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Contents at a Glance
ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL REVIEWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
PART I
WHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS FAIL . . .
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER 2 WHY SOFTWARE IS DIFFERENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHAPTER 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSUMPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 23
CHAPTER 4 CASE STUDY:THE BILLING SYSTEM PROJECT . . . . . . . . 51
PART II
. . . AND HOW TO MAKE THEM EED
CHAPTER 5 THE NEW AGILE METHODOLOGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHAPTER 6 BUDGETING AGILE PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CHAPTER 7 CASE STUDY:THE BILLING SYSTEM REVISITED . . . . . . 115
CHAPTER 8 AFTERWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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APPENDIX:THE AGILE MANIFESTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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PART
I
WHY SOFTWARE
PROJECTS FAIL . . .
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CHAPTER
1
Introduction
Your boss has asked you to oversee the development of a new billing system,
and you’ve brought together a capable project manager and a group of hand-
picked developers. They’ve chosen state-of-the-art technologies and tools to
build the system. The business