Roundtable on Project Management: A Shape Forum Dialogue

Hunting for lessons on software project management, consultants James Bullock, Gerald M. Weinberg, and Marie Benesh selected forty experts’ most potent contributions to SHAPE, Weinberg’s Web-based, subscription-only discussion forum.

New and experienced software developers and managers will benefit from this fast-paced dialogue on starting, steering, and finishing successful -- even not so successful -- software projects.

Contributors include Wayne Angel, James Bach, Jim Batterson, Marie Benesh, Rick Brenner, James Bullock, Brian Crook, Jerry M. Denman, Esther Derby, Joe Dindo, Dale Emery, Danny R. Faught, Pat Ferdinandi, Phillip Fuhrer, Jesse M. Gordon, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Kevin Huigens, Steve Jackson, Jim Jarrett, Steve Jenkin, Dave Kleist, Karen López, Pat McGee, Graham Oakes, George Olsen, Bill Pardee, Sue Petersen, Dwayne Phillips, Brian Pioreck, Brian Richter, Sharon Marsh Roberts, Stiles M. Roberts II, Johanna Rothman, Bertrand Sallé, Brett Schuchert, Bill Seitz, John Suzuki, Daniel Starr, James Tierney, and Jerry Weinberg.

Whether you are a technical star adjusting to management responsibilities or an experienced leader looking for fresh perspectives, you will benefit from this intense dose of real-world wisdom drawn from so many managers’ best advice.

James Bullock serves as QA services manager at Amazon.com After more than 18 years of building systems, from lab automation and high volume embedded controls to enterprise data warehousing and ERP deployments, he has become more interested in how people go about building systems than in the systems themselves.

For more than 40 years, Gerald M. Weinberg has worked on transforming software organizations.Marie Benesh is principal consultant with Omega Point Consulting, an IT management consulting firm. She consults to both Fortune 500 organizations and universities on ERP implementation, IT management practices, and organizational change efforts.