Software Project Secrets [electronic resource] : Why Software Projects Fail / by George Stepanek.

By: Stepanek, George [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2005Description: XVIII, 192 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781430200550Subject(s): Computer science | Software engineering | Computer Science | Software Engineering/Programming and Operating SystemsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 005.1 LOC classification: QA76.758Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Why Software Projects Fail ... -- Why Software Is Different -- Project Management Assumptions -- Case Study: The Billing System Project -- ... And How to Make Them Succeed -- The New Agile Methodologies -- Budgeting Agile Projects -- Case Study: The Billing System Revisited -- Afterword.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed. Author George Stepanek analyzes the project management methodology itself, a critical factor that has thus far been overlooked. He explains why it creates problems for software development projects and begins by describing 12 ways in which software projects are different from other kinds of projects. He also analyzes the project management body of knowledge to discover 10 hidden assumptions that are invalid in the context of software projects.
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Why Software Projects Fail ... -- Why Software Is Different -- Project Management Assumptions -- Case Study: The Billing System Project -- ... And How to Make Them Succeed -- The New Agile Methodologies -- Budgeting Agile Projects -- Case Study: The Billing System Revisited -- Afterword.

Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed. Author George Stepanek analyzes the project management methodology itself, a critical factor that has thus far been overlooked. He explains why it creates problems for software development projects and begins by describing 12 ways in which software projects are different from other kinds of projects. He also analyzes the project management body of knowledge to discover 10 hidden assumptions that are invalid in the context of software projects.

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