Almost every software project begins with the utterances, ""What will this cost?"" and ""When will this project be done?"" Once those words are spoken, project stakeholders begin to wrestle with how to produce an estimate. Accurately estimating the cost or time to complete a software project is a serious problem for many software engineers, developers and project managers who struggle with costs running double original estimates, putting their careers at risk. It is reported that nearly 50% of all software projects are shelved and that one of the major causes is poor estimation practices. If developing software for internal use, poor estimates can represent a significant drain on corporate profits. Worldwide growth in the number of companies specializing in the development of software for use by other companies is staggering. India alone has nearly 20,000 such companies. Intense competition has led to an increased demand for fixed-bid pricing in client/vendor relationships, and has made effective cost estimation even more important and, in many cases, critical to a firm's survival. There are many methods of estimation. Each method has its strengths and weaknesses, proponents and opponents. Knowing how and which one to use on a given project is key to developing acceptable estimates for either internal or external projects. Software Estimation Best Practices, Tools, & Techniques covers all facets of software estimation. It provides a detailed explanation of the various methods for estimating software size, development effort, cost, and schedule, including a comprehensive explanation of test effort estimation. Emphasizing that software estimation should be based on well-defined processes, it presents software estimation best practices and shows how to avoid common pitfalls. This guide offers direction on which methods are most appropriate for each of the different project types commonly executed in the software development space and criteria for selecting software estimation tools. This comprehensive desk reference explains software estimation from scratch to help the beginner and features advanced techniques for more experienced estimators. It details project scheduling, including resource leveling and the concept of productivity, as applicable to software estimators, demonstrating the many benefits of moving from the current macro-productivity approach to a micro-productivity approach in software estimation. Software Estimation Best Practices, Tools, & Techniques: A Complete Guide for Software Project Estimators caters to the needs of all software project stakeholders, from novice to expert. It provides the valuable guidance needed to estimate the cost and time required to complete software projects within a reasonable margin of error for effective software development.

"Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects" presents a complete guide on requirements for software development including engineering, computer science and management activities. It is the first book to cover all aspects of requirements management in software development projects. This book introduces the understanding of the requirements, elicitation and gathering, requirements analysis, verification and validation of the requirements, establishment of requirements, different methodologies in brief, requirements traceability and change management among other topics. The best practices, pitfalls, and metrics used for efficient software requirements management are also covered. Intended for the professional market, including software engineers, programmers, designers and researchers, this book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science or engineering courses as a textbook or reference."

This book is perhaps the first attempt to give full treatment to the topic of Software Design. It will facilitate the academia as well as the industry. This book covers all the topics of software design including the ancillary ones.

This comprehensive reference on software development quality assurance addresses all four dimensions of quality: specifications, design, construction and conformance. It focuses on quality from both the micro and macro viewpoint. From a micro view, it details the aspect of building-in quality at the component level to help ensure that the overall deliverable has ingrained quality. From a macro view, it addresses the organizational-level activities that provide an environment conducive to fostering quality in the deliverables as well as developing a culture focused on quality in the organization. Mastering Software Quality Assurance also explores a process driven approach to quality and provides the information and guidance needed for implementing a process quality model in your organization. It includes best practices and valuable tools and techniques for software developers.

This book aims to capture the fundamentals of computer programming without tying the topic to any specific programming language. To the best of the authors' knowledge there is no such book in the market.

The organizational environment in the 21st century is not what it was in the 20th Century. It metamorphosed with bulk outsourcing and computer-based decision support tools, and easily coupled with low-cost PC hardware which has created improvements in the productivity of the people, resulting in the reduced numbers. Managers of today manage the results expected of the position rather than managing to get things done as it was expected. In the physical sciences, academia leads the industry whilst in social sciences like management, marketing and economics, industry leads academia. To bridge the knowledge gap that exists between theory and practice, two practitioners from the industry have authored Managing People at Work - A New Paradigm for the 21st Century. Specific new concepts discussed in this book include: - Organizational framework for effective management of people - Capacity planning to optimize the numbers and the costs - Acquisition of Human Resources to take advantage of outsourcing and freelancers - Managing people at work or work management - Employee relations of geographically spread workforce - Motivation and morale detailing only the effective models and a model developed and used effectively by the authors - Performance management supplanting the performance appraisals - Skill retention and development - Attrition management rather than employee retention - Roles and responsibilities of different agencies in the organization to ensure effective human resources management - Tools used in HRM

This book aims to capture the fundamentals of computer programming without tying the topic to any specific programming language. To the best of the authors' knowledge there is no such book in the market.

This is a true transliteration of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana. It narrates the story of Rama who had all the 16 qualities that can be expected of a human being. It happened more than 880,000 years ago. Does ancient India and Sri Lanka have multi-storied buildings and electricity? Did they have aero planes in those days? you can find answers for those questions inside this book.

Management a new paradigm for the 21st century explains why and how certain concepts in theory of management need to be updated due to the changing practices of management in the current business environment, delving deeper into concepts of work, expectation, quality, productivity, people management, mobility, resource management, and other important nuances of management.

People come and people go and nobody would live eternally. But if there is one person who was born 880,156 (by 2016) years ago and is still remembered even today by many people and some, howsoever miniscule they may be, worship him, is it not wise to study his life to see the cause behind his greatness? Surely there would be something to learn and emulate from his life! Why should we read Sundara Kaanda? We get multiple benefits. The first is for the reader as he would be cleansed of all his past sins and if he continues to live a righteous life, heaven is assured for him. Second is the fulfillment of any reasonable desire is assured to those reciting it with devotion. This book is about Hanumaan, devotee od Raama crossing the sea to reach Lanka to search and locate Seetha abducted by Raavana. This is perhaps the first book comprehensively translated into contemporary English prose from the original epic in Sanskrit Sloka by Sloka without discarding or distorting anything included in the original.