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Guide to Software Project Management / by Gerard O'Regan.
Springer Nature - Springer Computer Science (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Regan, Gerard, Author.
- Series:
- Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, 2197-1781
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Software engineering--Management.
- Software engineering.
- Project management.
- Software Management.
- Project Management.
- Software Engineering.
- Local Subjects:
- Software Management.
- Project Management.
- Software Engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XXX, 293 p. 94 illus., 89 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This essential textbook presents an overview of software project management in an ethical and responsible software engineering environment. The book covers the essentials of software project management, and highlights the importance of ethics and professional responsibility as part of the skill set of the modern project manager. Topics and features: Presents a solid overview of software project management Discusses professional and ethical responsibilities of project managers Presents an overview of ethical software engineering Reviews project planning and scheduling, project monitoring and control, risk management and project closure Discusses quality management of software projects Presents an overview of legal and ethical aspects of outsourcing Discusses project management for both traditional and Agile projects Reviews a selection of tools & metrics to support project management Discusses best practice (Prince 2, PMP and CMMI) to improve project management Includes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossary This practical and easy-to-follow textbook/reference is ideal for computer science students seeking to understand software project management. The text also serves as a self-study primer for software engineers, project managers and software managers. Dr. Gerard O’Regan is an international lecturer in Maths/Computing with research interests in software quality, software process improvement, mathematical approaches to software quality, and the history of computing. He is the author of several books with Springer, including Concise Guide to Software Engineering, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Computing, and A Brief History of Computing.
- Contents:
- Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- Professional Responsibility in Software Engineering
- Ethical Software Engineering
- Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of Project Managers
- Overview of Software Project Management
- Software Project Planning
- Risk Management
- Quality Management in Software Projects
- Project Monitoring and Control
- Outsourcing - Supplier Selection and Management
- Project Closure
- Configuration Management
- Project Management in the Agile World
- Project Management Metrics
- Tools for Project Management
- Continuous Improvement of Project Management
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 3-031-80578-X
- OCLC:
- 1518945712
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