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Quality Software Project Management Robert T. Futrell, Donald F. Shafer, Linda I. Shafer. 2002. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall. 1639 pages. ISBN 0-13-091297-2.
(CSQE Body of Knowledge area: Program and Project Management)
Reviewed by Carolyn Rodda Lincoln
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Quality Software Project Management is the textbook for certification in software project management issued by the Software Quality Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Its hefty size means that it is both a thorough text and a complete reference for those who are not participating in a class. Each chapter is long enough to provide complete instruction on a topic.
The book has 33 chapters, which basically follow a waterfall software development life cycle. Among others, there are chapters on defining the goal of a project, identifying tasks for the project plan, estimating duration, scheduling the work,...