Project Management for Software Development
Tutorials and tools for managing, estimating, planning and tracking software development projects: PMP, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban
Now that Agile has established itself as the dominant new trend in software development, the number of books that deal with this topic is increasing every day. Besides the fact that Mike Cohn is a recognized expert in the area of agile project management, why should you buy his book...
ROI – Return on Investment – is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment. In other words, ROI helps in determining the extent of cost savings that are realized in return for use of a specific amount of money on a project. The Project Management Book...
“Think about it this way. Management has just said, “We have this key project, and the best date we think you can make it is nine months.” If you don’t counter with another date, they will hold you to nine months. Unfortunately, if you just guess a later date, they...
In his blog post “Earned Value versus Earned Schedule“, Glen Alleman discuss the concepts of Earned Value and Earned Schedule.
Many software development projects’ problems are connected with (lack of!) communication. What can be done to avoid at least some of them? How to improve communication with customer and communication between team members?
Incremental development is distinctly different from iterative development in its purpose and also from its management implications. Teams get into trouble by doing one and not the other, or by trying to manage them the same way. “Using Both Incremental and Iterative Development” illustrates their differences and how to use...
This blog post describes in a simple way the basic principles and techniques of project management.
In spite of the improvements in software project management over the last several years, software projects still fail distressingly often, and the largest projects fail most often. “Why Big Software Projects Fail: The 12 Key Questions” explores the reasons for these failures and reviews the questions to consider in improving...