Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail
April 6th, 2007
 | Author(s): George Stepanek Publisher: Apress Year/edition: 2005 ISBN: 1590595505 Language: English File size: 1.6 MB |
If you’ve been or had been working on a software project, you will know what George is talking about. Small of big, a software project never fail to challenge you with every-growing requirements (so the complexity), unexpected obstacles, and never-enough-time. The book well analyses the nature of software project and provides a good insight of the real challenges/issues we face when working on a software project, so to help us deal with them better. Very useful to read.
The book compares software project management from a number of “agile development” perspectives to the PMI model for project management. The book illustrates assumption made in the PMI methodology, and provides a counter point or rebuttal to those assumptions. Thus the book suggests the PMI model is not entirely applicable for software project management. While this book challenges some of the PMI methods, it provides alternative approaches to achieving project success. I liked the book, and appreciated the examples, even when I did not fully agree with some of the assertions.
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