Software project management

Newly revised for 2001, this second edition of Richard Thayer's popular, bestselling book presents a top-
down, practical view of managing a successful software engineering project. The book builds a framework
for project management activities based on the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
model. Thayer provides information designed to help you understand and successfully perform the unique
role of a project manager. This book is a must for all project managers in the software field. The text
focuses on the five functions of general management by first describing each function and then detailing
the project management activities that