Software Project Secrets (eBook)

* No other writer on the popular topic of Agile methods and software development methods has identified project management's best practices as a cause of software project failure. The analysis clearly shows how these best practices can create problems for software development projects.

* The book assumes no technical knowledge, and is accessible to businesspeople-project managers, executives and customers-who may know nothing about software development. This book is geared towards a wide group of IT professionals and decision makers working in 2005.

* This book is not just theoretical. The detailed case studies included make the material come to life. They illustrate how methodology choices influence the success or failure of software development projects.

George Stepanek is a senior software developer and team leader for Unisys New Zealand. He earned a master's degree from the University of Cambridge and certification as an architect in J2EE and Microsoft's .NET.

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Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed.Author George Stepanek analyzes the project management methodology itself, a critical factor that has thus far been overlooked. He explains why it creates problems for software development projects and begins by describing 12 ways in which software projects are different from other kinds of projects. He also analyzes the project management body of knowledge to discover 10 hidden assumptions that are invalid in the context of software projects.