Description
Skills for Managing Rapidly Changing IT Projects addresses management methodologies for projects that change rapidly in requirements and technology. These projects are most common among small to medium enterprises. This book addresses both the value and the skills that an IT project manager must have, and uses these values in a new methodology based on agile manifesto. This new methodology, called agile and defined project development (ADPD) merges the must-be of agile manifesto with the needs of a controlled development environment such as that of the capability maturity model, which deals with aspects related to UML formalism.
Reviews and Testimonials
This book will be essential reading for people involved in managing information technology projects. It gives a practical view of all the aspects and values needed to lead a group of persons through the whole life of the project. It explains in plain and clear language many of the best practices about how to deal with people, time, business and technical environment, to maximize chances to achieve best results.
– Maurizio Giunti, MGShareware CEO and Founder
Author's/Editor's Biography
Fabrizio Fioravanti
Fabrizio Fioravanti obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Florence, Italy, respectively in 1996 and 2000. He was a consultant for several companies covering different roles in several IT related topics. During 2000, Professor Fioravanti became professor of computer architecture for the B.S. in electronic engineering program at the University of Florence. He was also co-chair and in the program committee for IEEE International Conferences. Fioravanti has written several papers and book chapters on software engineering related fields. He was R&D Chief Officer for an Italian IT company before becoming the Project Manager for Exitech, an IT company involved in software product development. He is member of IEEE and his main research and applicative interests are related to agile methodologies for developing and managing IT project, software engineering, object oriented and software metrics.