How to Run Successful Projects (Bcs Practitioner) - Softcover

O'Connell, Fergus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131387936 ISBN 13: 9780131387935

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1994

Synopsis

Software Project Management is perceived by most people, including many of its practitioners, as a black art. This book overturns that notion. There is a method underlying all successful projects, and if you follow this method, your project will almost certainly succeed.
We have called this method Structured Project Management.
Structured Project Management has the same relationship to conventional project management that Structured Analysis and Design has to analysis and design, and Structured Programming has to programming, that is, it replaces a process which is highly individualistic, with a process that is standard, repeatable, predictable and consistent.
Key Features of Structured Project Management: Structured Project Management is about people; it has in-built self-checking mechanisms - it lets you know at the beginning before the costs really spiral, whether or not your project is configured for success; it is complete - it is everything you have to do for a successful project; and it is simple to learn and easy to use.
How to Run Successful Projects is essential reading for project managers in the IT field, and for everyone charged with managing a venture structured as a project.

About this title

From the Publisher

This volume explores an innovative project management method--Structured Project Management--that outlines a series of specific steps to take in the project process, as opposed to more traditional project management approach.

From the Back Cover

A step-by-step guide to successful software project management.Outlines ten steps that lead to project success. Presents a Probability Success Indicator that has been proven in more than 500 projects. Includes a simplified, easy-to-implement treatment of software estimation. Shows how time management plays a critical role in project success. Helps project managers avoid running late, running over budget, or failing to deliver what was promised.Anyone involved in project management, especially software project managers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131387936
• ISBN 13: 9780131387935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170