Managing Software Development Projects: Formula for Success

Whitten, Neal

ISBN 10: 0471512559 / ISBN 13: 9780471512554

Published by Wiley, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Software Development Projects: Formula for Success
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471512559
• ISBN 13: 9780471512554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A guide to keeping software development projects on time and within budget. This book addresses project discipline, communication between the people involved in the project, schedules, quality, managing priorities, product specifications, testing, and project review. Each chapter begins with revealing stories that illustrate how specific problems can be traced through a project and its people.

From the Back Cover

Practical, comprehensive—a complete, no-nonsense guide to better project management...

This no-nonsense troubleshooting guide was written for frontline managers who want results, not rhetoric. Short on theory and long on practical, hands-on advice and guidance, it arms you with proven, easy-to-implement solutions to big ticket problems that plague today's software development projects, including those relating to personnel, quality, project scheduling and tracking, product requirements, product quality and usability, and much more. Written in a straightforward, conversational style and packed with realistic scenarios, Managing Software Development Projects, Second Edition shows you how to:

• Identify, resolve, and avoid most common development problems
• Improve the quality of your products and your customers' satisfaction with them
• Shorten development cycles
• Increase the productivity of your team members

Updated and expanded by over 50 percent to reflect many changes that have occurred in the field over the past four years, this Second Edition of the bestselling original is now, more than ever, an indispensable resource for every project manager or software developer.