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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Software Development Management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Symptoms of the "Software Crisis" | |
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| The Challenge of Software Project Management | |
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| Unique Approach of This Book | |
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| Key Contributions | |
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| Book Outline | |
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| Key Components of Software Development | |
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| Management Aspects of Software Development | |
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| A Simple Model of the Software Development Process | |
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| An Integrative System Dynamics Perspective | |
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| Model Boundary | |
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| Model Structure | |
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| Model Subsystems | |
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| System Dynamics Schematic Conventions | |
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| Transition to Part II and Part III | |
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| Sources of Information | |
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| Review of Relevant Literature | |
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| System Dynamics Modeling of Project Management | |
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| Software Engineering Project Management Literature Review | |
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| Overview of Models and Frameworks | |
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| Planning | |
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| Management of Human Resources | |
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| Control | |
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| Sources of Information | |
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| Information Gathering Steps | |
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| Step 1: First Set of Interviews | |
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| Step 2: Literature Review | |
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| Step 3: Final Set of Interviews | |
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| The Software Development Process | |
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| Human Resource Management | |
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| Characterizing the Work Force | |
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| Productivity Differential and Training Overhead | |
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| Determining Work Force Level | |
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| Software Production | |
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| Software Production Sectors | |
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| Manpower Allocation Sector | |
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| Software Development | |
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| Software Development Sector | |
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| Software Development Productivity | |
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| Potential Productivity | |
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| Actual Productivity | |
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| Impact on Actual Productivity Due to Motivation | |
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| Impact on Actual Productivity Due to Communication | |
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| Quality Assurance and Rework | |
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| Quality Assurance Sector | |
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| Error Generation Rates | |
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| Workforce Mix and Schedule Pressure | |
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| Error Detection | |
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| Rework | |
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| System Testing | |
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| System Testing Sector | |
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| Growth of Undetected Errors | |
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| System Testing Activities | |
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| Conclusion of Software Production Analysis | |
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| Controlling | |
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| Controlling Subsystem | |
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| Measuring Progress on New Tasks | |
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| Measured Progress on Rework and Testing | |
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| Adjustments of Job Size | |
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| Adjustment to Man-Day Allocation | |
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| Planning | |
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| Planning Subsystem | |
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| Work Force Level Adjustments | |
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| Schedule Stability | |
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| Completion Date Determination | |
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| Summary of Model Development Activities | |
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| Critical Lessons Learned | |
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| A CAse Study | |
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| The NASA DE-A Software Project | |
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| The DE-A Project | |
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| Model Parameterization | |
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| Human Resource Management | |
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| Software Development Environment | |
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| Planning Environment | |
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| Initial Project Estimates | |
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| Summary of DE-A Model Parameters | |
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| Actual and Simulated Project Behavior | |
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| Summary of NASA DE-A Case Study | |
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| Model Behavior | |
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| Controlled Experimentation | |
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| The Example Software Project | |
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| Setting Nominal Potential Productivity | |
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| Initializing Schedule and Manpower | |
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| Project Progress | |
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| Manpower Distribution | |
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| Work Intensity | |
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| Concluding Comments on the Model of the Example Project | |
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| On the Accuracy of Software Estimation | |
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| Software Cost and Schedule Estimation | |
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| On the Accuracy of Software Estimation | |
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| A Different Estimate Creates a Different Project | |
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| Need for Simulation Experimentation | |
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| Case Study of Safety Factor Policy | |
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| Return to Issue of Software Estimation Accuracy | |
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| Portability of Estimation Models | |
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| Quantitative Software Estimation Models | |
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| Portability of Estimation Models | |
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| Staffing and Manpower-Acquisition Variables | |
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| Effort Distribution Variables | |
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| An Experiment Combining the Effect of All Four Variables | |
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| Analogy Method of Software Estimation | |
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| Estimation by Analogy | |
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| Experiment to Evaluate Analogy Method | |
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| Analysis of Experiments | |
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| Summary | |
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| The 90% Syndrome | |
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| Description of the 90% Syndrome | |
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| Model Reproduction of the 90% Syndrome | |
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| Implications of the 90% Syndrome | |
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| The Economics of Quality Assurance | |
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| Quality Assurance Concern and Methodologies | |
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| Economics of Quality Assurance | |
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| Optimal Quality Assurance Effort | |
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| Generality of Optimality | |
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| Model Enhancement and Brooks' Law | |
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| Model Enhancements | |
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| Brooks' Law | |
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| Model Exnhancements to Highlight Brooks' Law | |
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| Model Experimentation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusions and Future Directions | |
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| Summary of Results | |
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| Suggestions for Future Directions | |
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| Finale | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Appendix: Dynamo Model | |
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| Index | |