Software Project Management Process

(5)

POMA: The Phases of Software Project Management

(1)

Planning

(1)

Organizing

(1)

Monitoring

(1)

Adjusting

(1)

POMA at All Management Levels

(1)

Key Concepts

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Suggested Reading

(2)

PART ONE: SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING (POMA)

(106)

A Team Effort

(1)

Plan Content

(1)

Levels of Planning

(18)

Quick Estimate

(1)

Comprehensive Plan

(1)

Chapter 1 Project Content and Deliverables

Gathering and Analyzing Project Requirements

(3)

Potential Pitfalls

(1)

Completing the Requirements Specification as a Separate Project

(1)

General Requirements Management Activities

(2)

Types of Requirements

(3)

Project Deliverables

(1)

Project Needs and Their Characterization

(1)

Review and Approval of Requirements

(1)

Internal Requirements Generation and Prioritization

(4)

The Prioritization Process

(1)

Role of the Software Product Management Board

(3)

Quick Estimates and High-Level Requirements

(1)

Key Concepts

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Suggested Reading

(1)

Chapter 2 Task Analysis

(16)

Work Breakdown Structure

(2)

Steps in the WBS

(1)

WBS in Practice: Introduction to and Example

(2)

Deliverable 1: Executable Code

(1)

Deliverable 2: Help Text, Usage, and Reference Information

(1)

WBS Task Refinement

(3)

Activities and Subdeliverables for Deliverable

(1)

Task Sequencing and Sequence Diagram

(2)

WBS Time and Resource Assignments

(6)

Units of Task Measurement

(2)

Task Estimates and Task Assignments

(2)

Milestones

(1)

WBS Iteration and Acceptance

(1)

Key Concepts

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Suggested Reading

(1)

Chapter 3 Goals and Measurements

(26)

Project Attributes

(3)

Preliminary Goals

(1)

Measurable, Trackable, Validatable, and Verifiable Goals

(2)

Metrics and Measurements: An Overview

(2)

Deliverable-Related Metrics and Measurements

(8)

Metrics and Measurements Example I: The Quality Attribute

(5)

Complex Attributes

(2)

Project- and Process-Related Metrics and Measurements

(10)

Metrics and Measurements Example II: The Schedule Integrity Attribute

(7)

Interrelated Attributes

(2)

Influencing Downstream Phases

(1)

Key Concepts

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Suggested Reading

(1)

Chapter 4 Project Resource Planning

(28)

Planning for the Three Types of Resources

(1)

Human Resources

(9)

Skills Matrix

(4)

Hiring Plan

(1)

People Hiring Matrix and the Recruiting Plan

(2)

People as Human Capital

(2)

Processes and Methodologies

(10)

Software Project Phases

(1)

Requirements Process Planning

(1)

Design Process Planning

(1)

Implementation and Programming Process Planning

(2)

Test Process Planning

(1)

Product Release Process Planning

(1)

Other Process Planning Considerations

(3)

Tools and Equipment

(1)

Combining the Resources

100

(2)

Outsourcing Versus Insourcing

102

(2)

Key Concepts

104

(1)

Exercises

105

(1)

Suggested Reading

106

(1)

Chapter 5 Risk Analysis and Planning

107

(16)

Risk Definition

107

(1)

Risk Identification

108

(3)

Identifying and Listing the Anticipatable Risks

109

(2)

Risk Prioritization

111

(5)

Prioritization by Recovery Cost

112

(2)

Types of Recovery Cost Prioritization

114

(1)

Prioritization by Risk Value

114

(2)

Risk Mitigation

116

(4)

Cost-Based Mitigation

116

(1)

Cost of Mitigation

116

(1)

Probability of Success

117

(1)

Mitigation Value Cost

117

(1)

Fixed Budget for Risk Mitigation

118

(2)

Risk Removal and the Risk Plan

120

(1)

Key Concepts

121

(1)

Exercises

122

(1)

Suggested Reading

122

(1)

PART TWO: ORGANIZING AND PREPARING (POMA)

123

(56)

Organizing

123

(1)

Human Resources

124

(1)

Processes, Methodologies, and Tools

124

(1)

Goals and Measurements

125

(2)

Chapter 6 Human Resources

127

(16)

Software Project Organization: An Overview

127

(1)

Software Development Structures

128

(6)

General Organizational Structure

128

(2)

Refining the General Organizational Structure I: Matrix Versus Hierarchical Orientation

130

(2)

Refining the General Organizational Structure II: Functional Orientation

132

(1)

Refining the General Organizational Structure III: A Highly Specialized Organization

133

(1)

Software Support Structures

134

(2)

Recruiting and Hiring Software Personnel

136

(5)

Recruiting

136

(2)

Hiring

138

(2)

Bringing People on Board

140

(1)

Key Concepts

141

(1)

Exercises

141

(1)

Suggested Reading

142

(1)

Chapter 7 Processes, Methodologies, and Tools

143

(22)

Processes

143

Process Map

145

(2)

Process Flow

147

(2)

Configuration Management

149

(1)

Processes and Subprocesses

150

(1)

Process Introduction and Education

151

Methodologies

(104)

Methodology Definition

154

(2)

Methodology Preparation

156

(1)

Tools

157

(4)

Tool Identification and Preparation

158

(1)

Tool Selection

159

(1)

Tool Usage and Preparation

160

(1)

Key Concepts

161

(1)

Exercises

162

(1)

Suggested Reading

162

(3)

Chapter 8 Goals and Measurements: Preparations and Costs

165

(14)

Transforming Goals and Measurements

165

(1)

Clarifying Definitions of Goals and Measurements

166

(5)

Decomposing the Ease-of-Use Example

166

(1)

Potentially Misleading Measurements

167

(2)

Building a Measurement Operational Plan

169

(2)

Embracing the Measurement Scheme

171

(3)

Participating in Goal and Measurement Preparations

171

(1)

Goal Attainability

172

(2)

Measurement Costs

174

(1)

Key Concepts

175

(1)

Exercises

176

(1)

Suggested Reading

176

(3)

PART THREE: SOFTWARE PROJECT MONITORING (POMA)

179

(54)

The Role of Monitoring in Software Project Management

179

(1)

Monitoring: A Three-Part Operation

180

(3)

Chapter 9 Collecting Project Information

183

(20)

Formal Data Gathering and Monitoring

184

(2)

Activity-Based Monitoring

185

(1)

Attribute-Based Monitoring

186

(1)

Macro and Micro Levels of Monitoring

186

(5)

Monitoring Completeness of Function

187

(2)

Monitoring Quality

189

(2)

Monitoring the Budget

191

(4)

Data Collection Schedule

195

(1)

Formal Project Status Meetings

195

(3)

Informal Data Gathering and Monitoring

198

(1)

Physically Collocated Environment

199

(1)

Physically Remote Environment

199

(1)

Establishing Trust

200

(1)

Key Concepts

201

(1)

Exercises

201

(1)

Suggested Reading

202

(1)

Chapter 10 Analysis and Evaluation of Information

203

(20)

Reliable, Accurate, and Valid Data

203

(2)

Distribution of Data

205

(3)

Example I: Skew of the Distribution

205

(1)

Example II: Range of Data Values

206

(1)

Example III: Data Trends

207

(1)

Centrality and Dispersion

208

(6)

Average Value

208

(1)

Median Value

209

(1)

Standard Deviation and Control Charts

210

(4)

Data Smoothing: Moving Averages

214

(2)

Data Correlation

216

(3)

Normalization of Data

219

(2)

Key Concepts

221

(1)

Exercises

221

(1)

Suggested Reading

222

(1)

Chapter 11 Presenting and Communicating Data

223

(10)

Sharing Information

223

(1)

Communicating Time-Related Status

224

(3)

Tabular Formats

224

(2)

Bar-Chart Formats

226

(1)

Communicating Control-Related Status

227

(1)

Other Common Data Representation Formats

228

(2)

Pie Charts

228

(1)

Histograms

229

(1)

Selecting a Data Representation Format

230

(1)

Key Concepts

231

(1)

Exercises

231

(1)

Suggested Reading

232

(1)

PART FOUR: ADJUSTMENTS AND ACTIONS (POMA)

233

(30)

Chapter 12 Planned and Unplanned Adjustments and Actions

237

(16)

Taking Actions with Urgency

237

(4)

Steps in Taking Urgent Action

238

(1)

Change Management

239

(2)

Planned Adjustments

241

(4)

The Planned Adjustment Decision-Making Process and Targets

241

(2)

Making Planned Adjustments to Functionality, Resources, and Schedule

243

(2)

Unplanned Adjustments

245

(5)

Functionality Changes

245

(2)

Resource Changes

247

(1)

Schedule Changes

248

(2)

Key Concepts

250

(1)

Exercises

251

(1)

Suggested Reading

251

(2)

Chapter 13 Release Management Council

253

(10)

The Team Management Approach

253

(1)

Formulating a Release Management Council

254

(3)

The Release Management Mode of Operation

257

(3)

Conducting the Release Management Council Meetings

257

(2)

Making Decisions about Product Release

259

(1)

Key Concepts

260

(1)

Exercises

261

(1)

Suggested Reading

261

(2)

PART FIVE: ADDITIONAL SKILLS

263

(62)

Chapter 14 The Project Team

265

(14)

Project Team Life Cycle

265

(1)

Team Formation

266

(2)

Technical Software Skills

267

(1)

Soft Skills and Personal Traits

268

(1)

Team Development

269

(4)

Team Maintenance

273

(2)

Rewarding Team Members

273

(1)

Punishing Team Members

273

(1)

Handling Team Attrition

274

(1)

Team Member Growth

275

(1)

Key Concepts

275

(1)

Exercises

276

(1)

Suggested Reading

276

(3)

Chapter 15 Change Control

279

(10)

An Example Change Request Process

280

(1)

Change Impact Analysis

281

(2)

Change Request Denial or Acceptance

283

(1)

Cumulative Effects of Changes

284

(2)

Key Concepts

286

(1)

Exercises

286

(1)

Suggested Reading

287

(2)

Chapter 16 Task Scheduling

289

(18)

Task Sequence and Effort Representation

289

(2)

Critical Versus Noncritical Paths

291

(2)

Forward- and Backward-Pass Scheduling of Tasks

293

(1)

Slack Times

294

(4)

Total Slack Time

294

(1)

Free Slack Time

295

(3)

Improving Estimations: The Program Evaluation and Review Technique

298

(2)

Reducing Schedules: The Critical Path Method

300

(2)

Creating a Calendar Schedule

302

(1)

Key Concepts

303

(1)

Exercises

304

(1)

Suggested Reading

305

(2)

Chapter 17 Effort Estimation

307

(18)

Informal Effort Estimation

307

(2)

General Estimation Model

309

(6)

The Size Factor

310

(3)

Other Factors Affecting Project Effort

313

(2)

The COCOMO Effort Estimation Model

315

(7)

Identify the Nominal Mode of Development

315

(2)

Estimate the Size of the Project

317

(1)

Review and Assign Values to the Cost Drivers

318

(2)

Calculate the Effort Estimate

320

(1)

The Continuing Evolution of COCOMO

321

(1)

Key Concepts

322

(1)

Exercises

322

(1)

Suggested Reading

323

(2)

Index

325

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Managing Software Projects

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