On Time, Within Budget: Software Project Management Practices and Techniques by E. M. M. Bennatan

Synopsis

A developer's survival guide packed with tips, tricks, and best practices for getting software projects in on time and within budget.

While there are plenty of books offering to teach the principles of good software project management, virtually none provide developers with the expert, down-in-the-trenches tips, tricks, and proven strategies they will find in On Time, Within Budget. Author E. M. Bennatan steers clear of theory to zero in on proven methods for avoiding bottlenecks and overruns at every step in the development cycle-from cost estimating to product delivery. Readers learn to prepare estimates and contract bids, write winning presentations, schedule tasks, and much more. This new edition of the bestselling guide contains substantial revisions and additions, including coverage of recent advances in software engineering and prototyping; web development project management, risk and security management, the pros and cons of acquiring custom software from outside suppliers, managing multinational projects, and a variety of timely legal issues.

Annotation

A survival guide packed with project management methods and techniques, this text provides a systematic approach to software development, from initial planning to the final product. Includes detailed information on avoiding many common software development problems and managing large software projects, as well as newly updated IEEE standards, an overview of ISO standards, and more.

Booknews

With updated material on organizational excellence, software standards, and legal and international perspectives, a veteran software design manager for Motorola overviews software project management, the theory of risk analysis, and methods (with pointed reference to the title ) for avoiding glitches and overruns at every step in the software development cycle<-->from contract development to project scheduling. Includes the prefaces to the first and second iterations (dates not specified), case studies, chapter-end exercises, summary tables, and a better- than-average bibliography for such a text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Biography

E. M. BENNATAN spent many years leading a multinational software design center for Motorola. He was also responsible for program management of Motorola’s High Availability Systems Corporate-wide Initiative. Bennatan has over twenty years’ experience in software development and software project management and is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM.