On Time Within Budget : Software Project Management Practices and Techniques

, by Bennatan, E. M.

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ISBN: 9780471376446 | 0471376442
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Copyright: 6/7/2000

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Acknowledgments

Preface to the First Edition

xiii

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

xvii

Trademarks

xxi

Introduction to Software Project Management

(18)

Advances in Software Engineering

(6)

Advances in Process

(1)

Advances in Metrics

(1)

Advances in Testing

(1)

Advances in Software Tools

(1)

Advances in Cycle Time Reduction

(1)

Advances in People Management

(1)

Project Success and Failure

(1)

The Role of the Software Project Manager

(1)

Two Examples

(3)

Gaining Acceptance for New Development Procedures

(3)

Luck as a Factor in Software Development

(1)

Overcoming Resistance

(2)

Summary

(3)

Exercises

(1)

Software Development Problems: An Ounce of Prevention

(16)

Basic Problems

(5)

Problems Related to Project Requirements

(1)

Frequent Changes

(1)

Estimates and Related Problems

(1)

External Sources

(1)

Concluding a Software Project

(1)

Staff Recruitment and Turnover

(1)

Tracking and Supervision

(1)

Risk Analysis

(8)

The Theory of Risk Analysis

(2)

Anticipating Problems

(1)

The Analysis Stage

(2)

Implementing Contingency Plans

(2)

Summary

(2)

Exercises

(1)

Software Development Contracts and Other Legal Issues

(28)

The Cost-Plus versus Fixed Price Dilemma

(4)

The Cost-Plus Contract

(2)

The Fixed Price Contract

(2)

Other Customer-Developer Relationships

(1)

The Request for Proposal

(4)

Some Basic Issues

(1)

Preparation of the RFP

(3)

Issuing the RFP

(1)

The Proposal

(6)

The Unsolicited Proposal

(1)

Solicited Proposals

(1)

The Proposal Preparation Team

(2)

The Proposal Format

(2)

The Statement of Work

(1)

The Proposal Review and Selection Process

(2)

The Proposal Selection Board

(1)

Proposal Evaluation Method

(1)

Some Additional Proposal Considerations

(2)

Issues Relating to the Customer

(1)

Issues Relating to the Proposer

(1)

Legal Perspectives

(5)

Software Contracts and Agreements

(1)

Ensuring Software Rights

(1)

Legal Requirements in Software Development

(2)

Summary

(4)

Exercises

(3)

The Software Development Cycle: Variations on a Waterfall Theme

(34)

The Concept Phase

(2)

The Atmosphere during the Concept Phase

(1)

Problems during the Concept Phase

(1)

The Software Requirements Phase

(3)

The Atmosphere during the Requirements Phase

(1)

Problems during the Requirements Phase

(1)

The Design Phase

(3)

The Atmosphere during the Design Phase

(1)

Problems during the Design Phase

(1)

The Implementation Phase

(3)

The Atmosphere during the Implementation Phase

(1)

Problems during the Implementation Phase

(1)

The Integration and Test Phase

(4)

The Atmosphere during the Integration and Test Phase

(1)

Problems during the Integration and Test Phase

(1)

The Maintenance Phase

(3)

The Atmosphere during the Maintenance Phase

(1)

Problems during the Maintenance Phase

(1)

IEEE Standard 1074: A Standard for Developing Software Life Cycle Processes

(1)

Availability and Reliability Requirements

(4)

System Reliability

(1)

System Availability

(1)

Ease of Use

(2)

Customer Perspectives

(2)

International and Cultural Issues

(1)

Customer Involvement

(1)

Summary

(5)

Exercises

(4)

Principles of Managing Software Engineers: Are They Really Any Different?

(18)

The Software Project Organizational Structure

(5)

The Team Structure

103

(3)

The Team Leader

103

(1)

Democratic Teams

104

(1)

Chief Engineer Teams

105

(1)

Expert Teams

105

(1)

Basic Reporting Techniques

106

(4)

Status Reports

107

(2)

Project Status Meetings

109

(1)

General Guidelines for Managing Software Engineers

110

(1)

Summary

111

(4)

Exercises

112

(3)

How to Handle Large Projects: Divide and Conquer

115

(24)

Stepwise Refinement

116

(5)

Functional Decomposition

118

(1)

Design Decomposition

119

(2)

The Work Breakdown Structure

121

(4)

Project Decomposition

121

(3)

The WBS as a Project Management Tool

124

(1)

Handling Large Projects

125

(6)

Subsystems

126

(1)

Guidelines for Functional Decomposition

127

(1)

Guidelines for Design Decomposition

128

(1)

Guidelines for Decomposition of Work Tasks

129

(2)

Component-Based Development

131

(4)

How Components Are Used

132

(2)

CBD as a Formal Theory

134

(1)

Summary

135

(4)

Exercises

136

(3)

Software Project Management in a Client/Server Environment

139

(20)

An Introduction to Client/Server Environments

141

(4)

Definitions and Terminology

142

(1)

Client/Server Objectives

142

(2)

Functions of the Client

144

(1)

Functions of the Server

144

(1)

The Network

145

(2)

Network Protocols

145

(1)

Network Considerations

146

(1)

Project Management Advantages and Disadvantages of a Client/Server Environment

147

(2)

Selecting a Client/Server Environment

149

(2)

Project Management

151

(3)

Project Control

151

(1)

Design Decisions

152

(1)

Managing Test and Integration

153

(1)

Tips for Managing Client/Server Environments

154

(1)

Summary

155

(4)

Exercises

156

(3)

Project Support Functions

159

(26)

Software Configuration Control

160

(9)

Configuration Control Terminology

161

(3)

Resources for Configuration Control

164

(1)

The Software Configuration Management Plan

165

(1)

Some General Guidelines

166

(3)

Software Quality Assurance (SQA)

169

(7)

Producing Quality Software

170

(1)

Resources for Quality Control

171

(2)

The Software Quality Assurance Plan

173

(2)

Software Quality Metrics

175

(1)

Some General Guidelines

176

(1)

Software Testing

176

(6)

Types of Software Testing

177

(2)

Formal Testing Procedures and Plans

179

(1)

Some General Guidelines

180

(2)

Summary

182

(3)

Exercises

183

(2)

Software Development Standards: The Necessary Evil

185

(38)

An Overview of Software Development Standards

187

(3)

The IEEE Software Engineering Standards

190

(13)

Overview of the IEEE Standards

190

(1)

A Synopsis of the IEEE Standards

191

(4)

The IEEE Software Requirements Standard

195

(4)

The IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology

199

(1)

The IEEE 12207 Software Life Cycle Standards

200

(3)

The ISO Standards

203

(7)

The ISO 9000 Standards

203

(4)

The ISO/IEC JTC1 Software Development Standards

207

(3)

Comparison of the IEEE and ISO Standards

210

(1)

Advantages of the IEEE Standards

210

(1)

Advantages of the ISO Standards

211

(1)

The DOD and Other Software Standards

211

(9)

The US DOD Software Standards

212

(1)

Overview of Standards 2167A

213

(5)

Other Sources of Software Standards

218

(2)

Summary

220

(3)

Exercises

221

(2)

Organizational Excellence

223

(18)

Why Measure?

224

(1)

Measuring Your Software Organization

225

(6)

The SEI CMM Scale

226

(2)

The Expansion of the CMM Concept

228

(3)

The General Concept of Project Management

231

(8)

The Project Management Body of Knowledge

231

(1)

Project Integration Management

232

(1)

Project Scope Management

232

(2)

Project Time Management

234

(1)

Project Cost Management

234

(1)

Project Quality Management

234

(1)

Project Human Resource Management

235

(1)

Project Communications Management

235

(1)

Project Risk Management

235

(1)

Project Procurement Management

236

(1)

The PMI Maturity Model

236

(2)

The Context of Project Management

238

(1)

Summary

239

(2)

Exercises

240

(1)

Project Scheduling

241

(30)

The Project Development Plan

242

(2)

Scheduled Activities and Milestones

244

(4)

The Scheduled Activity List

245

(1)

Major Milestones and Baselines

245

(3)

Gantt Charts

248

(3)

PERT Charts and the Critical Path

251

(3)

The Critical Path

251

(2)

PERT Packages and Enhancements

253

(1)

Scheduling Human Resources

254

(5)

The Development Team Size

254

(3)

Skills and Experience

257

(1)

The Infamous Man Month

258

(1)

Scheduling Resources

259

(2)

Scheduling Workspace

259

(1)

Scheduling Equipment

259

(1)

Vendors and Subcontractors

260

(1)

Monitoring and Updating the Schedule

261

(2)

Periodic Reports

261

(1)

Other Schedule Monitoring Activities

262

(1)

Updating the Schedule

262

(1)

Some General Guidelines for Scheduling and Planning

263

(5)

Refining the Initial Activity List

263

(1)

Gaining Approval for the Schedule

264

(2)

The Relationship between Schedule, Resources, Quality, and Functionality

266

(1)

The Customer Perspective

267

(1)

Summary

268

(3)

Exercises

269

(2)

The Preparation of Estimates: Methods and Techniques

271

(46)

Project Estimates

272

(1)

Estimation Techniques

273

(2)

Stepwise Estimation

275

(5)

Off-the-Shelf Components

276

(1)

Full-Experience Components

277

(1)

Partial-Experience Components

278

(1)

New Development

278

(1)

Project Decomposition by Level of Risk

279

(1)

Estimating New Development

280

(3)

Prototype Methods

280

(2)

Statistical Methods

282

(1)

The Constructive Cost Models

283

(12)

Level of Personnel

283

(3)

Level of Complexity

286

(2)

The Reliability Factor

288

(1)

The Development Environment

289

(2)

Subsystems

291

(1)

The Basic COCOMO Cost Estimation Algorithm

292

(1)

Some COCOMO II Distinctions

293

(2)

Function Point Analysis

295

(4)

The Basic FPA Steps

296

(2)

The Application of FPA

298

(1)

The Estimate as a Range

299

(3)

Estimating Hardware Resources

302

(8)

The CPU Load

303

(3)

Data Storage

306

(2)

Response Time

308

(2)

Nondevelopment Overhead

310

(2)

Good Estimates

312

(1)

Summary

313

(4)

Exercises

314

(3)

Epilogue: Pulling It All Together

317

(6)

If You Don't Do Anything Else, Do This

320

(3)

References

323

(6)

Index

329

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On Time Within Budget : Software Project Management Practices and Techniques

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials