Software Project Management

Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere.  

No project management training? No problem! In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects - you’re an unofficial project manager. FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the formula for success.

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Technical Program Manager’s Guide to Success. This guide is designed to take you on a complete journey through the world of Technical Program Management from foundational concepts to advanced strategies, and ultimately, to the evolving future of the role. Whether you are just stepping into a TPM role or looking to refine your expertise, this book provides both knowledge and practical tools that you can apply immediately in your career.Here’s what you can expect along the way: Introduction & Foundations Build a clear understanding of the TPM role and ...

**Corrected fourth edition** As some readers noted, there was a problem in the formatting of the third edition. Those are fixed now. Sorry for the trouble. Are you taking on the role of an Agile Product Owner? Looking to learn how to be a great one? Look no further... Thousands of books have been written about Agile software development and Agile project management. In nearly every one of these books, mention is made of the importance of the product owner, and how without this third piece to the puzzle the whole scheme falls apart. In fact, some of the literature will tell you that if you ...

Unlock the Secrets to Managing Software Development! Building Better Software provides clear, actionable insights to help you lead your teams more effectively, ensuring that the software your team creates is well-designed, robust, and thoroughly tested. Author Martin J. Fenelon breaks down the complexities of software development into simple, actionable steps that project managers can follow, no matter their technical background. Discover how to guide your team confidently through every phase of the project lifecycle, regardless of delivery methodology. Learn how to identify warning signs, ...

A Step-by-Step Master Class in Indie Game Development, from the Creator of the Emmy® Winning Neverwinter Nights™ Honors for Don Daglow's From Dream to Delivery books: Winner, 2019 Independent Press Book Awards Winner, Kirkus Top 100 Indie Books of 2019 Finalist, 2020 Top Shelf Book Awards Finalist, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Book Excellence Awards "Don Daglow has survived 40+ years creating games and always retained his positive attitude. Learn from the master." – Jeff Braun, ...

Learn how to master Agile software development practices. This book teaches you how you can adopt Agile development practices into your organization the right way. 

In Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.

Stop gathering requirements. Start discovering them. For decades, software projects began the same way: ask the business to define exactly what it wanted before anyone built anything. That model produced slow handoffs, vague requirements, expensive rework, and a lot of frustrated people staring at documents that aged badly. AI changes the economics of the first draft. The hard part was never typing code. The hard part is understanding the business problem well enough to build the right thing. The Live Build Method is Robert Brooks' field manual for that new reality: bring business owners, ...

As mobile and web technologies continue to evolve rapidly, there is added pressure to develop and implement software projects in weeks instead of months. Agile Project Management for Dummies can make that happen. This is the first book to provide a simple, step-by-step guide to Agile project management approaches, tools, and techniques.

This book provides a step by step guide to all the processes, goals, inputs, outputs and many other aspects of a repeatable software methodology for ANY project. From “soup to nuts” … the whole shebang ~! All in one place at an incredible price…. over 110 pages of knowledge. Any information technology organization must have a highly structured framework into which it can place processes, principles, and guidelines. The framework used for software development is a called a lifecycle. The software development lifecycle (SDLC) defines a repeatable process for building information ...

Author Andrew Harmel-Law shows you how architects and development teams can collaborate to create and evolve more efficient architectures for their systems. Techniques in this book will help you learn how to create a mindset that allows everyone to practice architecture and build the best systems they've ever experienced.

Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as "peopleware". The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success. For this third edition, the authors have added six new chapters and updated the text throughout, bringing it in line with today’s development environments and challenges.

How is your Scrum going? Scrum provides you a framework but doesn't exactly tell you how to do it. Do you want to deviate from “textbook” practices but ensure that you’ll still be Agile? This guide will show you how to practically implement Scrum.

Dive into the basics of Kanban, learning the history and terminology of one of the oldest agile project management methods still in use today. Discover the application of its principles and practices in industries like manufacturing, software development, and healthcare, among others. Learn how to introduce Kanban to your organization and how to start it off on the "right foot". Follow the checklists to make sure your boards are "good", uncover the tips to making the most out of the Kanban tools and compare different management solutions to find the best fit for you. 

How effective are your user stories? Agile is a pragmatic-approach mind-set. Scrum provides you a framework, but doesn't exactly tell you how to do it. Do you want to deviate from “textbook” practices but ensure that you’ll still be Agile? This guide will show you how to practically create user stories in Scrum.

"IT Project Management" is a comprehensive, university-level textbook meticulously crafted for the next generation of technology leaders. It is designed for computer science and information technology curricula, providing a rigorous and uniquely practical exploration of IT project management principles by placing software—its design, architecture, and development—at the very heart of the discipline. This text fundamentally repositions the subject from a business process to a software engineering challenge. It provides a rigorous and practical exploration of IT project management ...

Feeling overwhelmed by everything instructional design now demands, from tight timelines, collaborating with SMEs to evolving tech, and high expectations? Instructional design is no longer just about knowing theories and practices. It’s about leading people, managing timelines, handling competing priorities, and delivering quality under pressure. Yet, most instructional designers are never taught how to manage projects, navigate stakeholders, or steer course builds through uncertainty.

Introducing "Project Management Fundamentals," an exciting addition to your library that guarantees to fundamentally transform the way you approach project management. This compelling eBook delves deep into the dynamics of project management, from initiation to execution, control to closure, exploring critical topics such as risk management, stakeholder relations, and many more. Get ready to immerse yourself in 15 enriching chapters, each one catering to a distinctive aspect of project management. The book initiates its insight with an introductory chapter that delineates the essence and ...

Keep the next move visible when coding work changes course. A feature is underway when a bug report lands and a teammate asks for a review. Deciding what comes first can be as demanding as writing the code. ADHD Productivity for Programmers is for programmers, software engineers, and coding students with diagnosed or suspected ADHD who want strategies built around that workday. Tech leads supporting ADHD developers may also find its team-level suggestions useful. Using development scenarios, the book looks at where coding work stalls: a vague ticket, an interrupted investigation, a pull ...