Managing Software Projects

Emphasizes POMA (Planning, Organizing, Monitoring, and Adjusting) as a step-by-step framework for studying software project management. POMA is discussed as a separate management cycle for software projects rather than portraying project management as a small part of the software development life cycle. 

Includes “real” examples and exercises to illustrate important concepts as they are applied to actual software projects. The author pulls from his extensive personal experience managing large, complex software projects at IBM, MARCAM, Metamor/PSINet, and RiverLogic. 

An Additional Skills section includes four chapters – Project Team, Change Control, Task Scheduling, and Effort Estimation – that allow instructors to tailor the course to the desired emphasis.

Features excellent pedagogy throughout, including:

• Exercises at the end of each chapter include questions that go beyond rehearsing material covered in the chapter and encourage students to think critically
• Key concepts sections offer students a quick review of the major issues discussed

Introduction: What is Software Project Management
 
Part I: Software Project Planning  (POMA)
Chapter 1: Project Content and The Deliverables
Chapter 2: Task Analysis
Chapter 3: Goals and Measurements
Chapter 4: Project Resource Planning
Chapter 5: Risk Analysis and Planning
 
Part II: Organizing and Preparing  (POMA)
Chapter 6: Human Resources
Chapter 7: Process, Methodology, and Tool
Chapter 8: Measurements and Finance
 
Part III: Software Project Monitoring  (POMA)
Chapter 9: Collecting Project Information
Chapter 10: Analysis and Evaluation of Information
Chapter 11: Presenting and Communicating the Collected and Analyzed Data
 
Part IV: Adjustments and Actions  (POMA)
Chapter 12: Planned and Unplanned Adjustments and Actions
Chapter 13: Release Management Council
 
Part V: Additional Skills and Topics
Chapter 14: Project Team
Chapter 15: Change Control
Chapter 16: Task Scheduling
Chapter 17: Effort Estimation