Book Review: Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 92-92
Author(s):  
Kenneth H. Rose ◽  
C. Eric Kirkland
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Software Project Management ◽  
Tools And Techniques

scholarly journals Accommodating Soft Skills in Software Project Management

10.28945/2923 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneerav Sukhoo ◽  
Andries Barnard ◽  
Mariki M. Eloff ◽  
John A. Van der Poll ◽  
Mahendrenath Motah
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Software Project Management ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Management Domain ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
The University

Software project management probably is a sector that has witnessed the highest rate of project failure in the world. This is not the case with project management concerned with other disciplines due to better management of their inherent strengths and weaknesses. Hard skills, often described as a science and comprising processes, tools and techniques applied to projects are the main focus of many project management methodologies. Extensive research has been carried out in the project management domain with greater focus on hard skills. Soft skills described as an art, are very often ignored during software project management. Such skills, acquired through experience, are concerned with managing and working with people, ensuring customer satisfaction and creating a conducive environment for the project team to deliver high quality products within budget and on time and exceeding stakeholder expectations. This paper summarizes the soft skills that can possibly improve the success rate of software projects. These projects, if not managed properly can lead to escalation of budget and time schedules beyond expectations. Deterioration of quality may be inevitable while deploying efforts to deal with cost overrun and schedule extension. Research in the field of soft skills required has been carried out at the University of Arkansas. The results show that IT organizations are conscious of the need for soft skills. Furthermore, a number of organizations, like Polaris, Sun Microsystems and Mastek have found it necessary to include soft skills in their training agenda.

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