Software Project Management in a Changing World

By bringing together various current direc­tions, Software Project Management in a Changing World focuses on how people and organizations can make their processes more change-adaptive. The selected chapters closely correspond to the project management knowledge areas introduced by the Project Manage...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ruhe, Günther (Editor), Wohlin, Claes (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Software Project Management: Setting the Context
  • Part I — Fundamentals
  • 2 Rethinking Success in Software Projects: Looking Beyond the Failure Factors
  • 3 Cost Prediction and Software Project Management
  • 4 Human Resource Allocation and Scheduling for Software Project Management
  • 5 Software Project Risk and Opportunity Management
  • Part II — Supporting Areas
  • 6 Model-based Quality Management of Software Development Projects
  • 7 Supporting Project Management through Integrated Management of System and Project Knowledge
  • 8 A Framework for Implementing Product Portfolio Management in Software Business
  • 9 Managing Global Software Projects
  • 10 Motivating Software Engineers Working in Virtual Teams across the Globe
  • Part III — New Paradigms
  • 11 Agile Project Management
  • 12 Distributed Project Management
  • 13 Management and Coordination of Free/Open Source Projects
  • 14 Inner Source Project Management
  • Part IV — Emerging Techniques
  • 15 Search-based Software Project Management
  • 16 Social Media Collaboration in Software Projects
  • 17 Process Simulation – A Tool for Software Project Managers?
  • 18 Occam’s Razor and Simple Software Project Management