Strategic Project Management:
Tools and Techniques for Planning, Decision Making, and Implementation
by Michael J. Termini
This book examines and documents methods for developing and employing
critical project management skills. The emphasis is on providing both
novice and seasoned project managers with insight into real-world, practical
applications. The techniques are proven, the approach sound, and the
results measurable and significant. Case studies presented in the book
illustrate the application of various project management strategic and
tactical tools. The book follows a step-by-step approach, supported
by tools, techniques, and examples to illustrate each important aspect
of project management. Among other topics, readers will learn how to
establish result-oriented project performance metrics to guarantee measurable
results, exercise fundamental process control techniques that will help
keep a project on budget and on schedule, accurately assess project
support systems and address deficiencies early, plus many more!
Controlling Software
Projects:
Management, Measurement, and Estimates
by Tom Demarco and Barry W. Boehm
"You
can't control what you can't measure", is how DeMarco opens this
industry standard in software project management, and the primary focus
of this book is how to develop an effective strategy for measuring software
development costs and then build a reliable means of estimating the
cost of future projects. This book is somewhat dated but is considered
an early classic in the field. If you own it, you will find yourself
referring to it often.
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Metrics:
Establishing a Company-wide Program
by Robert
B. Grady and Deborah L. Caswell
For
Grad level courses in software engineering, software development and
software metrics. Explains what metrics are and when they are useful.
Most detailed study of a metrics program ever done.
Software
Process Improvement:
Metrics, Measurement and Process Modelling
by Michael Haug, Eric W. Olsen and Lars Bergman
Presents experiences from a number of metrics applications in European
software companies and gives experience-based ideas and models for the
Why, When, What, and How of metrics for the management and the improvement
of software process.
Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering
by Stephen H. Kan
Teaches techniques for measuring and improving the quality of the
software development process from high-level to low-level design and
all phases of reliability. Covers software metrics, reliability models,
and models and analysis of program complexity, and discusses in-process
metrics, defect removal, and customer satisfaction. Includes case
examples from major computer companies and the NASA Software Engineering
laboratory.
Though many books discuss software quality, this is the first book
to integrate metrics with models and quality improvement strategies,
and action plans with project experiences. Covering essential issues
and techniques, Kan provides all the information needed to measure
and improve the quality of the entire software development process
from high-level to low-level design, and all phases of reliability.
Software Cost Estimation With COCOMO II
by Barry W.Boehm, Ellis Horowitz, Ray Madachy, et al
Don't become a statistic—take control of your software projects
and plan for success!
Success in all types of organization depends increasingly on the
development of customized software solutions, yet more than half
of software projects now in the works will exceed both their schedules
and their budgets by more than 50%.
While some types of overruns remain unpredictable, most can be
avoided by sound modeling. COCOMO II provides you with a thorough
rework of the classic COCOMO model to address modern software
processes and construction techniques along with representative
examples of applying the models to key software decision situations.
It was calibrated and validated using innovative statistical techniques
to fit both expert judgment and 161 carefully collected project
data points. The book also introduces emerging COCOMO II extensions
for cost and schedule estimation of COTS integration and rapid
development. You'll also:
* Learn firsthand from knowledgeable authors—over 100 person-years
of software cost estimation experience
* Make better software decisions by exploring their cost implications
* Use the cost and schedule estimates to better plan and control
your projects and manage your risks
* Get started now with the software on the accompanying CD
* Keep up to date with the authors' Web site
Software engineers, managers, and students will all find Software
Cost Estimation with COCOMO II an invaluable guide to developing
and managing successful software projects on time and under budget.
The accompanying CD-ROM includes a current copy of COCOMO II,
along with demonstration versions of three commercial COCOMO II
packages and an extensive documentation suite. All examples from
the book are provided live, so you can work them hands on, along
with the reading.
