Contents -- Part 1 Taming the Soft Machine -- 1 Seven Deadly Habits of Ineffective Software Managers -- Habit 1-Releasing a Product Before It Is Ready -- Habit 2-Hiring Someone Who Is Not Quite Qualified (but Who Everyone Likes) -- Habit 3-Making Every Decision a Consensus Decision -- Habit 4-Promising Developers Incentives -- Habit 5-Delegating Absolute Control to a Project Manager -- Habit 6-Taking Too Long to Negotiate Feature Sets and Schedules -- Habit 7-Ignoring a Process in Order to Release Quickly -- Breaking Bad Habits -- Bibilography -- 2 Organizational Spring Cleaning -- Action Plan -- Define the Plan -- Lead with a Department Mission -- Stop the Bleeding -- Building a Killer Leadership Team -- Completing the Plan -- Warning Signs That You're at the Wrong Company -- Bibliography -- 3 Relating PMBOK Best Practices to Software Development -- Making Sense out of PMI and PMBOK -- Defining Projects, Programs, and Products -- The Life Cycle -- Organizing for Success -- Introducing the Four Ps (4Ps) -- Bibliography -- Part 2 Planning -- 4 Run Development as a Business -- Why Is Agile Methodology So Important? -- How PMBOK Processes Are Organized -- Success Through Integration -- Integration Management in the Initiating Process Group -- Risk Management-Preparing for the Unexpected -- Bibliography -- 5 Partner with Product Management -- What Is Meant by Leadership? -- Keeping Development and Product Management Aligned -- Ensuring Projects Stay on Scope -- Bibliography -- 6 Become Effective and Competitive -- Controlling the Cost of a Project -- Project Procurement Best Practices -- Making the Most with Outsourcing -- Bibliography -- Part 3 Process -- 7 Master the Art of Scheduling -- Agile Software Development Methodology -- Time Management Fundamentals -- Time Management Best Practices -- Bibliography -- 8 Deliver On-Time, Quality Products.

Quality? What's That? -- Ensuring Quality Throughout the Software Life Cycle -- Use Cases-Why They Are Important for Quality -- Bibliography -- Part 4 People -- 9 Finding, Retaining, and Motivating the Best Talent -- "It Would Be So Much Better If I Didn't Have to Deal with People!" -- The Human Life Cycle -- Human Resource Management in the Executing Process Group -- Bibliography -- 10 Create a Winning Workplace -- Why Is Communication So Important? -- Communicating for Success -- Foolproof Communication Techniques -- What Is This PMI "Code" Thing? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.