Using metrics to monitor software projects
Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 25 Aug 2008 TIP - Metrics enable a project manager to achieve what is expected and also showcase his and his team's talents. Here are six metrics most useful to software project managers.
Estimating actual project progress
Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 11 Jan 2008 TIP - Man-months are a poor gauge of progress, and Gantt charts don't always tell the whole story. Expert Bas de Baar proposes a different method for visualizing project progress.
How to create accurate project status reports
15 Aug 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - Project status reports are supposed to honestly capture a software project's progress. Expert Bas de Baar explains how PMs can instill trust and garner accurate reports.
Gantt chart
30 Apr 2003 WORD - A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart developed as a production control tool in 1917 by Henry L. Gantt, an American engineer and social scientist. Frequently used in project management, a Gantt chart provides a graphical ...
PERT chart
18 Feb 2004 WORD - A PERT chart is a project management tool used to schedule, organize, and coordinate tasks within a project. PERT stands for Program Evaluation Review Technique, a methodology developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s to manage ...
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