£Concerned with activities involved in
pensuring that software is delivered on time and on
schedule and
paccordance with the requirements of the organisations
developing and
pprocuring the software.
£Is needed because ...
psoftware development is always subject to budget and
schedule constraints that are set by the organisation
developing the software.
£Good management cannot guarantee project success.
However, bad management usually results in project
failure.
Software project management
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Success criteria
£Important goals for most projects:
pDeliver the software to the customer at the agreed time.
pKeep overall costs within budget.
pDeliver software that meets the customer’s expectations.
pMaintain ahappy and well-functioning development
team.
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£The product is intangible.
pSoftware cannot be seen or touched.
£Many software projects are 'one-off' projects.
pLarge software projects are usually different in some
ways from previous projects.
£Software processes are variable and organization-
specific.
pWe still cannot reliably predict when a particular
software process is likely to lead to development
problems.
Software management distinctions
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