什么因素能夠使得軟件項目成功？光有一個好主意或者一組天才的程序員是遠遠不夠的。一個項目經理需要知道如何帶領團隊完成整個軟件項目。有一些普遍存在的陷阱對所有軟件項目都造成了負面影響，而有些反復出現的低級錯誤有時竟然在同一個項目里一再發生。要避免這些錯誤并不難，也不必依靠因人而異的先天素質。幸運的是，的確存在一些歷經檢驗的真實技巧能夠幫助每一個項目經理。
在《實用軟件項目管理》一書中，Andrew Stellman和Jennifer Greene提供了各種工具、技巧和實踐方法，這些東西你都可以馬上應用到項目中去。本書包含了用來檢查你的團隊現狀的信息，并且提供了實用的建議來幫助你實現構建更好軟件的目標。
書中的主題包括：制訂軟件項目計劃，幫助團隊預估工作量，設定項目進度表，搜集軟件需求并創建用例，通過重構、單元測試和版本控制來改進程序開發，外包項目的管理，軟件測試。本書為英文影印版。
Jennifer Greene和Andrew Stellman從1998年起就一起進行軟件開發。Andrew具有程序開發的背景并且管理過各種團隊，包括需求分析師、設計師和開發人員。Jennifer具有軟件測試的背景并且管理過各種團隊，包括架構師、開發人員和測試人員。她還領導了多個大型的外包項目。他們兩
PREFACE
1 INTRODUCTION
Tell Everyone the Truth All the Time
Trust Your Team
Review Everything, Test Euerything
All Software Engineers Are Created Equal
Doing the Project RiRht Is Most Efficient
Part I:Tools and Techniques
Part II:Using Project Management Effectiuely
Part One TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING
Understand the Project Needs
Create the Project Plan
Diagnosing Project Planning Problems
3 ESTIMATION
Elements of a Successful Estimate
Wideband Delphi Estimation
Other Estimation Techniques
Diagnosing Estimation Problems
4 PROJECT SCHEDULES
Building the Project Schedule
Managing Multiple Projects
Use the Schedule to Manage Commitments
Diagnosing Scheduling Problems
5 REVIEWS
Inspections
Deskchecks
Walkthroughs
Code Reviews
Pair Programming
Use Inspections to Manage Commitments
Diagnosing Review Problems
6 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements Elicitation
Use Cases
Software Requirements Specification
Change Control
Introduce Software Requirements Carefully
Diagnosing Software Requirements Problems
7 DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
Review the Design
Version Control with Subversion
Refactoring
Unit Testing
Use Automation
Be Careful with Existing Projects
Diagnosing Design and Programming Problems
8 SOFTWARE TESTING
Test Plans and Test Cases
Test Execution
Defect Tracking and Triage
Test Environment and Performance Testing
Smoke Tests
Test Automation
Postmortem Reports
Using Software Testing Effectiuely
Diagnosing Software Testing Problems
Part Two USING PROJECT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVELY
9 UNDERSTANDING CHANGE
Why Change Fails
How to Make Change Succeed
10 MANAGEMENTAND LEADERSHIP
Take Responsibility
Do Euerything Out in the Open
Manage the Organization
Manage Your Team
11 MANAGING AN OUTSOURCED PROJECT
Prevent Major Sources of ProJect Failure
Management Issues in Outsourced Projects
Collaborate with the Vendor
12 PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Life Without a Software Process
Software Process Improuement
Moving Forward
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
