The Business Manager's Guide to Software Projects : A Framework for Decision-Making, Team Collaboration, and Effectiveness / by Jonathan Peter Crosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crosby, Jonathan Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business information services.

Software engineering--Management.

Software engineering.

IT in Business.

Software Management.

Local Subjects:

IT in Business.

Software Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2023.

Summary:

Every day, successful software projects scale and sustain businesses of all sizes and across all industries. Unfortunately, the reality is that many software projects still fail. The reasons behind these failures are seldom due to the underlying technology. Misunderstandings and communication barriers lead to wrong decisions, missed opportunities, communication breakdowns, or worse—huge economic loss. In this digitally connected world, business professionals can’t afford to be hands-off on technical projects, but they also can’t be expected to have technical certifications. They have first-hand knowledge of the business processes, are subject matter experts in software requirements, and they finance the projects. Even C-level management or board members need to rapidly gain just enough understanding of technology to make mission-critical decisions for businesses to survive and flourish. In most software projects the number of non-technical stakeholders far exceeds the number of techies. This book distills the world of software projects into simple terms and relatable metaphors for even the most technically adverse reader. Real-life examples, entertaining analogies, and hand-drawn illustrations will stick with readers throughout their own software projects, bolstering their success. Business requirements, use cases, process flows—the list goes on. It’s all broken down in this game-changing book aimed at delivering for business and tech teams what DevOps has done for developers and operations. What You Will Learn Know the importance of good business requirements and how to write them Identify the most important business roles, key decisions, and critical activities involved in software projects Strengthen collaboration between non-technical and technical teams Grasp common software project terminology, required for non-techies Understand the software development life cycle Gain insight on thecommon software project methodologies and how they differ Understand what software developers do at a high level.

Contents:

Part I: Conceptual Guide

Chapter 1: Architecture and Construction

Chapter 2: Planning and Scope

Chapter 3: Teething Troubles

Chapter 4: Greenfield Construction

Chapter 5: Laying the Right Foundation

Chapter 6: Renovating and Extending

Chapter 7: Technical Debt

Chapter 8: Maintenance

Chapter 9: Differences Between Physical Construction and Software Development

Chapter 10: More Metaphors

Part II: Practical Guide

Chapter 11: The Practical Side

Chapter 12: Plan and Prepare

Chapter 13: Define

Chapter 14: Develop

Chapter 15: Test

Chapter 16: Training, Going Live, and Maintenance

Part III: Technical Guide

Chapter 17: The Technical Side

Chapter 18: Coding and Design

Chapter 19: Metaphors for Technical Terms

Chapter 20: Tricky Areas in Technical Development

Chapter 21: To Sum Up

Appendix A: Collaboration

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: References and Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781484292310

1484292316

OCLC:

1374034769