Table of Contents

Applied Software Project Management
By Jennifer Greene, Andrew Stellman
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: November 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00948-8
Pages: 322

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		Praise for Applied Software Project Management
		Preface
			Goals of the Book
			Who Should Read This Book
			Comments and Questions
			Safari Enabled
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Section 1.1.  Tell Everyone the Truth All the Time
			Section 1.2.  Trust Your Team
			Section 1.3.  Review Everything, Test Everything
			Section 1.4.  All Software Engineers Are Created Equal
			Section 1.5.  Doing the Project Right Is Most Efficient
			Section 1.6.  Part I: Tools and Techniques
			Section 1.7.  Part II: Using Project Management Effectively
		Part I:  Tools and Techniques
			Chapter 2.  Software Project Planning
				Section 2.1.  Understand the Project Needs
				Section 2.2.  Create the Project Plan
				Section 2.3.  Diagnosing Project Planning Problems
			Chapter 3.  Estimation
				Section 3.1.  Elements of a Successful Estimate
				Section 3.2.  Wideband Delphi Estimation
				Section 3.3.  Other Estimation Techniques
				Section 3.4.  Diagnosing Estimation Problems
			Chapter 4.  Project Schedules
				Section 4.1.  Building the Project Schedule
				Section 4.2.  Managing Multiple Projects
				Section 4.3.  Use the Schedule to Manage Commitments
				Section 4.4.  Diagnosing Scheduling Problems
			Chapter 5.  Reviews
				Section 5.1.  Inspections
				Section 5.2.  Deskchecks
				Section 5.3.  Walkthroughs
				Section 5.4.  Code Reviews
				Section 5.5.  Pair Programming
				Section 5.6.  Use Inspections to Manage Commitments
				Section 5.7.  Diagnosing Review Problems
			Chapter 6.  Software Requirements
				Section 6.1.  Requirements Elicitation
				Section 6.2.  Use Cases
				Section 6.3.  Software Requirements Specification
				Section 6.4.  Change Control
				Section 6.5.  Introduce Software Requirements Carefully
				Section 6.6.  Diagnosing Software Requirements Problems
			Chapter 7.  Design and Programming
				Section 7.1.  Review the Design
				Section 7.2.  Version Control with Subversion
				Section 7.3.  Refactoring
				Section 7.4.  Unit Testing
				Section 7.5.  Use Automation
				Section 7.6.  Be Careful with Existing Projects
				Section 7.7.  Diagnosing Design and Programming Problems
			Chapter 8.  Software Testing
				Section 8.1.  Test Plans and Test Cases
				Section 8.2.  Test Execution
				Section 8.3.  Defect Tracking and Triage
				Section 8.4.  Test Environment and Performance Testing
				Section 8.5.  Smoke Tests
				Section 8.6.  Test Automation
				Section 8.7.  Postmortem Reports
				Section 8.8.  Using Software Testing Effectively
				Section 8.9.  Diagnosing Software Testing Problems
		Part II:  Using Project Management Effectively
			Chapter 9.  Understanding Change
				Section 9.1.  Why Change Fails
				Section 9.2.  How to Make Change Succeed
			Chapter 10.  Management and Leadership
				Section 10.1.  Take Responsibility
				Section 10.2.  Do Everything Out in the Open
				Section 10.3.  Manage the Organization
				Section 10.4.  Manage Your Team
			Chapter 11.  Managing an Outsourced Project
				Section 11.1.  Prevent Major Sources of Project Failure
				Section 11.2.  Management Issues in Outsourced Projects
				Section 11.3.  Collaborate with the Vendor
			Chapter 12.  Process Improvement
				Section 12.1.  Life Without a Software Process
				Section 12.2.  Software Process Improvement
				Section 12.3.  Moving Forward
			Bibliography
				Chapter 2. Software Project Planning
				Chapter 3. Estimation
				Chapter 4. Project Schedules
				Chapter 5. Reviews
				Chapter 6. Software Requirements
				Chapter 7. Design and Programming
				Chapter 8. Software Testing
				Chapter 9. Understanding Change
				Chapter 10. Management and Leadership
				Chapter 11. Managing an Outsourced Project
				Chapter 12. Process Improvement
		Colophon
		Index