This Seventh Edition of Donald Reifer's popular, bestselling
tutorial summarizes what software project managers need to know to
be successful on the job. The text provides pointers and approaches
to deal with the issues, challenges, and experiences that shape
their thoughts and performance. To accomplish its goals, the volume
explores recent advances in dissimilar fields such as management
theory, acquisition management, globalization, knowledge
management, licensing, motivation theory, process improvement,
organization dynamics, subcontract management, and technology
transfer.
Software Management provides software managers at all levels of the
organization with the information they need to know to develop
their software engineering management strategies for now and the
future. The book provides insight into management tools and
techniques that work in practice. It also provides sufficient
instructional materials to serve as a text for a course in software
management.
This new edition achieves a balance between theory and practical
experience. Reifer systematically addresses the skills, knowledge,
and abilities that software managers, at any level of experience,
need to have to practice their profession effectively.
This book contains original articles by leaders in the software
management field written specifically for this tutorial, as well as
a collection of applicable reprints. About forty percent of the
material in this edition has been produced specifically for the
tutorial.
Contents:
* Introduction
* Life Cycle Models
* Process Improvement
* Project Management
* Planning Fundamentals
* Software Estimating
* Organizing for Success
* Staffing Essentials
* Direction Advice
* Visibility and Control
* Software Risk Management
* Metrics and Measurement
* Acquisition Management
* Emerging Management Topics
"The challenges faced by software project managers are the gap
between what the customers can envision and the reality on the
ground and how to deal with the risks associated with this gap in
delivering a product that meets requirements on time and schedule
at the target costs. This tutorial hits the mark by providing
project managers, practitioners, and educators with source
materials on how project managers can effectively deal with this
risk."
-Dr. Kenneth E. Nidiffer, Systems & Software Consortium, Inc.
"The volume has evolved into a solid set of foundation works for
anyone trying to practice software management in a world that is
increasingly dependent on software release quality, timeliness, and
productivity."
-Walker Royce, Vice President, IBM Software Services-Rational
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