Skills for Managing Rapidly Changing IT Projects

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1 iii Skills for Managing Rapidly Changing IT Projects Table of Contents Preface... x Acknowledgments... xii SECTION I Chapter I Team Working... 1 Values... 2 Communication... 2 Simplicity... 3 Feedback... 3 Creating the Group... 4 Common Practices for Team Working... 6 Chapter II Time Management Values Simplicity Courage Daily Activities Weekly Planning Monthly Strategy Tools for Time Management Conclusion References... 18

2 iv Chapter III Presentation Values Communication Phase 1: Prepare the Presentation Online Presentations Presentations with Slides Paper Presentations Phase 2: Prepare the Speech Online Presentations Presentations with Slides Paper Presentations Phase 3: The Speech The Voice The Body The Appearance The Look Chapter IV Training Values Communication Simplicity Feedback Training in Practice Train Your Team Train the Customer Train the Partner Chapter V People Management Values Communication Feedback People Management in Practice Team Motivation Dealing with Problems Tools for People Management People in the Project: How Many? References... 54

3 v Chapter VI Delegation Values Simplicity Feedback Courage Delegation at Work Target of Delegation Activity What Can You Delegate? How Can You Delegate? References SECTION II Chapter VII The Target Business Environment Project Lifetime Project Effort Project Type Project Technology People Factor References Chapter VIII Classical Methodologies, Techniques, and Tools for Project Management Waterfall Life Cycle Feasibility Study Analysis Project Specification Development Integration and Test Deployment Maintenance Prototyping Life Cycle Requirements Fast Projects Prototyping Requirement Review Engineered Product... 80

4 vi Spiral Life Cycle Objectives and Bounds Evaluate Alternatives Develop and Verify Planning Risk Management Target and Benefit of Risk Analysis Risk Indicators Risk Evaluation Risk Control References Chapter IX Agile Development Individuals and Interactions Over Process and Tools Actions Benefits Side Effects Overdose Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation Actions Benefits Side Effects Overdose Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation Actions Benefits Side Effects Overdose Responding to Change Over Following a Plan Actions Benefits Side Effects Overdose The Agile Team References Chapter X extreme Programming XP Values

5 vii Communication Simplicity Feedback Courage XP Rules Metaphor Planning Game Small Releases Tests Simple Design Refactoring Pair Programming Continuous Integration Collective Ownership On-Site Customer Forty-Hour Weeks Coding Standards Conclusion Life Cycle of an XP Project References Chapter XI Agile and Defined Project Development ADPD Life Cycle Walking Skeleton Phase Release Phase ADPD Practices Analysis and Design Practices Development Practices Test Practices Deployment and Release Practices General and Management Practices References Chapter XII ADPD and SW-CMM KPA 2.1 Requirement Management KPA 2.2 Software Project Planning KPA 2.3 Software Project Tracking and Oversight KPA 2.4 Software Subcontract Management

6 viii KPA 2.5 Software Quality Assurance KPA 2.6 Software Configuration Management KPA 3.1 Organization Process Focus KPA 3.2 Organization Process Definition KPA 3.3 Training Program KPA 3.4 Integrated Software Management KPA 3.5 Software Product Engineering KPA 3.6 Intergroup Coordination KPA 3.7 Peer Reviews Conclusion References Chapter XIII ADPD and UML Adoption UML in Short UML and ADPD Life Cycle Walking Skeleton Phase Release Phase References Chapter XIV Software Measurement Metric Taxonomy Functional Metrics Line of Code Cyclomatic Complexity The COCOMO Model Toward Object-Oriented Metrics Object-Oriented Metrics Overview Chidamber and Kemerer Suite Li and Henry Metrics Thomas and Jacobson Class Complexity Henderson-Sellers Class Complexity TAC++ Framework Quality in Use Metrics Fault Proneness Metrics Project Metrics Cognitive Metrics Duplication Analysis Metrics References

7 ix Chapter XV Project Maintenance Maintenance Models Corrective Maintenance Adaptive Maintenance Preventive Maintenance Maintenance in Classical Methodology Maintenance in Agile Methodologies Metric and Models for Estimation of Maintenance Effort CC-Based Metrics for Maintenance NAM-Based Metric for Maintenance Other Metrics for Maintenance Metrics and Model for Fault Detection Model I Model II Model III Model IV Conclusion References About the Author Index