Software project management methods and approaches

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	How Google developed the Chrome Web browser SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 01 Oct 2008 INTERVIEW - Google's Darin Fisher, a software engineer on the Chrome project, talks about how the Web browser was developed and tested. Agility, speed, and testing were all critical.

	Keep software projects moving even during holidays SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 09.22.2008 OPINION - Michelle LaBrosse offers five management tools that help project managers and their staffs remain productive even during the holidays.

	Application lifecycle management moves up the executive ladder SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 22 Jul 2008 ARTICLE - Borland, HP, and Mainsoft have recently forged new products each intended in some way to give non-development team members a better view into project status and quality.

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	Integrating application lifecycle management (ALM) processes provides additional benefits Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 08 Oct 2008 TIP - Learn how you can benefit from integrating the five processes of application lifecycle management (ALM)

	How to estimate project completion times Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 22 Sep 2008 TIP - To determine the duration of an individual task or calculate when a project will complete, use your expert judgment, top-down estimating, and parametric formulas such as PERT.

	Software quality best practices Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 14 Aug 2008 BLOG - A collection of software quality best practices from SearchSoftwareQuality.com readers.

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	How project management methods can improve software SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 08 Jun 2007 LEARNING GUIDE - Software project management takes knowledge, patience, skill and a lot of courage. Learn how various methods can improve the development process and create better software.

	Six Sigma not necessarily beneficial to software development V. Viswanathan for SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 24 Apr 2007 OPINION - Can Six Sigma improve software development and result in cost savings? This columnist says no. That process and others like it are better suited to manufacturing operations.

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	A dozen levels of done Ted Neward's Technical Blog | 05 Dec 2007 BEST WEB LINK - Neward lifts a list of processes that must be finished in order call a project complete. Number five, for example, is "It has passed unit, functional, integration, stress, longevity, load and resilience testing." And that's ...

	Book review: Process Improvement Essentials Reg Developer | 24 Apr 2007 BEST WEB LINK - Governments and corporations are increasingly looking to comply with processes such as Six Sigma, CMMI and ISO 9001. If you are tasked with learning about these frameworks, this book can help. Though the writing is dry, the ...

	Managing multi-core projects, part 2: HPC project implementation DevX.com | 20 Dec 2006 BEST WEB LINK - Directing a parallel-programming development project requires knowing the components, knowing the tools to use and knowing your customers. Part 2 of this management series spotlights some of the lessons learned in fielding ...

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	Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination 06 Feb 2008 WORD - SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) is an international framework for assessment of software processes developed jointly by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and the IEC ...

	work breakdown structure 19 Jun 2007 WORD - A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a chart in which the critical work elements, called tasks, of a project are illustrated to portray their relationships to each other and to the project as a whole. The graphical nature of ...

	collaboration diagram 08 Mar 2007 WORD - A collaboration diagram, also called a communication diagram or interaction diagram, is an illustration of the relationships and interactions among software objects in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The concept is more ...

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