Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Starting Your Software Project 7
Chapter 1: Examining the Big Picture of Project Management 9
Chapter 2: Initiating a Software Project 25
Chapter 3: Creating the Software Scope 55
Part II: Planning Your Software Project 77
Chapter 4: Planning for Communications 79
Chapter 5: Planning for Software Project Risks 107
Chapter 6: Planning for Software Quality 131
Chapter 7: Building the Project Team 147
Chapter 8: Creating Project Time Estimates 165
Chapter 9: Building Your Project Budget 191
Part III: Executing Your Software Project Plan 209
Chapter 10: Working the Project Plan 211
Chapter 11: Working with Project People 229
Chapter 12: Procuring Goods and Services 245
Part IV: Controlling Your Software Project 263
Chapter 13: Managing Changes to the Software Project 265
Chapter 14: Using Earned Value Management in Software Projects 281
Chapter 15: Tracking Project Performance 295
Part V: Closing Your Software Project 313
Chapter 16: Finalizing the Project Management Processes 315
Chapter 17: Documenting Your Software Project 333
Part VI: The Part of Tens 347
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make Your Software Project Crash and Burn 349
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Make Any Software Project Better 359
Appendix: Formal Project Management Training and Certification 369
Index 375