Software Project Management Kit For Dummies

by Greg Mandanis, Allen Wyatt

The seasoned programmer and novice alike find this reference the ideal resource for getting a project off to the right start. Friendly, practical advice is combined with the latest software in this ...For Dummies edition. Follow your expert guide through planning, development, testing, and implementation -- the first steps to your project's success. Then get your hands on scheduling, assigning resources and estimating costs, and best of all, making your software happen.

The book's CD-ROM includes trial versions of Microsoft Project 2000, Soffrant TRACK, and Cost Xpert as well as templates and a wealth of other planning tools.

350 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2000

Reviews

[Vicky · Rating 2 out of 5]

I grabbed this off the shelf at work because I was bored without enough to do, but I wasn't expecting something quite so outdated (thanks work for not updating the Project Management Office books since 2000)... While the core information was still correct, the cultural references that make the "for dummies" books relatable were laughably outdated. That and the Project 1998 information was no longer exactly relevant to the version I'm using.

Some of the most obvious and amusing examples of dated references:
"Yesterday you may have just been another nerd cranking out Y2K COBOL code..."
"other budgetary items the team requires to accomplish the project (pizza Jolt Cola, and so on)"
The example resource names -- Bill, Hilary, Monica, Kenneth; Austin Felicity, Dr. Evil, Mini-Me; Dilbert
"You don't, after all, want to minimize Austin's power to contribute to the project - no way, baby."