Author Description

If you are a software developer in a company whose primary business isn't software development, managing software projects can be a stressful administrative and political nightmare. This book walks you through a simplified process for ensuring you cover all of the basic requirements for software development within your organization, whether you have a large team or you're just a single developer. Covering techniques on communication, project planning, reporting, timelines, estimates, approvals, extensions, failures, and successes, you will be guided through the entire planning and management aspects of software development.As a natural procrastinator myself, instead of writing a book on project management, I probably could have done well by writing an entire book on how to waste your time and accomplish nothing at all. I'm not sure it would have been very long or contained much useful information but perhaps that approach would have made a great point. But after more than 20 years of handling successful software projects from short, single-day projects to multi-million dollar solutions, I've compiled some of the best techniques for handling software projects for developers whose primary skills are in programming rather than administration.If you have never done this before, or if you are simply looking to broaden your skills in project management, you can develop an appreciation for the benefits of following solid, but uncomplicated project management techniques, and applying the more challenging parts of software development to your everyday projects. The principles in this book can apply to almost any software project you need to do, and will give you the guidance and skills you need to plan your project well and communicate on its progress. Most importantly, it will help you to see your software project through to completion on time, within budget, and in scope.