preface
guided tour
acknowledgements
i introduction to software project management
　1.1 introduction
　1.2 why is software project management important?
　1.3 what is a project?
　1.4 software projects versus other types of project
　1.5 contract management and technical project management
　1.6 activities covered by software project management
　1.7 plans, methods and methodologies
　1.8 some ways of categorizing software projects
　1.9 stakeholders
　1.10 setting objectives
　1.11 the business case
　1.12 project success and failure
　1.13 what is management?
　1.14 management control
　1.15 conclusion
　annex 1 contents list for a project plan
　1.16 further exercises
2 project evaluation and programme management
　2.1 introduction
　2.2 a business case
　2.3 project portfolio management
　2.4 evaluation of individual projects
　2.5 cost-benefit evaluation techniques
　2.6 risk evaluation
　2.7 programme management
　5.8 managing the allocation of resources within programmes
　2.9 strategic programme management
　2.10 creating a programme
　2.11 aids to programme management
　2.12 some reservations about programme management
　2.13 benefits management
　2.14 conclusion
　2.15 further exercises
3 an overview of project planning
　3.1 introduction to step wise project planning
　3.2 step o: select project
　3.3 step 1: identify project scope and objectives
　3.4 step 2: identify project infrastructure
　3.5 step 3: analyse projec characteristics
　3.6 step 4: identify project products and activities
　3.7 step 5: estimate effort for each activity
　3.8 step 6: identify activity risks
　3.9 step 7: allocate resources
　3.10 step 8: review/publicize plan
　3.11 steps 9 and10: execute plan/lower levels of planning
　3.12 conclusion
　3.13 further exercises
4 selection of an appropriate project approach
　4.1 introduction
　4.2 build or buy?
　4.3 choosing methodologies and technologies
　4.4 choice of process models
　4.5 structure versus speed of delivery
　4.6 the waterfall model
　4.7 the spiral model
　4.8 software prototyping
　4.9 other ways of categorizing prototypes
　4.10 incremental delivery
　4.11 agile methods
　4.12 atern/dynamic systems development method
　4.13 extreme programming (xp)
　4.14 managing iterative processes
　4.15 selecting the most appropriate process model
　4.16 conclusion
　4.17 further exercises
5 software effort estimation
　5.1 introduction
　5.2 where are estimates done?
　5.3 problems with over- and under- estimates
　5.4 the basis for software estimating
　5.5 software effort estimation techniques
　5.6 bottom-up estimating
　5.7 the top-down approach and parametric models
　5.8 expert judgement
　5.9 estimating by analogy
　5.10 albrecht function point analysis
　5.11 function points mark il
　5.12 cosmic full function points
　5.13 cocomo 13: a parametric productivity model
　5.14 conclusion
　5.1 5 further exercises
6 activity planning
　6.1 introduction
　6.2 the objectives of activity planning
　6.3 when to plan
　6.4 project schedules
　6.5 projects and activities
　6.6 sequencing and scheduling activities
　6.7 network planning models
　6.8 formulating a network model
　6.9 adding the time dimension
　6.10 the forward pass
　6.11 the backward pass
　6.12 identifying the critical path
　6.1 3 activity float
　6.14 shortening the project duration
　6.1 5 identifying critical activities
　6.16 activity-on-arrow networks
　6.1 7 conclusion
　6.16 further exercises
7 risk management
　7.1 introduction
　7.2 risk
　7.3 categories of risk
　7.4 a framework for dealing with risk
　7.5 risk identification
　7.6 risk assessment
　7.7 risk planning
　7.8