Includes index.

Included bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Starting your software project: Examining the big picture of project management -- Initiating a software project -- Creating the software scope -- Part II: Planning your software project: Planning for communications -- Planning for software project risks -- Planning for software quality -- Building the project team -- Creating project time estimates -- Building your project budget -- Part III: Executing your software project plan: Working the project plan -- Working with project people -- Procuring goods and services -- Part IV: Controlling your software project: Managing changes to the software project -- Using earned value management in software projects -- Tracking project performance -- Part V: Closing your software project: Finalizing the project management processes -- Documenting your software project -- Part VI: The part of tens: Ten ways to make your software project crash and burn -- Ten ways to make any software project better -- Appendix: Formal project management training and certification.

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