- Paperback: 228 pages
- Publisher: A Butterworth-Heinemann Title; 2 edition (15 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750657464
- ISBN-13: 978-0750657464
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 18.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,464,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A staggering proportion of software development projects fail. This book is the perfect comfort blanket for anyone who has just been promoted to running a small software development team and doesn't want their project to be one of the failures. This guide is worthy of any new project manager's attention.' - PC Magazine, August 1995
'Overall the book is comprehensive, easy to read and informative in an enjoyable way. You will find this book valuable if you are steering a project for the first time.' - I T for Local Government, July 1995
'...a well-structured, pragmatic handbook supported by an intelligently annotated bibliography.' - Project, July 1995 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Overall the book is comprehensive, easy to read and informative in an enjoyable way. You will find this book valuable if you are steering a project for the first time.' - I T for Local Government, July 1995
'...a well-structured, pragmatic handbook supported by an intelligently annotated bibliography.' - Project, July 1995 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Managing a software development project is a complex process. There are lots of deliverables to produce, standards and procedures to observe, plans and budgets to meet, and different people to manage. Project management doesn't just start and end with designing and building the system. Once you've specified, designed and built (or bought) the system it still needs to be properly tested, documented and settled into the live environment. This can seem like a maze to the inexperienced project manager, or even to the experienced project manager unused to a particular environment.
A Hacker's Guide to Project Management acts as a guide through this maze. It's aimed specifically at those managing a project or leading a team for the first time, but it will also help more experienced managers who are either new to software development, or dealing with a new part of the software life-cycle.
This book:
The book will also be useful to designers and architects, describing important design techniques, and discussing the important discipline of Software Architecture.
This new edition:
Fully revised and updated to reflect developments in the field
Modified structure to represent the iterative and incremental development methods which are now more common than the past 'waterfall' approaches
New content added that describes and advises on the major advances in software engineering in the last 8 years
A Hacker's Guide to Project Management acts as a guide through this maze. It's aimed specifically at those managing a project or leading a team for the first time, but it will also help more experienced managers who are either new to software development, or dealing with a new part of the software life-cycle.
This book:
- describes the process of software development, how projects can fail and how to avoid those failures
- outlines the key skills of a good project manager, and provides practical advice on how to gain and deploy those skills
- takes the reader step-by-step through the main stages of the project, explaining what must be done, and what must be avoided at each stage
- suggests what to do if things start to go wrong!
The book will also be useful to designers and architects, describing important design techniques, and discussing the important discipline of Software Architecture.
This new edition:
- has been fully revised and updated to reflect current best practices in software development
- includes a range of different life-cycle models and new design techniques
- now uses the Unified Modelling Language throughout
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5.0 out of 5 stars
You simply MUST buy this book if you are an aspiring PM,
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This review is from: Hacker's Guide to Project Management (Computer Weekly Professional) (Paperback)
If you are a practicing or wannabe Project Manager this book is the best friend you never knew you had.In an accessible, chatty, but never patronising fashion, Johnston takes the reader through the fundamentals of good project management without swamping him or her with fatuous detail or tedious war stories. A comprehensive bibliography enables the reader to fill in the gaps for himself, but in truth Johnston's words of wisdom probably represent about 80% of what you can ever hope to learn about IT project management from a text book. If there is a cheaper, quicker way to learn the basics of IT project management then I ain't found it!
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Required reading for the novice/beginner,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hacker's Guide to Project Management (Computer Weekly Professional) (Paperback)
If like me, you are just starting out in this field, or find yourself recently put in charge of a development team and you're looking for some good commonsense advise, then this is a good place to start.AJ has written this in an accessible and entertaining style. Where jargon is used he has explained it with clarity. He starts by covering the essential art of building a team, following in-house standards, planning and estimating and alerts you to pitfalls that often catch out even the most seasoned project manager. As the title may suggest, this book won't teach you to become Project Manager but it will start you off thinking like one and you will find it a valuable reference as you step through your first project or so. To get the maximum benefit, go cover-to-cover but you can dip in and pull out what you need to know very quickly and the recommended further reading section is an excellent 'where do I go from here?' If you're just starting out in the world of Project Management, make this the first book on your bookshelf!
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3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A superb book that gives the ABCs of mgmt of s/w projects.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hacker's Guide to Project Management (Computer Weekly Professional) (Paperback)
An excellent book on how to manage complex computer software projects. The book gives the complex steps in easy to follow manner and not only tells you what to do but why and how to do it. An essential tool for any budding Project Leader and/or Project Manager. Even ISO9000 certified companies will find such a book a mandatory weapon in their armoury for tackling issues related to project management.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too general....,
By Mo' Data - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hacker's Guide to Project Management (Computer Weekly Professional) (Paperback)
Can't really get any useful information out of this book. For example, has chapters on design, and systems integration. Being a hacker (the target group), I know more about this than the book does. The book however does not really tell how to manage these issues, which is what the book was supposed to be doing in the first place....(book about pm, not about design).
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