Software
Project Management principles and concepts have been presented; in a most lucid style in this book where the chapters are organized in the sequence as per project flow. Thus the book is an excellent guide for beginners and reference material for practitioners of
Software projects. The author has focused more on the work culture and motivation of software project team, the leadership
traits of the project
leader that will help to complete the project successfully . The author has also given due emphasis on the software development process which is the main stay of any software project. The book is useful both for the students of Computer Software Engineering at Under Graduate Level and software project mangers in the field. The necessity of clearly defining user
requirement and freezing the scope of work before design phase has been insisted. Continuous monitoring and review of project to maintain
quality of work throughout the project life cycle has been emphasized. The need to maintain documentation of all projects and create database on feedback of past projects to refine future work are very essential. It is seen the often very ambitious software projects are abandoned /discarded not due to the technical problems, but mainly because of the poor management of the project. Software project management is a type of project management that focuses on creating software product/service, which fully meets customer''s requirement and quality
standards. Software/IT Project management involves coordinating Knowledge work force, vendors, and subcontractors. This book highlights the need for a project manager to have excellent communication skills, a strong technical knowledge and good administrative capability.
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