Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects [Paperback]

Edward Yourdon (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0130621102 | ISBN-13: 978-0130621108 | Publication Date: October 12, 2001 | Edition: 1

In Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects, Ed Yourdon delivers instant, practical solutions for virtually every challenge you'll face in leading today's high-intensity, Internet-time projects. Yourdon's breakthrough management techniques cover strategies, politics, processes, tools, and the entire development lifecycle - from requirements through coding, monitoring progress through testing and delivery.

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The rapid-fire guide to managing high-intensity software projects.

Today's high-intensity, Internet-time projects: they're more than yesterday's management techniques can handle. To succeed, you need to understand what's different, where the pitfalls are, what works, and what doesn't. You need Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects. Legendary IT leader Ed Yourdon delivers instant, practical solutions for key challenges associated with Internet development. You'll discover how to:

• Manage the brutal negotiations and politics surrounding Internet projects
• Develop strategies that minimize risk
• Define requirements that are flexible enough to adapt-and solid enough to work
• Transform business processes, applications, and infrastructure at the same time
• Identify tools and technologies that support fast-paced development without compromising your future
• Maximize the effectiveness and value of your testing processes
• Realistically monitor your progress and make adjustments fast

Whether you're building B2B or B2C, infrastructure or mobile applications, Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects is your secret weapon-everything you need to deliver outstanding results on Internet time!

About the Author

ED YOURDON is author or co-author of more than two dozen books, including Death March, The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer, and The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer. In June 1997, he was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame, joining notables such as Charles Babbage, Seymour Cray, James Martin, Grace Hopper, Gerald Weinberg, and Bill Gates. Widely known as co-developer of the popular Coad/Yourdon OO methodology, he founded and led YOURDON, Inc., a consulting firm that trained over 250,000 people worldwide.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (October 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130621102
• ISBN-13: 978-0130621108
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,027,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for small, rapid implementation projects, July 2, 2002

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Linda Zarate "IT Ops Consultant" (Azusa, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects (Paperback)

This 240-page book lives up to the author's goals: (1) distill the essentials of managing 'Internet-time' projects into a short book, (2) give 'just enough information' to be successful, and (3) clearly show the differences between traditional PM approaches and an approach that takes into account the realities of most IT projects that are initiated in today's competitive environment.

He's met all three goals. First, the book is based on the assumption that you have PM skills and understand the basic techniques for planning, scheduling and controlling projects. It's the essentials that are important. Among these essentials are developing a strategy and dealing with project politics - the first is usually absent when projects are initiated, and the second is necessary because no matter how well versed you are in the techniques, you'll be a babe in the woods if you cannot manage the political aspects of a project or effectively negotiate.

Just enough information is provided for managing the project life cycle within a compressed schedule, with chapters on the software process, requirements, design and build and testing. There are also chapters that address project management techniques as they relate to high intensity projects, including managing progress, risk and people.

I like the emphasis on quality (not surprisingly based on inspections and walkthroughs, which is consistent with Yourdon's other published material), and defect and issue management. The discussion of heavy versus agile methods is also invaluable, and the recommended light process that the author provides appears to be workable for small-scale projects. In fact, for large-scale projects, such as ERP implementations and complex e-business initiatives I feel that more traditional methods are called for; however, considering that many projects are small, rapid implementations this book has a place on every IT project manager's bookshelf. If you are caught up in this type of project and find that your more traditional techniques hinder more than help, this is an ideal book.