Practical Software Project Management

Managing software projects in today's fast-paced technological landscape is crucial for success, demanding a clear understanding of processes, people, and products. Practical Software Project Management serves as your essential guide, transforming complex project lifecycles into a manageable and actionable roadmap.

This book systematically covers the entire project journey, beginning with project initiation, objective definition, and crucial stakeholder identification. You will learn practical estimation techniques and planning strategies, alongside effective team management, including recruitment, conflict resolution, and motivation. The guide progresses through essential requirement analysis, robust architecture, and design phases, and explains how to execute successful project kickoffs. It details effective execution design, continuous tracking, managing dependencies, changes, and issue resolution. The book concludes with insights into ensuring quality assurance, implementing CI/CD practices, utilizing project metrics, conducting vital post-project reviews, and navigating performance appraisals.

By the end of this book, you will have the skills to tackle a variety of real-world projects. You will also develop practical skills that extend beyond theoretical knowledge. This will enable you to confidently apply your newfound expertise to solve complex problems and create innovative solutions in a creative way. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Define project objectives, scopes, conduct feasibility, and identify key stakeholders.
● Apply various estimation methods, and plan with tools like Jira, ensuring transparency.
● Manage team recruitment, egos, conflicts, motivate, and set clear goals.
● Analyze requirements, guard overanalysis, design scalable, optimized, 24x7 architectures.
● Create comprehensive documentation and select optimal delivery modes (on-premise, SaaS).
● Implement CI/CD, automate deployment, and analyze comprehensive project metrics.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for software developers, project managers, program managers, and corporate trainers seeking to master practical software project management. It is ideal for aspiring managers and current individual contributors looking to transition into leadership roles, as well as experienced managers aiming to enhance their project oversight skills.

1. Overview of Software Project Management
2. Initiating a Software Project
3. Estimations and Planning
4. Team Management, Organizing Your Team
5. Requirement Analysis
6. Architecture and Design Phase
7. Project Kickoffs
8. Designing Execution
9. Tracking Execution
10. Dependency and Change Management
11. Issue Tracking
12. Documentation
13. Delivery
14. Security of the Product
15. QA and Automation
16. Continuous Integration and Delivery
17. Metrics to Gather and Tools
18. Post Project Review
19. Appraisals

Abhi Basu Thakur is currently working as a Director of Software Engineering at NetApp India Ltd. Prior to that, Abhi has worked in Philips India Ltd and Wipro Technologies in various software development roles. He has around 27 years of experience in software development and has led many projects in embedded software development, mobile software development, and enterprise infrastructure management software. He has led teams of 50+ engineers and has developed products from the ground up. He has worked with teams across the globe. Also he has directly interacted with many fortune 500 customers who use the products and helped in building solution for their environments. He has completed his Bachelor’s in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Jadavpur University, followed by a Master’s in Computer Science from BITs Pilani and an Executive General Management Program from IIM Bangalore. He has a passion towards working on new technologies and have 15 plus years of experience in project management.