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WWW pages
  1. 100 Lessons Learned for Project Managers, NASA Lessons Learned
  2. Software Productivity Center Inc.'s Software Development and Project Management Resources
  3. University of Southern California/Model-Based Architecting & Software Engineering home page
  4. DoD Software Program Managers Network
  5. Software Development magazines Project Management department
  6. Steve McConell Home Page
  7. Construx Software, good information on project management and effort etimation, see also * http://www.construx.com/survivalguide/
  8. StickyMinds.com (see => Project Management): resources about project management and other areas, too
  9. QSM articles about estimation and project management
  10. Project Management Forum
  11. THE.PROJECT.MANAGEMENT.HUT - articles about all aspects of project management related topics
  12. Project Management Institute
  13. Projektiyhdistys ry
  14. Extreme Project Management - Agile approaches for delivering value in the face of volatility, gantthead.com
  15. retrospective.com - Kert "The Retrospective Man" Norman's home page
  16. Niwot Ridge resources - a good source of project management related resources
  17. The Standish Group, IT Project Management, reserach , etc., check CHAOS Chronicles
  18. Federation of European Software Metrics Associations
  19. Finnish Software Metrics Association
  20. Michael Greer's project management related links
  21. A ProjectConnetcions.com's site on project management knowledge, including people issues (templates, checklists, etc.)
  22. The Project Manager Home Page (discussion forums, templates, etc.)
  23. NASA Public Lessonse Learned System (PLLS) Database
  24. Practical Software & Systems Measurement - lots of good and practical ideas what to measure in software projects and how to do the measurement
  25. Project Smart home page - lots of project management resources
  26. SoftwareProjects.org - free project management course, discussion forums, etc.
  27. StarWright - project management resources
  28. Scott Berkun's web site - good project management essays and formus
  29. e-ProjectManagers.com - free project management templates, videos, etc.
  30. gantthead.com - free project management articles, templates, forums, etc.
  31. Agile Project Leadership Network
  32. James Chapman's free Excel templates for drawing Gantt charts
  33. The XP Game - an agile approach for planning projects
  34. Articles about product management, Pragmatic Marketing
  35. Project managaemnt templates, articles, etc, Method123
  36. Project Cartoon - the famous rope swing cartoon

Movies



  1. ** Stanley Kubrik: The Paths of Glory, 1957, A warning example of how not to handle commitment in projects
  2. ** Akira Kurosawa: The Seven Samurais, 1954. Excellent analogy to project management, starting from customer problem definition up to glorious/bitter end.
  3. ** Edvin Laine: The Unknown Soldier, 1955, based on Vainö Linna's book The Unknown Soldier (book translated to more than 20 languages). Excellent analogy to leading a team.
  4. ** J. Cameron: Titanic, A cautionary case of a project with ambitous goals, blind reliance on new technology and at the same time neglecting risk management

Books, articles



  1. ** B. Davis: 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts, O'Reilly Media, 2009
  2. ** J. Rothman: Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, The Pragmatic Programmers, June 2007
  3. ** S. Berkun: Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management, O'Reilly Media, 2008 - covers areas which other PM books usually ignore
  4. ** G. Brown: "What Have We Learned from Experience?", GlobalKnowledge, March 30, 2009
  5. ** J. O. Coplien: "Organizational Patterns: Building on the Agile Pattern Foundations", Jim Coplien's home page, Jul 9, 2006
  6. ** J. Highsmith: Agile Project Management : Creating Innovative Products, Addison-Wesley, 2004
  7. ** S. McConnell: "How to Defend an Unpopular Schedule", IEEE Software, pp. 118 - 119, May 1996
  8. ** J. Spolsky: "Painless Software Schedules", 29.3.2000,
    (check also other articles, interesting stuff ) , and interesting points about work space quality:
  9. ** W. Royce: Software Project Management. A Unified Framework, Addison Wesley, 1998
  10. ** R. Whitehead: Leading a Software Development Team: A Developer's Guide to Succesfully Leading People and Projects, Addison-Wesley, 2001
  11. * K. Beck, C. Andreas: Planning Extreme Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2004
  12. * B. Boehm, D. Port, M. Al-Said: "Avoiding the Software Model-Clash Spiderweb", IEEE Computer, pp. 120 - 122, November 2000
  13. * B. W. Boehm: "Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples", IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, pp. 902 - 916, July 1989
  14. * Brown, W.J. et. al.: AntiPatterns in Project Management, John Wiley & Sons, 2000
  15. * W. Brown, et.al.: Anti Patterns. Refactoring Software Architecture and Project in Crisis, John Wiley, 1998
  16. * F. P. Brooks Jr.: The Mythical Man-Month, Addison-Wesley, 1995
  17. * E. Carmel: Global Software Teams. Collaborating Across Borders and Time Zones., Prentice Hall, 1999
  18. * A. Cockburn: "Selecting a Project's Methodology", IEEE Software, pp. 64 - 71, July/August 2000
  19. * N. Davis, D. Davis: "Retrospectives - Understanding the Past to Shape the Future", SEPG 2006
  20. * T. DeMarco: Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency, Random House, 2001
  21. * T. DeMarco & T. Lister: Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, Dorset House, 1999
  22. * T. DeMarco: Controlling Software Projects, Yourdon Press, 1982
  23. * M. Haywood: Managing Virtual Teams: Practical Techniques For High-Technology Project Managers, Artech House, 1998
  24. * S.P. Keider: "Why Projects Fail", Datamation magazine, pp. 75 - 77, December 1974
  25. * N. L. Kerth: Project Retrospectives ,a Handbook for Team Reviews, Dorset House, 2000
  26. * T. Kidder: "The Soul of a New Machine", Atlantic-Little Brown, 1981 or Back Bay Books (Little, Brown and Company), 2000
  27. * S. Maguire: Debugging the Development Process, Microsoft Press, 1994
  28. * S. McConnell: Software Development Classic Mistakes 2008, White Paper, Construx, 2008
  29. * S. McConnell: Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules, Microsoft Press, 1996
  30. * S. McConnell: Software Project Survival Guide, Microsoft Press, 1997
  31. * P. W. Metzger, John Boddie: Managing A Programming Project: Processes and People, Prentice Hall, 1995
  32. * K. P. Madhavi, A.L. Jacob:"Evolutionary Prototype Model for Web Projects", Software Quality Professional, pp. 26 - 32, September, 2001
  33. * E. Miranda: "Planning and Executing Time-Bound Projects", IEEE Computer, pp. 73 - 79, March 2002
  34. * N. Poter, M. Sakry: "We Must Overcommit—We Must Win Business", pp. 4 - 14, Software Quality Professional, March 2005
  35. * S. Rakitin:”Creating Accurate Estimates and Realistic Schedules”, Software Quality Professional, pp. 30 - 36, March 2002
  36. * John. S. Reel: "Critical Success Factors in Software Projects", IEEE Software, pp. 18 - 23, May/June 1999
  37. * L. Rising, N.S. Janoff: "The Scrum Software Development Process for Small Teams", IEEE Software, pp. 26 - 32, July/August 2000
  38. * L. Suardi: ”How to Manage Your Software Product Life Cycle with MAUI”, Communications of the ACM, pp. 89 - 94, March 2004
  39. * C. Wallin, F. Ekdahl, S. Larsson: "Integrating Business and Software Development Models", IEEE Software, pp. 28 - 33, November/December 2002
  40. * E. Yourdon: Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving “Mission Impossible” Projects, Prentice Hall, 2003
  41. Project Analyzer, Software Program Managers Network, April 2000 (www.spmn.com/products_guidebooks.html)
  42. Little Book of Bad Excuces, Software Program Managers Network, June 1998 (www.spmn.com/products_guidebooks.html)
  43. Communications of the ACM magazine's theme issue on Orchestrating Project Organization and Management, October 1993
  44. IEEE Software magazine's theme issue on The Business of Software, November/December 2002
  45. IEEE Software magazine's theme issue on Small Software Projects , September/October 2000
  46. IEEE Computer magazine's theme issue on Object-Oriented Project Management, September 1996
  47. ISO 10006 Quality management -- Guidelines to quality in project management, ISO Internationall Standardization Organization, suomenkielinen versio SFS:ltä
  48. T. Abdel-Hamid & S. E. Madnick: Software Project Dynamics, An Integrated Approach, Prentice-Hall, 1991
  49. V. Aggarwal: "The Role of Project Managers in Agile", InfoQ, Sep 02, 2009
  50. K. Aguanno, ed.: Managing Agile Projects, Multi-Media Publications, 2007
  51. I. Alexander, S. Robertson "Understanding Project Sociology by Modeling Stakeholders", IEEE Software, pp. 23 - 27, January/February 2004
  52. S. W. Ambler: "Agile Project Management Tips", Ambysoft, 20.2.2006
  53. S. W. Ambler: "Agile Requirements Change Management", Ambysoft, 19.8.2006
  54. D.J. Anderson: Agile Management for Software Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2003
  55. J. Andrea: "The Case of The Missing Fingerprint: Solve The Mystery of Successful End-of-Project Retrospectives", Better Software, pp. 30 - 36, February 2007
  56. M. Aoyama: "Web-Based Agile Software Development", IEEE Software November/December 1998
  57. M. Aoyama: "Concurrent Development Process Model", IEEE Software, July 1993
  58. J. Appelo: Progress in Three Dimensions, Software Quality Professional, pp. 20 - 26, June 2008
  59. S. Augustine: Managing Agile Projects, Prentice Hall, 2005
  60. C. M. Baca: Project Management for Mere Mortals, Addison Wesley, 2008
  61. D.Banerjee: "Software Process Improvement in a Research Institute: Driven with Project Management Process", Software Quality Professional, pp. 15 - 25, March 2005
  62. M. B. Bender: A Manager's Guide to Project Management: Learn How to Apply Best Practices, FT Press, 2009
  63. E. M. Bennatan: Catastrophe Disentanglement : Getting Software Projects Back on Track, Addison-Wesley, 2006
  64. E.M. Bennatan: "Catastrophe Disentanglement: Getting Software Projects Back on Track", CrossTalk, October 2004
  65. E. M. Bennatan: On Time, Within Budget: Software Projects Management Practices and Techniques, John WIley & Sons, 2000
  66. S. Berkun: "Happy project status meetings", scottberkun.com PM Clinic, week 30, 2005
  67. A. Birk, T. Dinsoyr, T. Stålhane: "Postmortem: Never Leave a Project without It", IEEE Software, pp. 43 - 45, May/June 2002
  68. K. Bittner, I. Spence: Managing Iterative Software Development Projects, Addison Wesley, 2006
  69. B. Boehm: "Project Termination Doesn't Equal Project Failure", IEEE Computer, September 2000
  70. B. W. Boehm & P.N. Papaccio: "Understanding and Controlling Software Costs", IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, October 1988
  71. M. Boyd: "A Study of Schedule Slips in a Large Firm", Software Quality Professional, June 2000
  72. S. Brady & T.DeMarco: "Management Aided Software-Engineering", IEEE Software, pp. 25 - 32, November 1994
  73. C. Camden: "Unrealistic project estimates: The IT consultant as an enabler", TechRepublic/IT Consultant, September 4th, 2009
  74. M. Cantor: Software Leadership: A Guide to Succesful Software, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  75. F. Charles: "Overtime Under Control" (a good article about handling requests to work overtime), Better Software, pp. 14 - 15, October 2006
  76. M. Cohn: "Prioritizing Your Product Backlog", Agile 2008
  77. M. Cohn: Agile Estimating and Planning, Prentice Hall PTR, 2005
  78. B. Collier, T. DeMarco, P. Feary: "A Defined Process For Project Postmortem Review", IEEE Software, pp. 65 - 72, July 1996
  79. A.D. Carlton, R.E. Park & W.B. Goehart: Software Measurement for DoD Systems: Recommendations for Initial Core Measures, CMU/SEI-92-TR-19
  80. M. Ceschi, A. Sillitti, G. Succi, S. De Panfilis: "Project Management in Plan-Based and Agile Companies", IEEE Software, pp. 21-27, May/June 2005
  81. A. Davis: "Trial by Firing: Saga of a Rookie Manager", IEEE Software, pp. 109 - 110, September 1994
  82. B. De Baar: Surprise! Now You’re a Software Project Manager, Multi-Media Publications, 2006, see also autohr's blog - very good
  83. D. DeCarlo: "Why Traditional Project Planning Often Fails", gantthead.com, September 4, 2007
  84. D. DeCarlo: "Extreme Stakeholder Management", gantthead.com, November 26, 2005
  85. T. DeMarco, P. Hruschka, T. Lister, S. McMenamin, J. Robertson, S. Robertson: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior, Dorset House, 2008
  86. M. Denne, J. Cleland-Huang: "The Incremental Funding Method: Data-Driven Software Development", IEEE Software, pp. 39 - 47, May/June 2004
  87. E. Derby: "Five Tips for Retrospective Leaders and Meeting Moderators", StickyMinds.com, Nov 10, 2008
  88. E. Derby: Eight Reasons Retrospectives Fail (And What You Can Do About Them), StickyMinds, May 19, .2008
  89. E. Derby: "Looking Back, Moving Forward Retrospectives Help Teams Inspect and Adapt", StickyMinds.com, September 19, 2007
  90. E. Derby, D. Larsen: Agile Retrospectives. Making Good Teams Great, Pragmatic Programmers, 2006
  91. R. Dixon: Open Source Software Law, Artech House, 2004
  92. P. Donzelli: "A Decision Support System for Software Project Management", IEEE Software, pp. 67-75, July/August 2006
  93. K. El Emam, A. G. Koru, "A Replicated Survey of IT Software Project Failures," IEEE Software, pp. 84-90, Sep./Oct. 2008
  94. P. Ensworth: The Accidental Project Manager: Surviving the Transition from Techie to Manager, John Wiley and Sons, 2001
  95. K. Ewusi-Mensah: Software Development Failures: Anatomy of Abandoned Projects, The MIT Press, 2003, free online book for ACM members
  96. R. E. Fairley, M.J. Willshire: "Why the Vasa Sank: 10 Problems and Some Antidotes for Software Projects", IEEE Software, pp. 18 - 25, March/April 2003
  97. D. R. Faught, M. Bolton: "Communicating with Context", StickyMinds, 10/15/2007
  98. R. I. Faulconbridge, M. J. Ryan: Managing Complex Technical Projects: A Systems Engineering Approach, Artech House, 2003, free online book for ACM members
  99. A. Friedlein: Web Project Management, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, 2001
  100. J. Fosdick: "An Agile PM Isn't What You Think Sub-Head: Where Does Traditional Project Management Fit in an Agile Project Using Scrum", Agile Journal, Nov 9 2009
  101. R. T. Futrell, D.F. Shafer, L.I. Shafer: Quality Software Project Management, Prentice Hall, 2002
  102. R. Galen: Software Endgames: Eliminating Defects, Controlling Change, and the Countdown to On-Time Delivery, Dorset House, 2005
  103. D. D. Galorath, M. W. Evans: Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves, Auerbach Publications, 2006
  104. R. Garland: Project Governance: A Practical Guide to Effective Project Decision Making, Kogan Page, 2009
  105. T. Gilb: Evolutionary Project Management: Controlling Complexity, Communicating Clearly, Challenging Creativity, Addison Wesley 2003
  106. F.P. Ginac: Creating High Performance Software Development Teams, Prentice Hall, 2000
  107. R. L. Glass, J. Rost, M. S. Matook: "Lying on Software Projects," IEEE Software, pp. 90-95, Nov./Dec. 2008
  108. R.L. Glass: Computing Calamities: Lessons Learned from Products, Projects, and Companies That Failed, Prentice Hall, 1999
  109. R.L. Glass: "Short-Term and Long-Term Remedies for Runaway Projects", Communications of the ACM, pp. 13 - 15, July 1998
  110. R. L. Glass: Software Runaways - Lessons Learned from Massive Software Failure, Prentice Hall, 1998
  111. P. Glen: "First-time project managers need failures", TechhRepublic, April 15th, 2009
  112. P. Glen:" Monitor project progress by using micro-deliverables", TechRepublic/IT Leadership, February 19th, 2009
  113. W.B. Goethert, E.K. Bailey & M.B. Busby: Software Effort & Schedule Measurement: A Framework for Counting Staff-Hours and Reporting Schedule Information, CMU/SEI-92-TR-21
  114. E. Gottesdiener: "Scope Keep, Not Scope Creep", StickyMinds, 12/22/2008
  115. M. Guah: Managing Very Large It Projects in Businesses and Organizations, Information Science Reference, 2008
  116. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Project Management Instinute, free online book to ACM members
  117. D. Haith: "The Agile retrospective. A Healthy Pit Stop for High Performing Teams", iterations, Number Six, Volume Two, Issue Three, July 2007
  118. P. Hall: "Delivering Meaningful Information to Executives", Better Software, pp. 34 - November 2008, see Sample status report
  119. P. Hall:"Exploring Project Priorities", StickyLetter, February 7, 2007
  120. J. Hallows: Information Systems Project Management, AMACOM 1998, free online book for ACM members
  121. K. T. Hansen: "Project Visualization for Software", IEEE Software, pp. 84-92, July/August 2006
  122. J. Henry: Software Project Management: A Real-World Guide to Success, Addison-Wesley, 2004
  123. W.S. Humphrey: Winning with Software (An Executive Strategy), Addison-Wesley, 2002
  124. W.S. Humphrey: Managing the Software Process, Addison-Wesley, 1989
  125. C. Iacovou, A.S. Dexter: "Surviving IT Project Cancellations", Communications of the ACM, pp. 83 - 86, April 2005
  126. P. Jalote: Software Project Management in Practice, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  127. P. Jalote: CMM in Practice: Processes for Executing Software Projects at Infosys, Addisson-Wesley (www.awl.com), 2000
  128. B. Jiang: "Key Elements of a Successful Project Manager", Project Management, pp. 14 - 19, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2002
  129. C. Jones: "Patterns of large software systems: Failure and success", IEEE Computer, March 1995
  130. C. Jones: Patterns of Software System Failure and Success, International Thomson, 1996
  131. A. Jordan: "Scary Scope", gantthead, October 13, 2008
  132. A. Jordan: "Team-Sourced Scope Creep", gantthead, October 6, 2008
  133. A. Jordan: "Managing External Customers: Reality or Pipedream?", gantthead.com, September 22, 2008
  134. M. Jørgensen, G.J. Carelius: ”An Empirical Study of Software Project Bidding”, IEEE Transactions on Softwrae Engineering, pp. 953 - 969, December 2004
  135. N. Karten: Managing Expectations. Working with People Who Want More, Better, Faster, Sonner, NOW!, Dorset House, 1994
  136. M. Keill, D. Robey: "Blowing the Whistle on Troubled Software Projects", Communiations of the ACM, pp. 87 - 93, April 2001
  137. C. Keith: "Get in the Game. Agile Lessons from Video Game Developers.", Better Software, pp. 24 - 27, November 2006
  138. K. Kelly: Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization, Addison-Wesley, 1994, available online
  139. R. B. Kelsey: Chaos and Complexity in Software, Challening the Industry and the New Science, Nova Science Publishers, 1999
  140. R.M. Kesner: The Hands-On Project Office: Guaranteeing ROI and On-Time Delivery, Auerbach Publications, 2003, free online book for ACM members
  141. M. Kozak-Holland: IT Project Lessons from Titanic - a series of 20 articles, gantthead
  142. M. Kozak-Holland: Avoiding Project Disaster: Titanic Lessons for IT Executives, Multi-Media Publications, 2006
  143. M. Kozak-Holland: Titanic Lessons for IT Projects, Multi-Media Publications, 2004
  144. M. Krigsma: "The taboo of failure", TechRepublic/IT Leadership, September 7th, 2009
  145. M. Krigsman: "Five reasons to discuss project failure", TechRepublic, April 14th, 2009
  146. M. Krigsman: "20 cynical project management tips", TechRepublic/IT Leadership, March 1st, 2009
  147. P. A. Laplante, ed.: Keys to Successful Software Development: Selected Readings, IEEE Computer Society, 1999
  148. D. Larsen's articles about retrospectives, Partnership&Possibilities - Journal of Collaborative Workplaces
  149. D. Larsen: "FRIM: Another Way to Gather Data", Partnership&Possibilities - Journal of Collaborative Workplaces, April 27th, 2007
  150. D. Larsen: "FRIM-redux", Partnership&Possibilities - Journal of Collaborative Workplaces, May 5th, 2008
  151. D. Lawson: PMBOK Quick Implementation Guide - Standard Introduction, Tips for Successful PMBOK Managed Projects, FAQs, Mapping Responsibilities, Terms and Definitions, Emereo Pty Ltd, 2009
  152. S. Lazenby: Test-Driven Project Management, Glenayre Technologies, May 19, 2004
  153. D. Levy: "How to Deal with Out-of-Control Requirements", StickyMinds, Jul 3, 2007
  154. D.R. Lindstrom: "Five Ways to Destroy a Development Project", IEEE Software, pp. 55 - 58, September 1993
  155. T. Little: "Schedule Estimation and Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty", IEEE Software, pp. 48-54, May/June 2006
  156. A. Longman, J. Mullins: The Rational Project Manager:. A Thinking Team’s Guide to Getting Work Done, John Wiley & Sons, 2005
  157. T. Mackinnon: "Retrospective agility – have you learned anything?", ObjectiveView Issue #8, Ratio Group, pp. 10 - 17, 2006
  158. J. Manas: "The Time-Tracking Dilemma: Capturing Time in an Agile World", gantthead.com, January 5, 2009
  159. A. S. C. Marcal, et. al.: Mapping CMMI Project Management Process Areas to SCRUM Practices, 2007
  160. R. Mascitelli: Building a Project-Driven Enterprise: How to Slash Waste and Boost Profits Through Lean Project Management, Technology Perspectives, 2002
  161. S. McConnell: Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers, Addison-Wesley, 2003
  162. S. McConnell: "Achieving Leaner Software", IEEE Software, November/December 1997
  163. P.A. McQuaid: "Rapid Application Development: Project Management Issues to Consider", Software Quality Professional, June 2001
  164. U. Merz: "Your Authentic Swing" (articel about coaching in projects), Software Development, pp. 53 - 55, August 2002
  165. P.W. Metzger: Managing a Programming Project, Prentice-Hall, 1981
  166. E. Miranda: Running Successful Hi-Tech Project Office, Artech House, 2003
  167. J. Mudhol: Round Table on Project Management, Dorset House, 2001
  168. M. Mullaly: "The Challenge of Project Learning", gantthead.com,December 8, 2008
  169. T. Mochal, J. Mochal: Lessons in Project Management, Apress, 2003
  170. K. Moløkken-Østvold:, M. Jørgensen "A Comparison of Software Project Overruns - Flexible versus Sequential Development Models", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pp. 754 - 766, September 2005
  171. S. Narayana: Practical Guide to Project Scope Management, BookSurge, 2008
  172. P. Nesi: "Managing OO Projects Better", IEEE Software, July/August 1998
  173. F. O'Connell: How to Run Successful Projects III: The Silver Bullet, Addison Wesley, 2002
  174. F. O'Connell: How to Run Successful Projects in Web Time, Artech House Publishers, 2001
  175. F. O'Connell: How to Run Successful High-Tech Project-Based Organizations, Artech House Publishers, 1999
  176. D.S. Olson, C.L. Stimmel: Manager Pool: Patterns for Radical Leadership, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  177. M.A. Ould: Strategies For Software Engineering: The management of Risk and Quality, John Wiley & Sons, 1990
  178. E. Oz: "When Professional Standards are Lax. The CONFIRM Failure and its Lessons.", Communications of the ACM, October 1994
  179. J. Patton: "How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Prioritization", StickyMinds, Sept 1, 2008
  180. L. J. Peter: Getting Results from Software Development Teams, Microsoft Press, 2008
  181. D. Phillips: Software Project Manager's Handbook. Principles that Work at Work., IEEE Computer Society, 200
  182. M. Pittman: "Lessons Learned in Managing Object-Oriented Development", IEEE Software January 1993
  183. M. Poppencieck: "Wicked Problems", Software Development, pp. 72 - 75, May 2002
  184. C. Pritchard: The Project Management Communications Toolkit, Artech House, 2004
  185. N. Potter, M. Sakry: "We Must Overcommit - We Must Win Business", Software Quality Professional, pp. 4 - 14, March 2005
  186. Practical Software Measurement: A Foundation for Objective Project Management, Practical Software & Systems Measurement , DoD and US army sponsored group
  187. A. Pukinskis: "Better Agile Retrospectives", theagileblog, Nov 16, 2005
  188. L.H. Putnam, W. Myers: Controlling Software Development. Executive Briefing, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996
  189. L.H. Putnam, W. Myers: Measures for Excellence. Reliable Software on Time, within Budget, Yourdon Press, 1992
  190. P. F. Rad: The Advanced Project Management Office, Aurebach, 2002
  191. J.B. Rainsberger: "Personal Planning",IEEE Software, pp. 16-17, January/February 2007
  192. J.J. Rakos: Software Project Management for Small to Medium Sized Projects, Prentice-Hall, 1990
  193. F. Redmill: Software Projects. Evolutionary vs. Big-Bang, John Wiley, 1997
  194. N. Reizer, Nancy Wang: Juggling Concurrent Releases. Dividing your attention between past, present, and future, (topic: how to manage testing projects) Sticky Letter. 2.2.2005
  195. D. J. Reifer: Tutorial: Software Management, IEEE Computer Society Press
  196. J. Richardson, W. Gwaltney: Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects, The Pragmatic Programmers, June 2005
  197. H. Rittel, M. Webber: Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions, Prentice Hall, 1990
  198. S. Robertson, J. Robertson: Requirements-Led Project Management : Discovering David's Slingshot, Addison-Wesley, 2004
  199. J. Rothman: Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, The Pragmatic Programmers, 2009
  200. J. Rothman: "Are We There Yet? Creating Project Dashboard to Display Project Progress", Better Software, pp. 22 - 28, January 2006
  201. J. Rothman: "Beyond Tool Use" (the article is about hiring for a project), Software Development, pp. 49 - 51, October 2002
  202. J. Rothman: "No More Meeting Mutinies", Software Development, pp. 59 - 60, March 2002
  203. V. Sankaran: "Scope Management: Helping Rein in Blue Sky Thinkers", gantthead, October 6, 2008
  204. J. Sandred: Managing Open Source Projects, Wiley, 2001
  205. P. Schulte: Complex IT Project Management, Aurebach 2003
  206. S. Sinofsky: "What do managers do and how big should my team be?", Micorsoft TechTalk, 24.9.2004
  207. K. Schneider, J-P von Hunnius: "Experience in Implementing a Learning Organization", Software, pp. 46 - 49, May/June 2002
  208. K. Schwaber: Agile Project Management with Scrum, Microsoft Press 2004
  209. J.F. Smart: "Test-based Project Progress Reporting", StickyMinds, 5.4.2006
  210. P. G. Smith: Flexible Product Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets, Jossey-Bass, 2007, for more info
  211. P.G. Smith & D.G. Reinersten: Developing Products in Half the Time, VanNostrand Reinhard
  212. R.B Smith: "Red Flags, Blue Lessons" (weak signals of project problems), Software Development, pp. 50 - 52, May 2005
  213. J. M. Smith: Troubled IT Projects: Prevention and Turnarounds, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2001, free online book for ACM members
  214. M. Sorli, D. Stokic: Innovating in Product/Process Development: Gaining Pace in New Product Development, Springer, 2009
  215. J. Spolsky: More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and ... or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity, Apress, 2008
  216. J. Spolsky: "Still gambling on project scheduling? Learn how you can beat the odds.", Better Software, pp. 22 - 26, March 2007
  217. J. Spolsky: "Bionic Office", 24.9.2003 (an interesting example of software developers' office), http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html
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  225. J. Tabaka: Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders, Addison Wesley Professional, 2006
  226. K. Tate: Unsustainable Software Development and its Causes, Addison Wesley Professional, 2005
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Finnish books - Suomenkielisiä kirjoja kirjoja



  1. S. Berkun: Projektinhallinnan taito, Readme.fi, 2005
  2. P. Forselius, M. Karvinen, M. Kosonen: TiVi-projektien johtaminen, Talentum, 2005
  3. L. Forsman: Atk-projektin läpivienti, Suomen Atk-kustannus Oy
  4. S. Kettunen: Onnistu projektissa, WSOY Yritysjulkaisut, 2003
  5. O. Lind: Näin tehdään onnistunut projekti, Ruotukka Oy, 2001, http://www.mediamikkeli.fi/ollilind/
  6. S. McConnell: Ohjelmistoprojektin selviytymisopas, Suomen atk-kustannus, 1997
  7. P. Mäkelä, H. Stenlund: Projektijohtaminen: Toiminnanohjaus verkostotaloudessa, 1995
  8. H. Niemi: Tietojärjestelmäprojekti: Tietojärjestelmän kehittämisen suunnittelu ja ohjaus, Valtion painatuskeskus, 1993
  9. R. Pelin: Projektinhallinnan käsikirja, Projektinjohtaminen Oy Risto Pelin, 2008
  10. K. Ruuska: Pidä projekti hallinnassa, Talentum Oy, 2005
  11. M. Sell: Projektin ohjaus, Suomen atk-kustannus, 1975
  12. P. Silfverberg: Ideasta projektiksi: projektisuunnittelun käsikirja, Edita, 1996
  13. P. Virkki & A. Somermeri: Projektityö - kehittämisen moottori, Painatuskeskus Oy, 1992
  14. P. Virtanen: Projektityö, WSOY Yritysjulkaisut, 2000