The Consultant's
Survival Guide

Software Project Management 
Step by Step
by Marsha Lewin & Milton Rosenau, Jr.

This book aims at increasing management skills over software projects which are renowned for coming in behind schedule and over budget.

Simply written, it includes sample forms, highlights key concepts and problems, and chronologically guides the reader from project start to end.

• Emphasizes the principles of good
  project management 

• Teaches the key practical skills for
  successful project management 

• Shows how to produce results on
  time and within budget while using
  physical and human resources over
  which one may have little or no
  control 

• Addresses the needs of the
  beginning software project manager

• Stresses the Triple Constraint of
  performance specification, schedule,
  and budget. 

• Shows what needs to be planned,
  organized, monitored, and how 

• Describes how to cope with
  unexpected problems and handle
  changes 

• Shows how reviews are critical to
  project success