managing-a-programming-project

• Adopt a set of unambiguous definitions and stick with them
• Define your project's development cycle and related all schedules and work process to that cycle
• Define activities, such as levels of testing, in a consistent way
• Define a system of documents clearly, consistent and early

Half the horror stories about programming involve either bad contracts or no contract at all

The fact that you are managing a programming project means that you will be running a business. You will have suppliers, you will have one or more customers. You will have employees, you will have commitments, you will have financial goals, you will have measured results. (…) . Your responsibility is to manage your business so that everyone - your "investors" (the executives that gave you the assignment), your customers (the people who will use your system for a long time to come), your employees (…), and you - will look at your operating results and feel a sense of satisfaction.

"Why is software hard to build?"

• The System

In order for a system that you are building to be useful, it needs to satisfy the needs of other systems.

• Interactions
• Change