Project Management References

  • Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid and Stuart E. Madnick, "Impact of Schedule Estimation on Software Project Behavior," IEEE Software, Vol. 3, No. 4, July 1986, pp. 70-75.

  • B.W. Boehm, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981. J. Hihn and H. Habib-Agahi, "Cost Estimation of Software Intensive Projects: A Survey of Current Practices," Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, TX, 13-17 May 1991, pp. 276-287.

  • Barbara Kitchenham and Stephen Linkman, "Estimates, Uncertainty, and Risk," IEEE Software, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 1997, pp. 69-74.

  • Albert L. Lederer and Jayesh Prasad, "Nine Management Guidelines for Better Cost Estimating," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 35, No. 2, February 1992, pp. 51-59.

  • Robert E. Park, "A Manager's Checklist for Validating Software Cost and Schedule Estimates", American Programmer, Vol. 9, No. 6, June 1996, pp. 30-35.

  • L.M. Taff, J.W. Borchering, W.R. Hudgins, Jr., "Estimeetings: Development Estimates and a Front-End Process for a Large Project," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 8, August 1991, pp. 839-849.

  • Tarek Abdel-Hamid and Stuart E. Madnick, Software Project Dynamics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.

  • B.W. Boehm (ed), Software Risk Management, IEEE Computer Society Press, July 1989. Norm Brown, "Industrial-Strength Management Strategies," IEEE Software, Vol. 13, No. 4, July 1996, pp. 94-103.

  • Robert N. Charette, "Large-Scale Project Management is Risk Management," IEEE Software, Vol. 13, No. 4, July 1996, pp. 110-117.

  • Bonnie Collier, Tom DeMarco, and Peter Fearey, "A Defined Process for Project Postmortem Review," IEEE Software, Vol. 13, No. 4, July 1996, pp. 65-72.

  • Peter F. Conklin, "Enrollment Management: Managing the Alpha AXP Program," IEEE Software, Vol. 13, No. 4, July 1996, pp. 53-64.

  • Kenneth G. Cooper, "The Rework Cycle: Vital Insights into Managing Projects," IEEE Engineering Management Review, Fall 1993, pp. 4-12.

  • Kenneth G. Cooper, "The $2,000 Hour," IEEE Engineering Management Review, Vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 1994, pp. 12-23.

  • Tom DeMarco, Controlling Software Projects, Yourdon Press, New York, NY, 1982. Tom Gilb, Principles of Software Engineering Management, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1988.

  • R.M. Lobsitz, "A Method for Assembling a Project-Specific Software Process Definition," Proceedings of the 29th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, Vol. I: Software Technology and Architecture, Wailea, Hawaii, 3-6 January 1996, pp. 722-730.

  • Neil C. Olsen, "The Software Rush Hour," IEEE Software, Vol. 10, No. 5, September 1993, pp. 29-37.

  • George Stark, Robert C. Durst, and C.W. Vowell, "Using Metrics in Management Decision Making," IEEE Computer, Vol. 27, No. 9, September 1994, pp. 42-49.

  • H.J. Thamhain and D.L. Wilemon, "Criteria for Controlling Projects According to Plan," Project Management Journal, June 1986, pp. 75-81. Reprinted in Software Engineering Project Management, R.H. Thayer (ed), IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE Catalog No. EH0263-4, 1988, pp. 392-398.

  • N. Whitten, Managing Software Development Projects, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 1995.

  • Ray C. Williams, Julie A. Walker, and Audrey J. Dorofee, "Putting Risk Management Into Practice," IEEE Software, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 1997, pp. 75-82.

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