Software project management for dummies

Introduction

PART I: STARTING YOUR SOFTWARE PROJECT: Examining the big picture of project management

Initiating a software project

Creating the software scope

PART II: PLANNING YOUR SOFTWARE PROJECT: Planning for communications

Planning for software project risks

Planning for software quality

Building the project team

Creating project time estimates

Building your project budget

PART III: EXECUTING YOUR SOFTWARE PROJECT PLAN: Working the project plan

Working with project people

Procuring goods and services

PART IV: CONTROLLING YOUR SOFTWARE PROJECT: Managing changes to the software project

Using earned value management in software projects

Tracking project performance

PART V: CLOSING YOUR SOFTWARE PROJECT: Finalizing the project management processes

Documenting your software project

PART VI: THE PART OF TENS: Ten ways to make your software project crash and burn

Ten ways to make any software project better

APPENDIX: Formal project management training and certification.