e. team members and
customers) that distinguish the successful projects from the unsuccessful ones. The
good news is that due to the nature of software development, and the environment
in which it is performed, both of these will be much easier that the actual
development itself.
The determination of tasks will be as natural a process as it was in our example of
building a wall. There are obvious activities that need to be carried out and they
will have an obvious sequence in which they need to be completed. Unless we are
running an open-source project where developers can come and go, our resources
need to be clearly defined (even if it is just ourselves!). Scheduling will be driven by
the deadlines we have been set, have agreed to, or have set for ourselves.
Since we are working on, and with, computers we have two ready methods of
communication available to us??”email and the web browser. The former allows us
to participate in a two way dialog with others, while the latter was designed for
disseminating information??”with the right infrastructure of course.
With the basics of project management covered, we need to consider additional
features that benefit software development:
Documentation: For the developers this could take the form of requirements,
best practices, or API documentation.
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