Managing software projects is difficult under the best circumstances.

You can reduce the difficulty and improve your chances of success by applying known industry best practices for software project management.

Software industry guru and best-selling author Karl Wiegers shares the key best practices and insights necessary for success in Project Management. Best practices are based on industry studies of successful and failed projects, and on the speaker’s personal experience.

This seminar presents some 30 such best practices, grouped into these categories:

• Laying the foundation for success
• Planning the project
• Estimating the work
• Tracking your progress
• Learning for the future

Several topics are discussed in depth, including software risk management and Delphi estimation. The attendee will have an opportunity to try many of these techniques through short practice sessions. Small group discussions also let participants share some of their project management-related problems and identify which of the best practices presented might be useful solutions to those problems.