How to Manage a Successful
Software Project, Second Edition
With Microsoft Project 2000
With all the pitfalls and cost overruns that can cause a software project
to come in late and over budget, managers must know the best practices in
the field and how to implement them. This comprehensive guide provides you
with all the tools you’ll need to deliver successful IT projects, including
proven techniques, guidelines, and checklists. The hands-on tutorial will
teach you how to implement these techniques using Microsoft Project 2000.
Armed with this book, you’ll be able to build software that meets user requirements.
Inside, you’ll find a survival framework that shows you how to achieve the
best possible results with your project.
This Web site will contain sample forms and templates that are loosely
bundled under the full project lifecycle phases discussed in the book.
To download all of the files at once (in .zip format), click
here.
The following categories are addressed:
- Project initiation.
This template bundle contains a project charter, estimate by components,
project risk, streamlined quality plan, resource needs table, and role
requirements across systems.
- Project management.
This template bundle contains a milestone checklist (lifecycle), milestone
checklist, data conversion project plan, weekly status report, monthly
status report, monthly timesheet, issue and concern log, issues list,
issues log, planning checklist, and status meeting agenda.
- Change requests.
This template bundle contains a scope change and a project change request.
- Testing.
This template bundle contains a testing variance, test scenario, and problem
report.
- Requirements.
This template bundle contains a requirements checklist and requirements
statement.
- Architecture.
This template bundle contains a letter for wide distribution before implementing
a project, issue memo, and project newsletter.
- Communication.
This template bundle contains a testing variance, test scenario, and problem
report.
- Sign-offs.
This template bundle contains a project deliverable and a project acceptance
form.
- Costing.
This template bundle contains estimating project costs, project cost report-deliverable
based, project cost report-resources, and calculating a budget.
- Other.
This template bundle contains a resource evaluation, short evaluation
form, project evaluation matrix, and a project history form.
Each category contains one or more forms or templates. The forms or templates
contained in this site are in Microsoft Word format and can be customized
to suit your particular needs. E-mail compbooks@wiley.com
if you need the files in a different format.
Sanjiv Purba is a Senior Manager
at Deloitte Consulting. He is also a successful author and columnist.
Bharat Shah is principal of his
own IT consulting firm and teaches information technology management courses
at Ryerson Polytechnic University.
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ISBN 0-471-39339-8
496 pages
October, 2000
Wiley
Computer Publishing
Timely. Practical. Reliable.
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