Surprise! Now You're a Software Project Manager
by Bas De Baar

It’s late Friday afternoon and you have just been told by your boss that you will be the project manager for a new software development project starting first thing on Monday morning. Congratulations! Now, if only you had taken some project management training... This book was written as a crash course for people with no project management background but who still are expected to manage a small software development project. It cuts through the jargon and gives you the basics: practical advice on where to start, what you should focus on, and where you can cut some corners. This book could help save your project... and your job!

"A general overview of project management without the technical jargon." - Reader Views

"A good, practical introduction into the purpose and process of software project management." - Virtual Projects

"The link between project management theory and reality." - Sergei Toropov

"Will capture your attention from the first page." - Terry L. Taylor

"The examples given were so close to my own project management experience." - Thushara Wijewardena

"New PMs can easily understand." - PMConnection.com

"One of the best things that you could do [...] is read this book." - Charles Ashbacher