On Time Within Budget: Software Project Management Practices and Techniques, 3rd Edition

By E.M. Bennatan

Book Overview

A developer's survival guide, including tips, techniques, and best practices for getting software projects in on time and within budget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471376442
• ISBN13: 9780471376446
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

We just finished a 2yr project using this text

We (26 person team) just finished a 2+ year project using On Time Within Budget as our process guide. Bottom line: the project came in 7 weeks late -- not bad for a company used to 6 to 12 month schedule overruns. We'll do better next time with more experience on the methods described in the book. Advice to others: the chapters on estimation, standards, and risk analysis are great. The chapters on software teams, quality...

Good reference even for non-software managers

I don't usually write reviews but I was prompted to do this one because I strongly disagree with a preceding review. I am an EE senior manager and software development had always been a mystery to me until I got hold of On Time, Within Budget. I particularly found the following chapters helpful: Chapter 1 which includes reasons for project success and failure, Chapter 2 on risk management and how to reduce the cost of risk...

This book was adopted as the standard text by our company

I used On Time Within Budget at a post grad course last year on software project management (we switched mid-course from the 2nd edition to the 3rd). After the course I brought it to the attention of our Software Process Office at our company and in July it was adopted as the standard text to be used by all our project managers. In the last 4 months we have introduced risk analysis, standard status reporting, and stepwise...

Excellent Reference Text

This is a great reference book -- I look up examples and methods regularly. I have been managing software development for several years and this is the first real project management book I have found that isn't full of sky-high theories. There are many down-to-earth ideas that I have implemented successfully. Risk Analysis (chapter 2) is a must, and Organizational Excellence (Chapter 10) should be read by every software...

Excellent S/W Project Management Book

I had been using the second edition of On Time Within Budget but this third edition is a major improvement. Especially the epilog that gave me a great summary of how to implement the theories in the book. The book is excellent as a reference source and includes almost all the information I need to run a software project. I found the summaries at the end of each chapter to be a great help. The section on estimates is...