Applied Software
                      Project Management
                      Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
                                          
                      Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo
                                            Applied Software Project Management
                                            Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
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                                                         TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                                                                       CHAPTER 0
                                                                                                         PREFACE                                                                                                                    ix
                                                                                                 1       INTRODUCTION                                                                                                               1
                                                                                                         Tell Everyone the Truth All the Time                                                                                       3
                                                                                                         Trust Your Team                                                                                                            4
                                                                                                         Review Everything, Test Everything                                                                                         4
                                                                                                         All Software Engineers Are Created Equal                                                                                   5
                                                                                                         Doing the Project Right Is Most Efficient                                                                                  6
                                                                                                         Part I: Tools and Techniques                                                                                                7
                                                                                                         Part II: Using Project Management Effectively                                                                             10
                                                                                    Part One             TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES                                                                                                     12
                                                                                                         SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING                                                                                                15
                                                                                                         Understand the Project Needs                                                                                              16
                                                                                                         Create the Project Plan                                                                                                   23
                                                                                                         Diagnosing Project Planning Problems                                                                                     30
                                                                                                 3       ESTIMATION                                                                                                               33
                                                                                                         Elements of a Successful Estimate                                                                                         34
                                                                                                         Wideband Delphi Estimation                                                                                                39
                                                                                                         Other Estimation Techniques                                                                                              48
                                                                                                         Diagnosing Estimation Problems                                                                                           49
                                                                                                 4       PROJECT SCHEDULES                                                                                                        53
                                                                                                         Building the Project Schedule                                                                                             54
                                                                                                         Managing Multiple Projects                                                                                               66
                                                                                                         Use the Schedule to Manage Commitments                                                                                    69
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         Diagnosing Scheduling Problems                                                                                            70
                                                                                                 5       REVIEWS                                                                                                                   73
                                                                                                         Inspections                                                                                                               74
                                                                                                         Deskchecks                                                                                                                84
                                                                                                         Walkthroughs                                                                                                              86
                                                                                                         Code Reviews                                                                                                              87
                                                                                                         Pair Programming                                                                                                          91
                                                                                                         Use Inspections to Manage Commitments                                                                                    92
                                                                                                         Diagnosing Review Problems                                                                                                93
                                                                                                 6       SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS                                                                                                     97
                                                                                                         Requirements Elicitation                                                                                                 98
                                                                                                         Use Cases                                                                                                               105
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                                                                                                                         Software Requirements Specification                                                                                   110
                                                                                                                         Change Control                                                                                                        120
                                                                                                                         Introduce Software Requirements Carefully                                                                             124
                                                                                                                         Diagnosing Software Requirements Problems                                                                             127
                                                                                                                 7       DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING                                                                                               131
                                                                                                                         Review the Design                                                                                                     133
                                                                                                                         Version Control with Subversion                                                                                       134
                                                                                                                         Refactoring                                                                                                           149
                                                                                                                         Unit Testing                                                                                                          156
                                                                                                                         Use Automation                                                                                                        165
                                                                                                                         Be Careful with Existing Projects                                                                                     166
                                                                                                                         Diagnosing Design and Programming Problems                                                                            167
                                                                                                                 8       SOFTWARE TESTING                                                                                                      171
                                                                                                                         Test Plans and Test Cases                                                                                             172
                                                                                                                         Test Execution                                                                                                        178
                                                                                                                         Defect Tracking and Triage                                                                                            180
                                                                                                                         Test Environment and Performance Testing                                                                              181
                                                                                                                         Smoke Tests                                                                                                           183
                                                                                                                         Test Automation                                                                                                       184
                                                                                                                         Postmortem Reports                                                                                                    186
                                                                                                                         Using Software Testing Effectively                                                                                    189
                                                                                                                         Diagnosing Software Testing Problems                                                                                  196
                                                                                                     Part Two            USING PROJECT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVELY                                                                                  200
                                                                                                                 9       UNDERSTANDING CHANGE                                                                                                 203
                                                                                                                         Why Change Fails                                                                                                      204
                                                                                                                         How to Make Change Succeed                                                                                            214
                                                                                                               10        MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP                                                                                            231
                                                                                                                         Take Responsibility                                                                                                   232
                                                                                                                         Do Everything Out in the Open                                                                                         236
                                                                                                                         Manage the Organization                                                                                               238
                                                                                                                         Manage Your Team                                                                                                      243
                                                                                                                11   MANAGING AN OUTSOURCED PROJECT                                                                                           255
                                                                                                                         Prevent Major Sources of Project Failure                                                                              256
                                                                                                                         Management Issues in Outsourced Projects                                                                              260
                                                                                                                         Collaborate with the Vendor                                                                                           268
                                                                                                               12        PROCESS IMPROVEMENT                                                                                                   277
                                                                                                                         Life Without a Software Process                                                                                       278
                                                                                                                         Software Process Improvement                                                                                          282
                                                                                                                         Moving Forward                                                                                                        293
                                                                                                                         BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                                                         295
                                                                                                                         INDEX                                                                                                                303
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