Praise for Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools
Preface
Project Management Fundamentals
Chapter 1: A Project Management PrimerThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 1998, 6(6): 78-80. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Chapter 2: Project Management Good PracticesThis chapter was originally published as "21 Project Management Success Tips" in Reifer, Donald J. (ed.), Software Management, Sixth Edition, Los Alamitos, Calif.: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2002. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of IEEE.
Chapter 3: Just Too Much to DoThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 2000, 8(9): 65-68. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Preparing for Success
Chapter 4: Success Criteria Breed SuccessThis article was originally published in The Rational Edge, February 2002. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission from IBM.
Chapter 5: Are We There Yet?This chapter was originally published in Software Development, 2005, 13(6): 26-29. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Chapter 6: Know Your Enemy: Introduction to Risk ManagementThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 1998, 6(10): 38-42. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Chapter 7: Chartering a Course for Success
Chapter 8: Lessons Learned from Tool AdoptionThis article was originally published in Software Development, 1999, 7(10): 12-14. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Living with Reality
Chapter 9: Negotiating Achievable CommitmentsThis article was originally published in The Rational Edge, January 2002. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission from IBM.
Chapter 10: Saving for a Rainy DayThis article was originally published in The Rational Edge, April 2002. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission from IBM.
Chapter 11: Stop Promising MiraclesThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 2000, 8(2): 49-54. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Measuring What Happens
Chapter 12: A Software Metrics PrimerThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 1999, 7(7): 39-42. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Chapter 13: Metrics Traps to AvoidThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 1997, 5(10): 49-56. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
Learning Continuously
Chapter 14: Learning from Experience
Chapter 15: Looking Back, Looking AheadThis chapter was originally published (with Johanna Rothman) in Software Development, 2001, 9(2): 65-69. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.
References
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