Dynamic Software development

Dynamic Software Development: Managing Projects in Flux defines the principles, practices, skills, and techniques needed to manage a dynamic software development environment. At a hands-on level, the book helps managers define the project goal and the actual situation, plan progress, manage developers, and monitor productivity. At a higher level, the book helps managers determine a strategic framework, ease workflow in the development environment, obtain funding, increase economic return, and implement leadership by consensus.

Targeted at those who manage information systems, corporate information, and developers, the book features a section at the end of each chapter to help them apply and customize the recommended techniques to their specific organizations. This reference addresses recent approaches to building applications such as Extreme Programming, Adaptive Software Development, and "lightweight" methodologies. By noting the failure of similar techniques in the past, the author emphasizes that such ideas can only achieve their true potential via the common, consistent management techniques outlined in Dynamic Software Development.

• Offers a detailed, specific guide for managing the entire development effort, including new development and software maintenance
• Supplies a strategy for managers to effectively control the development effort without imposing artificial and burdensome constraints on the developer
• Illustrates how to customize and apply the techniques provided to each specific organization
• Includes effective, non-linear management techniques that can respond to the intensifying demand for Web-based applications, and the growing pressure on development teams to improve their offering

Contents

1. Defining the Goal... Or Visualizing the Ideal
2. Defining Work... Or What's Really Happening in the Trenches
3. Planning Progress... Or What You don't Know Can Hurt You
4. Managing Developers... Or Dance with the One Who
5. Monitoring Productivity... ... Or Getting Better All the Time
6. Strategic Framework... Or Metadesign Integrity
7. Constructive Development Environment... Or Making Work Flow
8. Managing Managers... Or I'm OK, but the Rest of Them ?
9. Funding and Economic Return... Or Paying the Way
10. Leadership by Consensus... Or if You're Going My Way
11. Appendixes
12. • Distorted Reality... Or Why Phased Management is Appealing
    • Where to Begin... Or Getting Started with Dynamic
    • Capability Maturity Model and Dynamic Software Management
    • Dynamic Management Information Model
    • Glossary
    • Reading List
    • DSM Case Study