- Hardcover: 688 pages
- Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing (9 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 025618545X
- ISBN-13: 978-0256185454
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 19.3 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,047,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT focuses on the models used in software development and on the tools which improve the productivity and quality of the development process. This work represents definitive and late breaking research in the project management area. To further illustrate the ideas covered in the research articles, Kemerer applies them to real-world situations through the use of book-ending case studies.
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This is a new book in a relatively new field of study; there is no other book like it on the market. The research takes place at the interface between the Information Systems department found in Business Schools and the Computer Science department found in Engineering Schools. This book highlights the upsurge in research activity in this area.
Students from both disciplines will find this material readily understandable and it will provide a strong foundation for participation in development partnership teams.
The text is comprehensive, it includes all the classic and most late-breaking articles in the software project management area.
Chris Kemerer is known as an international authority on this topic and has taught the subject at MIT's Sloan School, Wharton and now the Katz Graduate School of Management at University of Pittsburgh.
Case studies, End-of-Chapter discussion questions, a clear theme to each chapter, such as prototyping, cost estimating, etc., a structured organization to the readings, and text material that ties cases and readings together.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is excellent for the more advanced learner of Software Project Management (SPM). Unlike most text books, this one gives a realistic insight into the challenges and problems that are faced in SPM.
It also deals with the limitations of traditional SPM approaches and gives the reader alternative ideas for approaches to SPM and the issues that may arise from them.
If you really want to understand the workings of SPM - buy this book!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Practical insights into software project management
16 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
Chris Kemerer clearly shows his vast experience in the industry by selecting very relevant and insightful case studies to illustrate how and why projects fail and succeed. I recommend this book to all project managers that face the challenges of software project management.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great blend of research and practice
17 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book nicely combines solid research findings withillustrative case studies, to provide very useful insights intofactors affecting software development productivity. Having done some consulting in the area of software project management, I found this book to be both highly relevant and insightful. The author brings to the table a wealth of research and real-world experience -- this clearly shines through in the book. The comprehensive case studies at the end of the book are most valuable, providing a practical context for the theories and models discussed in the book... I highly recommend this book to both professionals in the software development world, as well as to professors/students in the area of software engineering and management.
7 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Author Needs Experience in the Field
1 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
I purchased this title hoping to garner some useful points that I can use in my job. Sadly, this turned out to be another book written by an academic -- someone without much experience in the field. You would be better served to find another title.
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