This Seventh Edition of Donald Reifer's popular, bestselling tutorial
summarizes what software project managers need to know to be successful
on the job. The text provides pointers and approaches to deal with the
issues, challenges, and experiences that shape their thoughts and
performance. To accomplish its goals, the volume explores recent
advances in dissimilar fields such as management theory, acquisition
management, globalization, knowledge management, licensing, motivation
theory, process improvement, organization dynamics, subcontract
management, and technology transfer.
Software Management provides software managers at all levels of the
organization with the information they need to know to develop their
software engineering management strategies for now and the future. The
book provides insight into management tools and techniques that work in
practice. It also provides sufficient instructional materials to serve
as a text for a course in software management.
This new edition achieves a balance between theory and practical
experience. Reifer systematically addresses the skills, knowledge, and
abilities that software managers, at any level of experience, need to
have to practice their profession effectively.
This book contains original articles by leaders in the software
management field written specifically for this tutorial, as well as a
collection of applicable reprints. About forty percent of the material
in this edition has been produced specifically for the tutorial.
Contents:
* Introduction
* Life Cycle Models
* Process Improvement
* Project Management
* Planning Fundamentals
* Software Estimating
* Organizing for Success
* Staffing Essentials
* Direction Advice
* Visibility and Control
* Software Risk Management
* Metrics and Measurement
* Acquisition Management
* Emerging Management Topics
"The challenges faced by software project managers are the gap between
what the customers can envision and the reality on the ground and how to
deal with the risks associated with this gap in delivering a product
that meets requirements on time and schedule at the target costs. This
tutorial hits the mark by providing project managers, practitioners, and
educators with source materials on how project managers can effectively
deal with this risk."
-Dr. Kenneth E. Nidiffer, Systems & Software Consortium, Inc.
"The volume has evolved into a solid set of foundation works for anyone
trying to practice software management in a world that is increasingly
dependent on software release quality, timeliness, and productivity."
-Walker Royce, Vice President, IBM Software Services-Rational
