Software Project Management in a Changing World / edited by Günther Ruhe, Claes Wohlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruhe, Günther, editor.

Wohlin, Claes, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Software engineering.

Management information systems.

Computer science.

Project management.

Software Engineering.

Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Project Management.

Software Management.

Local Subjects:

Software Engineering.

Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Project Management.

Software Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XX, 477 pages) : 81 illustrations, 52 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2014.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

By bringing together various current direc-tions, Software Project Management in a Changing World focuses on how people and organizations can make their processes more change-adaptive. The selected chapters closely correspond to the project management knowledge areas introduced by the Project Management Body of Knowledge, including its extension for managing software projects. The contributions are grouped into four parts, preceded by a general introduction. Part I "Fundamentals" provides in-depth insights into fundamental topics including resource allocation, cost estimation, and risk management. Part II "Supporting Areas" presents recent experiences and results related to the management of quality systems, knowledge, product portfolios, and glob-al and virtual software teams. Part III "New Paradigms" details new and evolving software-development practices including agile, distributed, and open and inner-source development. Finally, Part IV "Emerging Techniques" introduces search-based tech-niques, social media, software process simulation and the efficient use of empirical data, and their effects on software-management practices. This book will attract readers from both academia and practice with its excellent balance between new findings and experience of their usage in new contexts. Whenever appropriate, the presentation is based on evidence from empirical evaluation of the proposed approaches. For researchers and graduate students, it presents some of the latest methods and techniques to accommodate new challenges facing the discipline. For professionals, it serves as a source of inspiration for refining their project-management skills in new areas.

Contents:

1 Software Project Management: Setting the Context

Part I - Fundamentals

2 Rethinking Success in Software Projects: Looking Beyond the Failure Factors

3 Cost Prediction and Software Project Management

4 Human Resource Allocation and Scheduling for Software Project Management

5 Software Project Risk and Opportunity Management

Part II - Supporting Areas

6 Model-based Quality Management of Software Development Projects

7 Supporting Project Management through Integrated Management of System and Project Knowledge

8 A Framework for Implementing Product Portfolio Management in Software Business

9 Managing Global Software Projects

10 Motivating Software Engineers Working in Virtual Teams across the Globe

Part III - New Paradigms

11 Agile Project Management

12 Distributed Project Management

13 Management and Coordination of Free/Open Source Projects

14 Inner Source Project Management

Part IV - Emerging Techniques

15 Search-based Software Project Management

16 Social Media Collaboration in Software Projects

17 Process Simulation - A Tool for Software Project Managers?

18 Occam's Razor and Simple Software Project Management.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-642-55035-5

9783642550355

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.