Software Project Management: A Process-Driven Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367381981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 456 str.

Ashfaque Ahmed

Opis

Written for practitioners and students of software testing and quality assurance, this book covers all of the necessary concepts and techniques. The first part deals with software testing, while the second part covers software quality assurance. It covers standards issued by the IEEE, the ISO, and the Software Engineering Institute. The author details all of the processes, metrics, techniques, and standards for testing and quality assurance. To add practical knowledge, the book includes case studies showing applications and real-world use. It also includes challenging practice questions and solutions.

Spis treści

Project Management Fundamentals. Introduction to Software Project Management. Project Initiation Management. Software Project Effort and Cost Estimation. Risk Management. Configuration Management. Project Planning. Project Monitoring and Control. Project Closure. Software Life-cycle Management. Introduction to Software Life-Cycle Management. Software Requirement Management. Software Design Management. Software Construction. Software Testing. Product Release and Maintenance. Software Engineering Management. Process Standards Introduction. Software Process Standards and Process Improvement. Process Selection. People Management. Introduction to People Management. Team Management. Customer Management. Supplier Management. Tools and Techniques. Software Project Management Tools Introduction. Project Management and Software Life-Cycle Tools. Software Project Templates. Future Tools and Techniques. Appendices. Index.

O autorze

Ashfaque Ahmed has more than 22 years of experience in the software industry. He has a BSc in engineering and an MBA in information systems. He has worn many hats during his career, including that of a project manager, test manager, system analyst, and business analyst. He has managed projects of sizes varying from a few thousand dollars worth to projects worth millions of dollars. Some of the larger projects ran for a span of more than two years. He has also worked on software product development projects that typically run for decades and that keep adding new features and modifying existing product features almost endlessly.

Ahmed is a popular author. He has recently authored a book titled Software Testing as a Service, which was published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, in September 2009. He has written more than 15 research papers for Technology Evaluation Centers and Tech Target. He is also a contributing author at Technology Evaluation Centers (www.technologyevaluation.com) and an expert at Tech Target Application Development Media Group (http://www.techtarget.com/).