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The complete software project manager : mastering technology from planning to launch and beyond /
Your answer to the software project management gap The Complete Software Project Manager: From Planning to Launch and Beyond addresses an interesting problem experienced by today's project managers: they are often leading software projects, but have no background in technology. To close this ga...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Software Project Management; A Holistic Approach; For Medium-to-Large Projects; Agile vs. Waterfall; Why Listen to Me?; Who Is This Book For?; Chapter 1: Software Development Explained: Creativity Meets Complexity; A Definition of Software Development; Why Is Software Development So Difficult? Hint: It's Not Like Building a House; The Simple, the Complicated, and the Complex; Metaphor #1: Piles of Snow; Metaphor #2: The Ikea Desk; Metaphor #3: Heart Surgery.
- Using the Three Metaphors in Project ManagementChapter 2: Agile, Waterfall, and the Key to Modern Project Management; Agile and Waterfall; Waterfall; Waterfall's Problems; The Requirements Requirement; Inflexibility; Loss of Opportunity and Time to Market; Customer Dissatisfaction; Agile; Lack of Up-Front Planning; Lack of Up-Front Costs; Stakeholder Involvement; Extensive Training; Where Agile Works Best; The Need for Up-Front Requirements in Many Projects; The Real World; Agile Enough; The Software Development Life Cycle; Chapter 3: Project Approaches; Off-the-Shelf and Custom Development.
- One Comprehensive Tool and Specialized Tools Phased Launches and Pilots; The Custom vs. Off-the-Shelf Approach; History; The Benefit of Off-the-Shelf; Off-the-Shelf Examples; Thinking You're Editing When You're Actually Creating; Common Challenges with Off-the-Shelf Software; Business Compromise; Discovering You Made the Wrong Choice with Packaged Software; Breaking the Upgrade Path; Locked into a Partnership and the Product Roadmap; Expense of Off-the-Shelf; Where Packaged Software Works Well; Frameworks and the Blurring Worlds of Custom and Packaged Software.
- Integrations vs. One Tool for the JobTo Phase or Not to Phase; Bigger Is Not Always Better; The Pilot Approach; Why Not Pilot?; Chapter 4: Teams and Team Roles and Responsibilities Defined; Teams and the Roles on Teams; Project Leadership; The Key Business Stakeholder; The Project Sponsor; The Program Manager; Project Manager; Multiple Project Managers; Confusion About the Project Manager Role; It's More Limited than You Think; Project Team; The Business Analyst; User Experience; Designer; The Programmers; Architect; Systems Administrator; Team Member Choice and Blending Roles.
- Getting All the Roles CoveredReal-World Examples for Role-Blending; Professionals and Personalities; Insource or Outsource: Whether to Staff Roles with Internal People or Get Outside Help; The Myth that Insourcing Programming Is Better; Inexperience with Projects; How Knowledge Goes Stale; Outsourced Teams; When to Use Internal or External Teams; Roles Easiest to Outsource; Roles "in the Middle"; Roles that Are Usually Internal; Vendors and Hiring External Resources; Some Tech-Types to Avoid: Dot Communists and Shamans; The Shamans; Boundaries, Responsibilities, and Driving in Your Lane.