PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION
Tell Eueryone the Truth All the Time
Trust Your Team
Reuieto Euerything, Test Euerything
All Softtoare Engineers Are Created Equal
Doing the Project Right Is Most Efficient
Part I: Tools and Techniques
Part II: Using Project Management Effectively
Part One TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING
Understand the Project Needs
Create the Project Plan
Diagnosing Project Planning Problems
3 ESTIMATION
Elementscora Sucessful Estimate
Wideband Delphi Estimation
Other Estimation Techniques
Diagnosing Estimation Problems
PROJECT SCHEDULES
Building the Project Schedule
Managing Multiple Projects
Use the Schedule to Manage Commitments
Diagnosing S heduling Problems
5 REVIEWS
Inspections
Deskchecks
Walkthroughs
Code Reuietos
Pair Programming
Use Inspections to Manage Commitments
Diagnosing Reuieto Problems
6 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS..
Requirements Elicitation
Use Cases
Software Requirements Specification
Change Control
Introduce Software Requirements Carefully
Diagnosing Software Requirements Problems
7 DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
Reuiew the Design
Version Control with Subuersion
Be factoring
Unit Testing
Use Automation
Be Careful with Existing Projects
Diagnosing Design and Programming Problems
8 SOFTWARE TESTING
Test Plans and Test Cases
Test Execution
Defect Tracking and Triage
Test Enuironment and Performance Testing
Smoke Tests
Test Automation
Postmortem Reports
Using Software Testing Effectiuely
Diagnosing Software Testing Problems
Part Two USING PROJECT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVELY
9 UNDERSTANDING CHANGE
Why Change Fails
How to Make Change Su eed
10 MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Take Responsibility
Do Euerything Out in the Open
Manage the Organization
Manage Your Team
11 MANAGING AN OUTSOURCED PROJECT
Preuent Major Sources of Project Failure
Management Issues in Outsourced Projects
Collaborate with the Vendor
12 PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Life Without a Software Process
Software Pro ess Improuement
Mouing Forward
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX...