Quote:This essential textbook presents an overview of software project management in an ethical and responsible software engineering environment. The book covers the essentials of software project management, and highlights the importance of ethics and professional responsibility as part of the skill set of the modern project manager.

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Presents a solid overview of software project management
Discusses professional and ethical responsibilities of project managers
Presents an overview of ethical software engineering
Reviews project planning and scheduling, project monitoring and control, risk management and project closure
Discusses quality management of software projects
Presents an overview of legal and ethical aspects of outsourcing
Discusses project management for both traditional and Agile projects
Reviews a selection of tools & metrics to support project management
Discusses best practice (Prince 2, PMP and CMMI) to improve project management
Includes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossary