Not connecting software project management to actual, real-world development processes can lead to cost overruns, bad tasking decisions, and unrealistic schedules that can hinder any software project. This volume describes clearly and simply how to make the project management-process management connection to control software engineering tasking, quality, metrics, and repeatability. Detailing intelligent planning and tracking activities, it demonstrates how to use a process framework that has huge positive impact on performing software project management. This book also deals with intelligent planning to manage changing customer requirements related to rework scheduling and costs.

F. Alan Goodman has over 20 years' experience in the software process field. He is now an independent process consultant in the San Diego area. Al holds a MScEE degree from the University of California (Santa Barbara). His extensive background covers both commercial and DoD contracting software engineering environments. Al has had all possible software engineering-related roles throughout his career in both management and nonmanagement positions., Al has been the past president of the San Diego chapter of the Society for Software Quality (SSQ) for two years. He has taught computer-related courseware at West Coast University and National University in San Diego at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Al has also been a presenter at the Software Engineering Group (SEPG), Society for Software Quality (SSQ), San Diego Computer Society, and the San Diego Project Management Institute (PMI). He has California teaching credentials for engineering topics at the college level. He is currently pursuing being an adjunct professor at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Extension. He will teach "Process-Based Software Project Management" where he will apply his process approach to the real world of software project management., For more information on the author, please see www.theprocessguy.com.

The Software Project Management Big Picture. Planning and Tracking: The Big Picture.Process Overview.Life-Cycle Mapping. The Process Activity. Special Process Activities for Software Project Management. Process Framework Model Institutionalized. Work Breakdown Structure and Charge Numbers Institutionalized. Software Project Management Role Partners Institutionalized. Preproposal. Proposal. Project Setup. Planning up to Design. Planning after Design. Project Tracking. Project Closedown.