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Agile Estimating And Planningby Not AvailableISBN 0131479415 (0-13-147941-5)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Productsby James A. HighsmithISBN 0321219775 (0-321-21977-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Agile Project Management With Scrumby Ken SchwaberISBN 073561993X (0-7356-1993-X)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agile Project Management With Scrum'Book summary:[via]The rules and practices for Scruma simple process for managing complex projectsare few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrums simplicity itselfits lack of prescriptioncan be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessonsthe successes and failuresculled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, youll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better resultsdelivering more valuable software faster.
Gain the foundation in Scrum theoryand practiceyou need to:
- Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects
- Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements
- Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams
- Receive clearer specificationsand feedbackfrom customers
- Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools
- Buildand releaseproducts in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier
- Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects
- Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations
- Maximize return on investment!
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Agile Software Development With Scrumby Ken Schwaber, Mike BeedleISBN 0130676349 (0-13-067634-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agile Software Development With Scrum'Book summary:eXtreme Programming is an ideal many software shops would love to reach, but with the constant pressures to produce software quickly, they cannot actually implement it. The Agile software process allows a company to implement eXtreme Programming quickly and immediately-and to begin producing software incrementally in as little as 30 days! Implementing eXtreme Programming is easier said than done. The process can be time consuming and actually slow down current software projects that are in process. This book shows readers how to use SCRUM, an Agile software development process, to quickly and seamlessly implement XP in their shop-while still producing actual software. Using SCRUM and the Agile process can virtually eliminate all downtime during an XP implementation.
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Alpha Teach Yourself Project Management in 24 Hoursby Nancy MingusISBN 0028642236 (0-02-864223-6)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Applied Software Project Managementby Jennifer Greene, Andrew StellmanISBN 0596009488 (0-596-00948-8)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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The Art Of Project Managementby Scott BerkunISBN 0596007868 (0-596-00786-8)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of Project Management'Book summary:[via]The Art of Project Management covers it all--from practical methods for making sure work gets done right and on time, to the mindset that can make you a great leader motivating your team to do their best. Reading this was like reading the blueprint for how the best projects are managed at Microsoft... I wish we always put these lessons into action!" --Joe Belfiore, General Manager, E-home Division, Microsoft Corporation
"Berkun has written a fast paced, jargon-free and witty guide to what he wisely refers to as the 'art' of project management. It's a great introduction to the discipline. Seasoned and new managers will benefit from Berkun's perspectives." --Joe Mirza, Director, CNET Networks (Cnet.com)
"Most books with the words 'project management' in the title are dry tomes. If that's what you are expecting to hear from Berkun's book, you will be pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's about project management. But it's also about creativity, situational problem-solving, and leadership. If you're a team member, project manager, or even a non-technical stakeholder, Scott offers dozens of practical tools and techniques you can use, and questions you can ask, to ensure your projects succeed." --Bill Bliss, Senior VP of product and customer experience, expedia.com
In The Art of Project Management, you'll learn from a veteran manager of software and web development how to plan, manage, and lead projects. This personal account of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the industry distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice. Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book you and your team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come.
Topics include:- How to make things happen
- Making good decisions
- Specifications and requirements
- Ideas and what to do with them
- How not to annoy people
- Leadership and trust
- The truth about making dates
- What to do when things go wrong
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The Blind Men and the Elephant: Mastering Project Workby David SchmaltzISBN 1576752534 (1-57675-253-4)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect Worldby Christopher DuncanISBN 1590596242 (1-59059-624-2)
Softcover, Springer-Verlag New York Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World'Book summary:Unrealistic schedules, unstable releases, continual overtime, and skyrocketing stress levels are legendary in the software development industry. Unlike traditional occupations such as accounting or administration, the software business is populated with programmers who are as creative and passionate about their work as musicians and artists. But for most programmers and project managers, it is a complete surprise when they enter the business world and find that internal politics, inept management, and unrealistic marketing drive the process, rather than a structured and orderly approach based on technical issues and quality.
This guide, delivered with the wit and aplomb to make a serious topic entertaining and palatable, will help you survive the programming industry. The Career Programmer explains how you can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development process. Youll master self-defense techniques to shield yourself, your project, and your code from corporate politics, arbitrary management decisions, and marketing-driven deadlines. Author Chris Duncan provides proven, practical, hands-on solutions designed to work even when tested by the political and chaotic realities of the business environment. Issues are addressed from the points of view of both the programmer and project manager, and steps are illustrated from all perspectivesfrom large-scale teams down to projects with a single developer. For you, the end results will mean less overtime and stress, higher-quality software, and a more satisfying career.
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Code Completeby Steve McConnellISBN 0735619670 (0-7356-1967-0)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Code Complete'Book summary:Widely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell's original CODE COMPLETE has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leading-edge practices-and hundreds of new code samples-illustrating the art and science of software construction. Capturing the body of knowledge available from research, academia, and everyday commercial practice, McConnell synthesizes the most effective techniques and must-know principles into clear, pragmatic guidance. No matter what your experience level, development environment, or project size, this book will inform and stimulate your thinking-and help you build the highest quality code.
Discover the timeless techniques and strategies that help you:
- Design for minimum complexity and maximum creativity
- Reap the benefits of collaborative development
- Apply defensive programming techniques to reduce and flush out errors
- Exploit opportunities to refactor-or evolve-code, and do it safely
- Use construction practices that are right-weight for your project
- Debug problems quickly and effectively
- Resolve critical construction issues early and correctly
- Build quality into the beginning, middle, and end of your project
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Constructionby Steve McConnellISBN 1556154844 (1-55615-484-4)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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Collaboration Explained : Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leadersby Jean TabakaISBN 0321268776 (0-321-26877-6)
Softcover, Pearson Technology Group Canada
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Managementby Sunny Baker, Kim Baker, Mike Campbell, G. Michael CampbellISBN 1592571190 (1-59257-119-0)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Softcover, Alpha Books - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management: ISBN 1592571190 (1-59257-119-0)
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management With Microsoft Project 2000by Ron BlackISBN 0789722712 (0-7897-2271-2)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Complete Idiot's Guide To Project Management With Microsoft Project 2003by Ron BlackISBN 1592573088 (1-59257-308-8)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Creating an Environment for Successful Projectsby Robert J. Graham, Randall L. Englund, Judd KuehnISBN 0787969664 (0-7879-6966-4)
Hardcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creating an Environment for Successful Projects'Book summary:Management consultants Robert Graham and Randall Englund believe that the development and launch of successful new products and services hinges on the formation of a thoroughly integrated, "project-based" organization. In Creating an Environment for Successful Projects: The Quest to Manage Project Management, they use the experiences of Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, General Electric, United Airlines, and other notable firms to show what they mean. They also demonstrate how upper managers can cultivate such an atmosphere in their own enterprises and avoid the failures that otherwise threaten their corporate survival. [via]
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Critical Chainby Eliyahu GoldrattISBN 0884271536 (0-88427-153-6)
Softcover, North River Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critical Chain'Book summary:"Critical Chain," a gripping fast-paced business novel, does for Project Management what Eli Goldratt's other novels have done for Production and Marketing. Dr. Goldratt's books have transformed the thinking and actions of management throughout the world. [via]
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Critical Chain Project Managementby Lawrence P. LeachISBN 1580539033 (1-58053-903-3)
Hardcover, Artech House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critical Chain Project Management'Book summary:The Artech House bestseller Critical Chain Project Management now builds on its own success in a second edition packed with fresh, field-tested insights on how to plan, lead, and complete projects with unprecedented efficiency. It provides project managers with expanded coverage on critical chain planning, multiple project selection and management, critical change project networks, new Agile and Lean techniques related to critical chain project management (CCPM), and effective strategies for bringing about the organizational change required to succeed with this breakthrough method. This cutting-edge work spells out all the CCPM techniques, tools, and theory managers need to develop critical chain solutions and apply them to their challenging projects. Moreover, the book helps managers master key project skills not covered in other critical chain books, such as scope control and risk management. [via]
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Crystal Clear: A Human-powered Methodology For Small Teamsby Alistair CockburnISBN 0201699478 (0-201-69947-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Clear: A Human-powered Methodology For Small Teams'Book summary:This book introduces Crystal Clear, a better lightweight methodology for building software. It describes the roles, teams, values, intentions, habits, activities, policies and work products of a small software development team for whom time-to-market and development costs are critical considerations. Alistair Cockburn is one of the founders of the Agile software development movement. He spells out proven best practices based on his extensive experience helping organizations build software quickly and with less cost. The author understands that small teams cannot be burdened by "process-heavy" software methodologies. By advocating that developers stay close together and remain in steady, good-will communication with customers and users, this book teaches the reader how to develop software that not only does what it is supposed to do, but also gets completed on time and within budget. [via]
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The Deadlineby Tom DemarcoISBN 0932633390 (0-932633-39-0)
Softcover, Dorset House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deadline'Book summary:[ THE DEADLINE A NOVEL ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT BY DEMARCO, TOM](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK [via]
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Death Marchby Edward YourdonISBN 013143635X (0-13-143635-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall Ptr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death March'Book summary:Death march projects are becoming increasingly common in the software industry. The symptoms are obvious: The project schedule, budget, and staff are about half of what is necessary for completion. The planned feature set is unrealistic. People are working 14 hours a day, six or seven days a week, and stress is taking its toll. The project has a high risk of failure, yet management is either blind to the situation or has no alternative. Why do these irrational projects happen, and what, other than pure idiocy, leads people to get involved in them?
Edward Yourdon has produced a wise and highly readable book on the entire death march phenomenon and the best way to steer through one. He takes a close look at the types of projects that often become death marches and the corporate politics and culture that typically produce them; Yourdon helps you examine your own motivations and those of corporate managers who enable death marches to take shape.
Much of Death March is about the human element of highly stressful projects. The author's plain-spoken observations on the dysfunctional organization--the Machiavellian politics, naive optimism, lust for power, fear, and sheer managerial stupidity that guide so many death marches--make for a refreshing change from other project management books. You'll also find much practical advice to help you survive, everything from negotiating with upper management to breathing life into faltering projects. He'll even help you determine if you should look for another job.
If you've ever worked in a death march situation or been a client of a company addicted to death march management, this book will help you understand what happened. More importantly, it will help you prepare for future encounters with death marches. Death March is highly recommended for anyone involved in software development. [via]
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Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving "Mission Impossible" Projectsby Edward YourdonISBN 0130146595 (0-13-014659-5)
Softcover, Prentice Hall Ptr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving "Mission Impossible" Projects'Book summary:Death march projects are becoming increasingly common in the software industry. The symptoms are obvious: The project schedule, budget, and staff are about half of what is necessary for completion. The planned feature set is unrealistic. People are working 14 hours a day, six or seven days a week, and stress is taking its toll. The project has a high risk of failure, yet management is either blind to the situation or has no alternative. Why do these irrational projects happen, and what, other than pure idiocy, leads people to get involved in them?
Edward Yourdon has produced a wise and highly readable book on the entire death march phenomenon and the best way to steer through one. He takes a close look at the types of projects that often become death marches and the corporate politics and culture that typically produce them; Yourdon helps you examine your own motivations and those of corporate managers who enable death marches to take shape.
Much of Death March is about the human element of highly stressful projects. The author's plain-spoken observations on the dysfunctional organization--the Machiavellian politics, naive optimism, lust for power, fear, and sheer managerial stupidity that guide so many death marches--make for a refreshing change from other project management books. You'll also find much practical advice to help you survive, everything from negotiating with upper management to breathing life into faltering projects. He'll even help you determine if you should look for another job.
If you've ever worked in a death march situation or been a client of a company addicted to death march management, this book will help you understand what happened. More importantly, it will help you prepare for future encounters with death marches. Death March is highly recommended for anyone involved in software development. [via]
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Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teamsby Steve MaguireISBN 1556156502 (1-55615-650-2)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams'Book summary:In Debugging the Development Process, Maguire describes the sometimes controversial but always effective practices that enabled his software teams at Microsoft to develop high-quality software - on schedule. With the refreshing candor reviewers admired in Writing Solid Code, Maguire talks about what did and what didn't work at Microsoft and tells you how to energize software teams to work effectively - and to enjoy their work; why you might want to kick your star programmer off your team; how to avoid corporate snares and overblown corporate processes; which tiny changes produce major results; how to deliver on schedule and without overwork; how to pull twice the value out of everything you do; how to get your team going on a creative roll; and how to raise the average programmer level at your company.[via]More editions of Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams:
Dynamic Scheduling With Microsoft Office Project 2003: The Book By And For Professionalsby Eric UyttewaalISBN 1932159452 (1-932159-45-2)
Softcover, J Ross Pub
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Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Designby Gerald M. Weinberg, Donald C. GauseISBN 0932633137 (0-932633-13-7)
Hardcover, Dorset House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design'Book summary:The scholar John von Neumann once said, "There's no sense being exact about something if you don't even know what you're talking about." In a world that is growing increasingly dependent on highly complex, computer-based systems, the importance of defining what you want to make before making it -- that is, knowing what you're talking about -- cannot be stressed enough.
Here's an innovative book that gives you the understanding you need to give people the solutions they want. The collaborative team of Gause and Weinberg tells how you can assure the requirements are right -- before the product is designed.
Written by two recognized authorities in the field, this book is a collection of ideas developed, refined, and tested during their more than sixty combined years of work with both large and small organizations.
The techniques formulated in Exploring Requirements are not confined to software development; they have been used effectively to develop a wide range of products and systems -- from computer software to furniture, books, and buildings.
Systems analysts and anyone involved with the challenges of the requirements process will greatly benefit from this book. [via]More editions of Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design:
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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Changeby Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres, Erich GammaISBN 0321278658 (0-321-27865-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change'Book summary:In this second edition of Extreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck organizes and presents five years worth of experiences, growth, and change revolving around XP. If you are seriously interested in understanding how you and your team can start down the path of improvement with XP, you must read this book.
Francesco Cirillo, Chief Executive Officer, XPLabs S.R.L.The first edition of this book told us what XP wasit changed the way many of us think about software development. This second edition takes it farther and gives us a lot more of the why of XP, the motivations and the principles behind the practices. This is great stuff. Armed with the what and the why, we can now all set out to confidently work on the how: how to run our projects better, and how to get agile techniques adopted in our organizations.
Dave Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmers LLCThis book is dynamite! It was revolutionary when it first appeared a few years ago, and this new edition is equally profound. For those who insist on cookbook checklists, theres an excellent chapter on primary practices, but I urge you to begin by truly contemplating the meaning of the opening sentence in the first chapter of Kent Becks book: XP is about social change. You should do whatever it takes to ensure that every IT professional and every IT managerall the way up to the CIOhas a copy of Extreme Programming Explained on his or her desk.
Ed Yourdon, author and consultantXP is a powerful set of concepts for simplifying the process of software design, development, and testing. It is about minimalism and incrementalism, which are especially useful principles when tackling complex problems that require a balance of creativity and discipline.
Michael A. Cusumano, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of The Business of SoftwareExtreme Programming Explained is the work of a talented and passionate craftsman. Kent Beck has brought together a compelling collection of ideas about programming and management that deserves your full attention. My only beef is that our profession has gotten to a point where such common-sense ideas are labeled extreme....
Lou Mazzucchelli, Fellow, Cutter Business Technology CouncilIf your organization is ready for a change in the way it develops software, theres the slow incremental approach, fixing things one by one, or the fast track, jumping feet first into Extreme Programming. Do not be frightened by the name, it is not that extreme at all. It is mostly good old recipes and common sense, nicely integrated together, getting rid of all the fat that has accumulated over the years.
Philippe Kruchten, UBC, Vancouver, British ColumbiaSometimes revolutionaries get left behind as the movement they started takes on a life of its own. In this book, Kent Beck shows that he remains ahead of the curve, leading XP to its next level. Incorporating five years of feedback, this book takes a fresh look at what it takes to develop better software in less time and for less money. There are no silver bullets here, just a set of practical principles that, when used wisely, can lead to dramatic improvements in software development productivity.
Mary Poppendieck, author of Lean Software Development: An Agile ToolkitKent Beck has revised his classic book based on five more years of applying and teaching XP. He shows how the path to XP is both easy and hard: It can be started with fewer practices, and yet it challenges teams to go farther than ever.
William Wake, independent consultantWith new insights, wisdom from experience, and clearer explanations of the art of Extreme Programming, this edition of Becks classic will help many realize the dream of outstanding software development.
Joshua Kerievsky, author of Refactoring to Patterns and Founder, Industrial Logic, Inc.XP has changed the way our industry thinks about software development. Its brilliant simplicity, focused execution, and insistence on fact-based planning over speculation have set a new standard for software delivery.
David Trowbridge, Architect, Microsoft CorporationAccountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development.
In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process.
The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won awards for its then-radical ideas for improving small-team development, such as having developers write automated tests for their own code and having the whole team plan weekly. Much has changed in five years. This completely rewritten second edition expands the scope of XP to teams of any size by suggesting a program of continuous improvement based on:
- Five core values consistent with excellence in software development
- Eleven principles for putting those values into action
- Thirteen primary and eleven corollary practices to help you push development past its current business and technical limitations
Whether you have a small team that is already closely aligned with your customers or a large team in a gigantic or multinational organization, you will find in these pages a wealth of ideas to challenge, inspire, and encourage you and your team members to substantially improve your software development.
You will discover how to:
- Involve the whole teamXP style
- Increase technical collaboration through pair programming and continuous integration
- Reduce defects through developer testing
- Align business and technical decisions through weekly and quarterly planning
- Improve teamwork by setting up an informative, shared workspace
You will also find many other concrete ideas for improvement, all based on a philosophy that emphasizes simultaneously increasing the humanity and effectiveness of software development.
Every team can improve. Every team can begin improving today. Improvement is possiblebeyond what we can currently imagine. Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition, offers ideas to fuel your improvement for years to come.
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The Fast Forward MBA in Project Managementby Eric VerzuhISBN 0471692840 (0-471-69284-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management'Book summary:Until the early '90s, project management was definitely located somewhere near the unsexy end of the business spectrum. But now, with the rise of downsizing and outsourcing, it has become one of the hot disciplines. Professional membership of the U.S.-based Project Management Institute has quadrupled in the last decade, and Microsoft claimed recently to have over 2 million users worldwide of its project-management software. The reasons for this growth are simple. Project management is about managing "projects," that is, unique pieces of work (as opposed to ongoing operations). Downsizing, outsourcing, and the accelerating pace of change have meant that, increasingly, work is carried out on an ad-hoc, one-off project basis. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management is designed as an advanced textbook for businesspeople with a grasp of the basics and insufficient time (or inclination) to go back to school to learn more. Written by Eric Verzuh, president of the Versatile Company, a leading project-management consultancy, this is not a heavy academic text.
Like the rest of the Fast Forward series, this book is designed to let the reader extract maximum information in minimum time. There is a strong use of graphics with tables, charts cross-heads, and bullet points. Important passages are flagged in bold and/or emblazoned with the words key concept. When you read it, you realize that there is nothing magical about project management, just the application of careful common sense. The book covers all the basic stuff like planning, time-tabling, quantity and price estimation, resource allocation, and scheduling. But it also acknowledges that there is inevitably a political dimension to every project, no matter how small. So it has important sections on how to ensure that all the stakeholders in the project are kept "on board" and the importance of communication.
As Verzuh states in his introduction, "Every project participant from part-time team member to executive sponsor, becomes more effective once he or she understands the basics of project management." Really, this is a book about management that every manager should read, whether he or she has a project or not. --Alex Benady [via]
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Fundamentals of Project Managementby James P. LewisISBN 0814408796 (0-8144-0879-6)
Softcover, Amacom Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundamentals of Project Management'Book summary:Now any businessperson can learn the basics of project management without ever leaving his or her desk. This concise book explains how to juggle multiple tasks on a complex project, from start to finish, showing how to set up project plans, work faster and more profitably, monitor progress, and achieve performance objectives. [via]
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Fundamentals of Project Management: Developing Core Competencies to Help Outperform the Competitionby James P. LewisISBN 0814471323 (0-8144-7132-3)
Softcover, Amacom Books
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Getting Started in Project Managementby Paula K. Martin, Karen TateISBN 0471135038 (0-471-13503-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Doby David AllenISBN 0670889067 (0-670-88906-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Do'Book summary:With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivityby David AllenISBN 0142000280 (0-14-200028-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Goal-Directed Project Managementby E.S. AndersonISBN 1850913153 (1-85091-315-3)
Hardcover, Kogan Page/Coopers & Lybrand
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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledgeby Pmi Standards CommitteeISBN 1880410125 (1-880410-12-5)
Softcover, Project Management Inst
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A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledgeby Project Management InstituteISBN 193069945X (1-930699-45-X)
Softcover, Project Management Inst
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge'Book summary:A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition [via]
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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: 2000 EditionISBN 1880410230 (1-880410-23-0)
Softcover, Project Management Inst
Find This BookBook summary:A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)- 2000 Edition is your basic reference and the world's de facto standard for the project management profession. It was designated an American National Standard (ANSI/PMI 99-001-2000) by the American National Standards Institute in March 2001. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is an inclusive term that describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. The PMBOK Guide identifies and describes the subset of principles and practices within the PMBOK that are generally accepted and applicable to most projects most of the time. The guide also provides a common lexicon for talking about project management. Project management is a relatively young profession, and while there is substantial commonality around what is done, there is relatively little commonality in the terms used. An extensive glossary further aids in standardizing definitions of the most important concepts, terms, and phrases. The Project Management Institute (PMI) uses the PMBOK Guide as one of the references for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Examination. Major revisions and expansions of this edition include: Aligned newly added processes, tools, and techniques with the five project processes and nine knowledge areas. For example, reserve time, variance analysis, and activity attributes were added to Chapter 6 (Project Time Management); estimating publications and earned value were added to Chapter 7 (Project Cost Management); and project reports, project presentations, and project closure were added to Chapter 10 (Project Communications Management). Added a section in Chapter 2 to acknowledge the role of the Project Office; expanded the treatment of earned value management in Chapter 4 and Chapter 10; and added a brief discussion of the Theory of Constraints in Chapter 6. [via]
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Harvard Business Review On Managing Projectsby Harvard Business ReviewISBN 1591396395 (1-59139-639-5)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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How to Run Successful Projects II: The Silver Bulletby Fergus O'ConnellISBN 0132398567 (0-13-239856-7)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Run Successful Projects II: The Silver Bullet'Book summary:Many project managers -- especially in software -- go their entire professional lives in ignorance of the factors behind the success or failure of their projects. Permanently, in a state of agitation and worry they just can't explain why some projects work out and others don't. It doesn't have to be like this. There is a method underlying all successful projects, and if you follow this method, your project is guaranteed to succeed. We have called this method Structured Project Management. And the cornerstone of Structured Project Management is the 'Ten Steps' - the first five steps are to do with planning your project and the other five with implementing the plan and achieving the goal. How to Run Successful Projects III -- The Silver Bullet builds on the success of the first and second editions and reminds us all, in the post dot com era, just how important good project management practices are. Third Edition *This new edition now compares the 'Ten Steps' of structured project management with any other methodology (including PRINCE). *How to do the least amount of project management possible and still be sure of a successful outcome.* How to identify and monitor your projects 'vital signs'. *Has a quick and easy way to assess project plans and proposals ensuring that you catch potential disasters before they happen. *Includes daily, weekly, and monthly routines for any project manager to seamlessly incorporate Structured Project Management into their working lives. *There is a new comprehensive self-study course in MS Project 2000. How to Run Successful Projects III -- The Silver Bullet covers the essential elements of project success packaged in an easy to apply and common sense approach which thousands of readers will attest works. What readers said about the old editions: 'I can't thank you enough for taking the mystique and the terror out of project management. You have improved the quality of my life'. Laura King, Bumblebee Software, USA 'Project Management is often portrayed as a risky and dull subject. O'Connell convinces the reader that it is instead an exciting and enjoyable experience; confidence and satisfaction coming from knowledge that the goal of the project is clear and that you know what to do to achieve it. Project managers who are not so confident or enthusiastic should read this book.It will radically change your attitude to your job'. Computer Weekly, Ireland. [via]
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Information Technology Project Managementby Kathy SchwalbeISBN 0619035285 (0-619-03528-5)
Softcover, Course Technology Ptr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Information Technology Project Management'Book summary:Most innovations in information technology can be traced back to a project: the behind-the-scenes work that, when correctly managed, results in a new system, a new technology, or a new product in the marketplace. This text builds a foundation for tomorrow's creators and managers by providing meaningful examples of real projects - both successful and failed - and applying the lessons they teach to a sound framework in IT project management. [via]
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The Little Black Book of Project Managementby Michael C. ThomsettISBN 0814471374 (0-8144-7137-4)
Softcover, Amacom Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Black Book of Project Management'Book summary:Provides you with instructions on how to control a budget, choose and lead a team, create a workable schedule, and more. [via]
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Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and Peopleby J. Davidson FrameISBN 1555420311 (1-55542-031-1)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People'Book summary:In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current edition of his landmark book includes a wealth of new topics, including:
- Managing virtual teams
- The evolving concept of the project manager's role
- Comanaged project teams
- The project office
- Project portfolios
- Web-based project management
- International project management
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Managing Projects With Makeby Andrew Oram, Steve TalbottISBN 0937175900 (0-937175-90-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Managing Projects With Make'Book summary:[via]make is one of UNIX's greatest contributions to software development, and this book is the clearest description of make ever written. Even the smallest software project typically involves a number of files that depend upon each other in various ways. If you modify one or more source files, you must relink the program after recompiling some, but not necessarily all, of the sources.
make greatly simplifies this process. By recording the relationships between sets of files, make can automatically perform all the necessary updating.
For large projects with teams of programmers and multiple releases, make becomes even more critical. But in order to avoid spending a major portion of your maintenance budget on maintaining the Makefiles, you need a system for handling directories, dependencies, and macro definitions. This book describes all the basic features of make and provides guidelines on meeting the needs of large, modern projects.
Some of the issues addressed in the second edition include:
- Projects covering several directories.
- Maintaining consistency when building variants of a program.
- Automatic generation of header file dependencies.
- Forced rebuilds of existing files.
- A description of free products that contain major enhancements to make.
- Listings of the features that vary between different versions of make and simple ways to test them.
- More detail and examples on common errors, use of the shell in make, formal rules of syntax in make, and support for various utilities.
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineeringby Frederick Phillips BrooksISBN 0201835959 (0-201-83595-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering'Book summary:Classic book on the human elements of software engineering. [via]
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Painless Project Management With Fogbugzby Mike GunderloyISBN 159059486X (1-59059-486-X)
Softcover, Apress
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teamsby Tom Demarco, Timothy ListerISBN 0932633439 (0-932633-43-9)
Softcover, Dorset House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams'Book summary:Peopleware asserts that most software development projects fail because of failures within the team running them. This strikingly clear, direct book is written for software development team leaders and managers, but it's filled with enough common-sense wisdom to appeal to anyone working in technology. Authors Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister include plenty of illustrative, often amusing anecdotes; their writing is light, conversational, and filled with equal portions of humour and wisdom, and there is a refreshing absence of "new age" terms and multi-step programmes. The advice is presented straightforwardly and ranges from simple issues of prioritisation to complex ways of engendering harmony and productivity in your team. Peopleware is a short read that delivers more than many books on the subject twice its size. --Jake Bond [via]
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Planning Extreme Programmingby Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Jennifer KohnkeISBN 0201710919 (0-201-71091-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Planning Extreme Programming'Book summary:Programming continues to refuse to be engineering. This is why there are so many cancelled projects, cost and time overruns and customer dissatisfaction. Planning Extreme Programming offers a way to run small-to-medium size programming projects in such a way as to produce the required product on time and to budget.
To achieve this the authors focus away from complex, report-led planning to a people-oriented process which treats programming like a craft project. Extreme Programming starts by recognising reality: start right and you'll finish right. In fact the authors specifically argue against overtime, increasing manpower on late projects and other such attempts to increase productivity as evidence of failure. They start by breaking projects into stories (or features), insist on customer involvement, iterate relentlessly over a timescale of weeks, set short-term targets based on the evidence of previous iterations and--in a break with traditional practices--absolutely insist on customer involvement at every stage, including signing off each story.
The claimed results of applying the XP approach is a better product with fewer bugs as well as the ability to meet agreed deadlines and budgets. Pretty impressive claims for a book that reads like a set of obvious, common-sense rules. Astonishingly, the only planning tool required is a box of index cards and the right attitude. You are even recommended to avoid spreadsheets. Perhaps, then, the real success of Extreme Programming rests on its implicit acknowledgement that programming is a craft, and not engineering. What can you say? It works. Read it and then implement it. -- Steve Patient [via]
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Pragmatic Version Control Using Cvs: With Cvsby Dave Thomas, Andrew HuntISBN 0974514004 (0-9745140-0-4)
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Project Management: A Managerial Approachby Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. MantelISBN 0471016268 (0-471-01626-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Management: A Managerial Approach'Book summary:As businesses struggle to improve their record of completing large scale projects on time and on budget, interest in good project management skills is skyrocketing. For the past 10 years this book has set the standard for establishing project management principles. With a sharp focus on business (rather than engineering or construction), it provides all the guidelines and tools managers of projects need to succeed. Throughout, the emphasis is on project/team management techniques, rather than general management techniques. Critical aspects of project management are covered in detail, including available software packages, negotiation, project manager selection, and project auditing and terminating. [via]
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Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, And Controlby Harold KerznerISBN 0471741876 (0-471-74187-6)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Project Managementby Harold KerznerISBN 0471395544 (0-471-39554-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Project Management for Dummiesby Stanley PortnyISBN 0470049235 (0-470-04923-5)
Softcover, For Dummies
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Management for Dummies'Book summary:Projects have been around since ancient times. Noah built the ark, Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine all projects. Why then, is the topic of project management suddenly of such great interest today? The answer is simple. The audience has changed and the stakes are higher.
Successful businesses and organizations create projects that produce desired results in established timeframes with assigned resources. As a result, businesses are increasingly driven to find individuals who can excel in this project-oriented environment. And that's where this guide comes into play.
Reading Project Management For Dummies could help a diverse group of people, some of which include the following:
- Senior managers and junior assistants (the senior managers of tomorrow)
- Experienced project managers and people who've never been on a project team
- People who've had significant project management training and people who've had none
- People who've had years of real-world business and government experience and people who've just entered the workforce
By reading this guide, you'll gain insight into beginning a project, supporting it throughout its life, and bringing it to a successful closure. You'll discover how to manage the uncertainties surrounding a project, and uncover the definitions to the most common project management terms. And you'll figure out how to handle some of the more common project management situations you'll encounter, from dealing with the people involved to organizing the mountains of paperwork.
While most businesses are looking for ways to get a better handle on their projects, what no one is saying is that the majority of people who become project managers aren't doing so by choice. Instead, project management is often an unexpected but required progression in their chosen career paths. Think of this guide as a friend or comfortable resource that has more to share each time you crack it open as you experience new situations in which you can apply the knowledge. [via]
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Project Management Institute Practice Structard for Work Breakdown Structuresby Project Management InstituteISBN 1880410818 (1-880410-81-8)
Softcover, Project Management Inst
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Management Institute Practice Structard for Work Breakdown Structures'Book summary:This is the first practice standard that the Project Management Institute (PMI®) has developed to complement and elaborate on the information contained in its de facto global standard for the profession, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) 2000 Edition. It provides guidance and universal principles for the initial generation, subsequent development, and application of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Successful project management uses planning techniques to define the project objectives in sufficient detail to support effective management of the project. The WBS provides the foundation for defining work as it relates to project objectives and establishes the structure for managing the work to its completion. Each descending level of a WBS represents an increasingly detailed definition of the project work.
This PMI standard provides an introduction to the WBS concept, defines the WBS and its characteristics, discusses the benefits of using a WBS, and demonstrates how to build a WBS and determine if it is sufficient for subsequent planning and control. A unique feature of this handbook is the inclusion of 11 industry-specific WBS examples. Constituting over half of the book, these examples aid the reader in further understanding, creating, and using WBSs in the following industries or applications:
-Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical (OGP)
-Environmental Management
-Process Improvement
-Pharmaceutical
-Process Plant Construction-Service Industry Outsourcing
-Web Design
-Telecommunications
-Refinery Turnaround
-Government Design-Bid-Build
-Software ImplementationExamples are in different stages of completion and represent the evolutionary development of a WBS. None of the examples should be taken as the only right WBS for that type of project. This is the first-of-its-kind Practice Standard from the worlds largest professional association for project management. It will enable project managers, project team leaders, contract personnel, and others interested in managing any aspect of a project to prepare a useful and high quality Work Breakdown Structure. [via]
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Project Management: Workbookby Harold KerznerISBN 0442025513 (0-442-02551-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Management: Workbook'Book summary:Completely revised and streamlined for course use including expanded problems and exercises. Content has been refocused on the critical aspects of project management. Supplemented by instructors packages for both academic use and corporate trainers, includes online PowerPoint(r) presentations, student workbook, instructor?s manual, and a new book of case studies. [via]
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Project Planning, Scheduling & Control: A Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in on Time and on Budgetby James P. LewisISBN 1557388695 (1-55738-869-5)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviewsby Norman L. KerthISBN 0932633447 (0-932633-44-7)
Softcover, Dorset House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews'Book summary:With detailed scenarios, imaginative illustrations, and step-by-step instructions, consultant Norman L. Kerth guides readers through productive, painless retrospectives of project performance.
Whether your shop calls them postmortems or postpartums or something else, project retrospectives offer organizations a formal method for preserving the valuable lessons learned from the successes and failures of every project. These lessons and the measurements they yield foster stronger teams and savings on subsequent efforts.
For a retrospective to be effective and successful, though, it needs to be safe. Kerth shows facilitators and participants how to defeat the fear of retribution and establish an air of mutual trust. One tool is Kerth's Prime Directive: Regardless of what we discover, we must understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job he or she could, given what was known at the time, his or her skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand.
Applying years of experience as a project retrospective facilitator for software organizations, Kerth reveals his secrets for managing the sensitive, often emotionally charged issues that arise as teams relive and learn from each project.
Don't move on to your next project without consulting and using this readable, practical handbook. Each member of your team will be better prepared for the next deadline. [via]
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Q and As for the Pmbok Guide 2000 EditionISBN 1930699107 (1-930699-10-7)
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Rapid Developmentby Steve McConnell, Microsoft PressISBN 0072850604 (0-07-285060-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rapid Development'Book summary:I can hear some of you exclaiming, "How can you possibly recommend a book about software scheduling published by Microsoft Press and written by a consultant to Microsoft?!" Well, put aside any preconceived biases. This is a tremendous book on effective scheduling software development, and it drinks deeply from the wisdom of all the classics in the field such as Brook's Mythical Man Month -- and is likely well-informed by McConnell's experiences, good and bad, in Redmond.
The nine page section entitled "Classic Mistakes Enumerated" is alone worth the price of admission and should be required reading for all developers, leads, and managers. Here are some types of the 36 classic mistakes that McConnell describes in detail:
- People Related Mistakes
- Heroics
- Adding people to a late project
- Politics placed over substance (etc.)
- Process Related Mistakes
- Abandonment of planning under pressure
- Planning to catch up later
- "Code-like-hell" programming (etc.)
- Technology Related Mistakes
- Silver-Bullet syndrome
- Overestimating savings from new tools or methods
- Switching tools in the middle of a project (etc.)
I suspect that if you've ever been involved in software development, you winced after reading each of these nine points. And you will learn a great deal from the remaining 640 pages about concrete solutions.
My only substantive gripe: cheesy Powerpoint graphics. Nonetheless, this book is Very Highly Recommended. [via]
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedulesby Steve McConnellISBN 1556159005 (1-55615-900-5)
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The nine page section entitled "Classic Mistakes Enumerated" is alone worth the price of admission and should be required reading for all developers, leads, and managers. Here are some types of the 36 classic mistakes that McConnell describes in detail:
- People Related Mistakes
- Heroics
- Adding people to a late project
- Politics placed over substance (etc.)
- Process Related Mistakes
- Abandonment of planning under pressure
- Planning to catch up later
- "Code-like-hell" programming (etc.)
- Technology Related Mistakes
- Silver-Bullet syndrome
- Overestimating savings from new tools or methods
- Switching tools in the middle of a project (etc.)
I suspect that if you've ever been involved in software development, you winced after reading each of these nine points. And you will learn a great deal from the remaining 640 pages about concrete solutions.
My only substantive gripe: cheesy Powerpoint graphics. Nonetheless, this book is Very Highly Recommended. [via]
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Secrets of Successful Web Sites : Project Management on the World Wide Webby David SiegelISBN 1568303823 (1-56830-382-3)
Softcover, New Riders Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secrets of Successful Web Sites : Project Management on the World Wide Web'Book summary:What does it feel like to create a major commercial Web site? And what do you have to do to make it succeed? David Siegel's new Secrets of Successful Web Sites gives us a close look at 15 high-profile projects and extracts the hard lessons that they can teach. Anyone embarking on a big development project, whether as a designer, producer, or client, will do well to consider them.
Siegel's premise is that commercial Web design is an exciting and noble undertaking, but one that is fraught with pitfalls. His goal is to help both designers and their clients understand what they are getting into, what each side needs to bring to the table, and what both sides must do to communicate effectively. He also addresses the practical realities that make or break a project, figuring out what a particular Web site is supposed to do, how long will it take to build, what it will cost, and how it will be maintained.
The first half of the book consists of case studies of the creation--often painful--of successful Web sites. The hurdles these developers faced include hopelessly unrealistic schedules, flaky subcontractors, confused clients, and the immaturity of Web technology itself. Each study showcases the particular problems that the designers faced, how they managed to overcome them, and how you can avoid finding yourself in the same spot. The second half of the book is a systematic exposition of the ropes: What the market realities are, how designers and clients find each other, how to put together a proposal and bid on a job, and how to manage a project using Web technology. Siegel also takes you through the creation of content and design, staffing the fledgling site, testing it, and finally getting it online.
Organizational nitty-gritty of this sort is the less glamorous side of building a site, but Siegel injects it with the same excitement that made his Creating Killer Web Sites a smash bestseller. Anyone involved in creating a real Web site will find excellent practical orientation and a lot of much-needed debunking in Secrets of Successful Web Sites. [via]
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiencyby Tom DemarcoISBN 0932633617 (0-932633-61-7)
Hardcover, Dorset House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency'Book summary:Another entry in the small but growing management library that suggests purposely slowing down and smelling the roses could actually boost productivity in today's 24/7 world, Tom DeMarco's Slack stands out because it is aimed at "the infernal busyness of the modern workplace." DeMarco writes, "Organizations sometimes become obsessed with efficiency and make themselves so busy that responsiveness and net effectiveness suffer." By intentionally creating downtime, or "slack," management will find a much-needed opportunity to build a "capacity to change" into an otherwise strained enterprise that will help companies respond more successfully to constantly evolving conditions. Focusing specifically on knowledge workers and the environment in which they toil, DeMarco addresses the corporate stress that results from going full-tilt, and offers remedies he thinks will foster growth instead of stagnation. Slack, he contends, is just the thing to nurture the out-of-box thinking required in the 21st century, and within these pages, he makes a strong case for it. --Howard Rothman [via]
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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Artby Steve McConnellISBN 0735605351 (0-7356-0535-1)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art'Book summary:[via]Often referred to as the black art because of its complexity and uncertainty, software estimation is not as difficult or puzzling as people think. In fact, generating accurate estimates is straightforwardonce you understand the art of creating them. In his highly anticipated book, acclaimed author Steve McConnell unravels the mystery to successful software estimationdistilling academic information and real-world experience into a practical guide for working software professionals. Instead of arcane treatises and rigid modeling techniques, this guide highlights a proven set of procedures, understandable formulas, and heuristics that individuals and development teams can apply to their projects to help achieve estimation proficiency.
Discover how to:
- Estimate schedule and costor estimate the functionality that can be delivered within a given time frame
- Avoid common software estimation mistakes
- Learn estimation techniques for you, your team, and your organization * Estimate specific project activitiesincluding development, management, and defect correction
- Apply estimation approaches to any type of projectsmall or large, agile or traditional
- Navigate the shark-infested political waters that surround project estimates
When many corporate software projects are failing, McConnell shows you what works for successful software estimation.
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Software Project Management: A Unified Frameworkby Walker RoyceISBN 0201309580 (0-201-30958-0)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Software Project Management in Practiceby P. JaloteISBN 0201737213 (0-201-73721-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Software Project Survival Guideby Steve McConnell, Microsoft PressISBN 0072850612 (0-07-285061-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Software Project Survival Guide: How to Be Sure Your First Important Project Isn't Your Lastby Steve McConnellISBN 1572316217 (1-57231-621-7)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Software Project Survival Guide: How to Be Sure Your First Important Project Isn't Your Last'Book summary:[via]Equip yourself with SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE. It's for everyone with a stake in the outcome of a development project--and especially for those without formal software project management training. That includes top managers, executives, clients, investors, end-user representatives, project managers, and technical leads.
Here you'll find guidance from the acclaimed author of the classics CODE COMPLETE and RAPID DEVELOPMENT. Steve McConnell draws on solid research and a career's worth of hard-won experience to map the surest path to your goal--what he calls "one specific approach to software development that works pretty well most of the time for most projects." Nineteen chapters in four sections cover the concepts and strategies you need for mastering the development process, including planning, design, management, quality assurance, testing, and archiving. For newcomers and seasoned project managers alike, SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE draws on a vast store of techniques to create an elegantly simplified and reliable framework for project management success.
So don't worry about wandering among complex sets of project management techniques that require years to sort out and master. SOFTWARE PROJECT SURVIVAL GUIDE goes straight to the heart of the matter to help your projects succeed. And that makes it a required addition to every professional's bookshelf.More editions of Software Project Survival Guide: How to Be Sure Your First Important Project Isn't Your Last:
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Under Pressure and on Timeby Ed Sullivan, John RobbinsISBN 073561184X (0-7356-1184-X)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under Pressure and on Time'Book summary:How do you hire-and keep-the best software engineers in the business? What real-world practices can really motivate a team to produce excellent results? From startups to major corporations, virtually every commercial software company struggles with building teams and shipping great software on time. Now industry expert Ed Sullivan shares the hard-won lessons and best practices from his 17-year career in software development. In UNDER PRESSURE AND ON TIME, Sullivan describes a proven model for creating, directing, and growing a world-class development team. Discussion includes recruiting, interviewing, company culture, scheduling, release engineering, tools, key processes, beta management, project status, project closure, and other critical topics for which-until now-frustratingly little information has been published. But UNDER PRESSURE AND ON TIME digs one level deeper than other project management books, delivering the fire-tested practices and essential how-to's that help you lead software teams to greatness. [via]
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Visualizing Project Managementby Kevin Forsberg, Hal Mooz, Howard CottermanISBN 0471577790 (0-471-57779-0)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Visualizing Project Management: Models And Frameworks For Mastering Complex Systemsby Hal Mooz, Howard CottermanISBN 0471648485 (0-471-64848-5)
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Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projectsby Tom Demarco, Timothy ListerISBN 0932633609 (0-932633-60-9)
Softcover, Dorset House
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Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sitesby Ashley FriedleinISBN 1558606785 (1-55860-678-5)
Softcover, Morgan Kaufmann Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites'Book summary:There are 100 books on the market that help explain how to write your Web pages, whether or not you knew what a Web page was before you opened the book. And there are a hundred books explaining how to run a successful project, outlining the aim and how to make sure you get yourself and your business to your destination on time and on budget. There are very few books, however, that help explain the need to project-manage a Web site and very few business books whatsoever that do their explaining as clearly and as elegantly as Ashley Friedlein's Web Site Project Management.
Project management is aggressively raising its profile in a context whereby new working practices force new ways of working on all managers. Project-based working has become a reality for all of us and technical managers particularly know that the cutting-edge computer know-how of staff is not, by itself, enough to ensure the successful resolution of a job of work. Web Site Project Management shows that the complexities of creating and delivering a commercial Web site can be overcome and in clean, direct prose walks the reader through the stages to completion. Friedlein outlines the attributes of a good project manager, explaining the scope and challenges of the role. He outlines a Web project method ("the framework for making decisions about the project") and goes into the different stages of the site project from clarification, definition and specification on to content, design, launch and maintenance. This could well prove to be invaluable. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Organízate con Eficacia: Máxima Productividad Personal Sin Estrésby David AllenISBN 8495787164 (84-95787-16-4)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano S. A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Organízate con Eficacia: Máxima Productividad Personal Sin Estrés'Book summary:Este libro tiene un objetivo claro: demostrar que existe un sistema de organización del trabajo que nos permite liberar la mente de las tensiones que inhiben nuestra creatividad, y que nos hace más eficaces en todos los aspectos de la vida.
David Allen sostiene que nuestra mente tiene una capacidad limitada para almacenar información y propone una serie de fórmulas prácticas para eliminar las tensiones e incrementar nuestra capacidad de trabajo y nuestro rendimiento.
Organízate con eficacia se fundamenta en unas sencillas normas básicas de organización del tiempo, como por ejemplo la necesidad de determinar cuál es el siguiente paso a dar en cada uno de nuestros proyectos, o la regla de los dos minutos (si surge una tarea pendiente y se puede hacer en menos de dos minutos, debe hacerse inmediatamente). El sistema propuesto por Allen soluciona ansiedades y desconciertos, y nos permite transformar nuestro modo de trabajar y la manera de percibir nuestros retos cotidianos. [via]
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