The top 4 things project managers do to destroy software quality

Overview: Project managers often use techniques that are successful at reducing cost and the development time without impacting quality. However, it is possible for them to push their techniques too far. Here is how.

In many cases, the manager's drive to get a software development project delivered on time and on budget will be at odds with the development team's desire to create a quality product. Although the project management techniques outline in this download are at least well meaning and perhaps even time honored techniques, they do have the potential for disaster. This document explains how the techniques can be abused to the point where the overall quality of the software being developed will be compromised.

Have you had to contend with a project manager who overreached their authority as described in the download? What was the result? What did you learn and more importantly, what did the project manager learn?

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Format: PDF | Size: 51KB | Date: Dec 2005 | Version: 1.0 | System Requirements: Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later | License: copyright | Downloads: 4525