Introduction

Abstract

I had the following reader in mind when I wrote this book:

• 1. You are a student who is about to embark on a software development project.

• 2. You have an experienced project supervisor who can advise you on how to conduct most aspects of your project but you would like to take this opportunity to get involved in the management of your project and do some reading ahead.

• 3. You have some experience of software development but little or no experience of project management and you want to change that.

• 4. You have a set of project guidelines, issued by your department, which say how to proceed but you also have some unanswered questions.

• 5. You are prepared to invest 2–3 hours reading what this author has to say and you will then integrate any new information with your supervisor’s advice and your departmental guidelines to help you to produce a more successful project.

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