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Hacker's Guide to Project Management (Computer Weekly Professional) (Paperback)

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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

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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:

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

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

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5.0 out of 5 stars You simply MUST buy this book if you are an aspiring PM, 24 Jul 2000

By	Martin Willcox (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Hacker's Guide to Computer 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for the novice/beginner, 16 Oct 1999

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This review is from: A Hacker's Guide to Computer 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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