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Project Management and Software Engineering Pointers

Here are a few PM and (even less) SE pointers. I'm no expert in PM or SE, so use with caution. Some links are probably not worth inclusion in a small index, other (good ones) are likely missing. However, this page will get you started.

Contents

§ 0.1 Project Management at Tecfa Indexes, FAQs, Associations, etc. § 1.1 Project Management § 1.2 Software Engineering § 1.3 Calendering and Scheduling Standards § 1.4 Other (e.g. problem tracking, help desk) On-line Texts (Tutorials, Articles, Sites, etc.) § 2.1 Project Management § 2.2 Rapid Prototyping § 2.3 Software Engineering (various methodology) § 2.4 Various § 2.5 University re-engineering projects § 2.6 Example Projects Software § 3.1 Project Managment § 3.2 Software Development § 3.3 Other

0.1 Project Management at Tecfa  

• TBD (we might use Netscape Calendar for simple task managment)
• PM is shown to our STAF students: Slides (FRENCH, PDF Format)

Indexes, FAQs, Associations, etc.

On-line Texts (Tutorials, Articles, Sites, etc.)

Software

1. Indexes, FAQs, Associations, etc.  

1.1 Project Management  

• ALLPM - The Project Manager's Home PAge Good webportal.
• Michael Greer's Project Management Resources
• Project Management Programs FAQ. A good place to start (though some pointers are too old or even dead). (Another place to find this FAQ is at the News.Answers Faqs Archive at Utrecht Univ.)
• Project Managment Web Sites (a small Australian Index)
• International Project Management Association (this is a holding organization for the national ones, not much on-line)
• Association Francophone de Management de Projet (pas grand chose on-line)
• The Project Management Institute (an other PM Association Home Page) Best Index for commercial stuff.
• Earned Value Management (a US government site). Good up-to-date index with focus the Earned Value Management based approach.
• The Project Management Forum (searchable collections)
• Christopher Browne's Scheduling and Project Management Page
• Project Management & Bug Tracking for Linux. Includes some good general pointers
• Directory of Project Management Resources smaller directory
• The Consumate Design Center a virtual resource center for all types of designers. Very good index (but oudated) with pointers to Project Management
• Extreme planning. A good alternative to classical PM. Goes with Extreme Programming
• The Project Management Institute
• Project Management Glossary by Dave Wagner, 1993 (still useful)
• Working Together, Apart The Web as Project Infrastructure 2 part article by Gordon Benett (discusses 2 commercial systems)

1.2 Software Engineering  

• Software Engineering Resources A good up-to-date Index by
• McGill's Software Engineering Lab E.g. see the WWW Resources related to Software Engineering
• Software Engineering Hotlist from Georgia Tech.
• CMU's Software Engineering Institute has a wealth of information
• Software Engineering Archives Archives for USENET newsgroup comp.software-eng, including the Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ) postings
• comp.software-eng FAQ (Part 0)
• Cern's Software Technology Interest Group
• WWW-VL Software Engineering (no longer maintained ?)
• SIGSoft (ACM Special Interest Group Home Page)
• Yahoo's Entries

1.3 Calendering and Scheduling Standards  

• Overview Of Calendaring And Scheduling Standards
• Personal Data Interchange (vCaldendar and vCard) ... to be replaced by iCalendar ?
• ietf-calendar (Internet Mail/ IETF Calendaring and Scheduling (calsch) Working Group page). This page has links to the relevant iCalendar RFCs and Drafts, e.g. you can find a XML DTD

1.4 Other (e.g. problem tracking, help desk)  

• Workflow Management Coalition (features a XML based process management standard)
• Problem Management Tools Summary
• Help Desk FAQ

Indexes, FAQs, Associations, etc.

On-line Texts (Tutorials, Articles, Sites, etc.)

Software

2. On-line Texts (Tutorials, Articles, Sites, etc.)  

2.1 Project Management  

• Utilisateurs TECFA: Guidelines for Implementing Small Projects and Project Management Procedures (sorry protected mirrored stuff from CHL, a site that seems to agonize.)
• A course on Software Development Paradigms by C. Fox, James Madison University. See e.g. Project Planning & Tracking (A Series of Slides)
• Project Management Control Tower. Some interesting articles. (Learn to navigate this site.... don't overlook buttons ;) .
• The Project Manager quote: "the complete online guide for anyone who must plan, implement and complete a commercial project."
• The 40 key competencies appropriate for Project Management
• Noel N. Haroff's Earned Value Documents. Several short introductory papers, most related to PM (Good introductory reading).
• COM308 Project Management Home Page (home page of a british course)
• NASA's Program/Project Management Development Process

• PERT (a short page that explains most of it ;)
• Making and Using Activity Networks (part of a SE course support at CMU)
• PERT, Program Evaluation and Review Technique or Problems Eventually Resolve Themselves! . A introductory very short paper (limited usefulness for beginners)
• Project ManagagementLecture notes from Australia
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

2.2 Rapid Prototyping  

• Prototyping. A short and good text about Prototyping (from a thesis on co-writing)
• Software Rapid Prototyping URL's (outdated probably)

2.3 Software Engineering (various methodology)  

• Manager's Handbook for Software Development (A Nasa Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL) on-line Text. Good !
• Software EngineeringPointers and Materials that come with a standard textbook and other pointers. Top quality.
• Survival Guide Website (related to Steve McConnell's Software Project Survival Guide book)
• Object Orient Design (dictionary of Terms, otherwise dead site ?)
• The Booch method. An introduction to object oriented development.. A typical OO method (too complex probably)
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• XMI, "XML Metadata Interchange" The new OMG standard combining UML and XML

2.4 Various  

• Identify your Team Player Style and other userful things :)
• epss.com an independent webzine providing WWW ressource for Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS), Performance Centered Design, and Knowledge Management

2.5 University re-engineering projects  

• Re-engineering Projects at Other Universities (at Cornell)
• another Index

2.6 Example Projects  

• superg A grading software project, Introduction to Software Engineering class at Wichita State

Indexes, FAQs, Associations, etc.

On-line Texts (Tutorials, Articles, Sites, etc.)

Software

3. Software  

3.1 Project Managment  

• Planner. Planner is a tool for planning, scheduling and tracking projects. Planner is an open source project targetting the GNOME Desktop. (2005)
• Mechanical Cat: Python Task Planner (2005) A simple task planner capable of * resource allocation * interruptions (holidays, etc) * HTML plan generation * HTML gantt chart generation
• PHPProjekt Free PHP Groupware, includes project management (some site info in German but supports 17 languages) (looks interesting)
• Achievo a flexible web-based resource management tool for business-environments. (GPL, php based, see also freshmeat entry) (looks interesting)
• eplanning Interesting client-side project. Freeware (needs IE 5 I think)
• Keystone A project tracking system (free for few user situations, was a decent product but seems to be dead now)
• Request Tracker GNU GPLed Php-based system (not tested, by recommended by the person who wrote keystone)
• OPENSCHED Project Schedular that reads a project description file and produces reports (using Latex). Not tried, seems to work well but not appropriate for people who are afraid of text input.
• KProject was supposed to be part of KOffice developed within the Linux KDE desktop. Dead now ? What happend ?
• TeamCenter One of the better commercial Java-based products it seems.
• Tutos, a tool to manage the the organizational needs of small groups, teams, departments ... (php/mysql freeware)

3.2 Software Development  

• Software Development Tools a CERN Index
• Argo/UML ... Providing Cognitive Support for Object-Oriented Design (free Java-based software) For more about UML, see also: Links to UML Related Information.

3.3 Other  

• wreq. A distributed request/problem tracking system with builtin knowledge database (free help desk app).
• Time Sheets for Networks Time Sheets for Networks is a system that allows users to enter details of jobs or tasks completed into a central database, MySQL-based freeware, works.
• tallence workflow engine is a graphical, Web-based workflow designer based on Java 1.4. It is modelled after MVC-Pattern. It features Activities, AND-, OR-, EOR-, and XOR-Decisions, and a splitter. It is accessible via JSP-Taglib or via the Java-API