Results‎-Based Software Management‎:‎ Achieve Better Outcomes with Finite Resources Effective software development is no longer merely an IT concern‎:‎ today‎,‎ it is crucial to the entire enterprise‎.‎ However‎,‎ most businesspeople are not ready to make informed decisions about software initiatives‎.‎ The Economics of Iterative Software Development‎:‎ Steering Toward Better Business Results will prepare them‎.‎ Drawing on decades of software development and business experience‎,‎ the authors demonstrate how to utilize practical‎,‎ economics‎-based techniques to plan and manage software projects for maximum return on technology investments‎.‎ The authors begin by dispelling widespread myths about software costs‎,‎ explaining why traditional‎,‎ "engineering‎-based" software management introduces unacceptable inefficiencies in today's development environments‎.‎ Next‎,‎ they show business and technical managers how to combine the principles of economics and iterative development to achieve optimal results with limited resources‎.‎ Using their techniques‎,‎ readers will learn how to build systems that enable maximum business innovation and process improvement‎-and implement software processes that allow them to do so consistently‎.‎ Highlights include * How to repeatedly quantify the value a project is delivering and quickly adjust course as needed* How to reduce software project size‎,‎ complexity‎,‎ and other "project killers"* How to identify and eliminate software development processes that don't work* How to improve development processes‎,‎ reduce rework‎,‎ mitigate risk‎,‎ and identify inefficiencies* How to create more proficient teams by improving individual skills‎,‎ team interactions‎,‎ and organizational capability* Where to use integrated‎,‎ automated tools to improve effectiveness * What to measure‎,‎ and when‎:‎ specific metrics for project inception‎,‎ elaboration‎,‎ construction‎,‎ and transition The Economics of Iterative Software Development‎:‎ Steering Toward Better Business Results will help both business and technical managers make better decisions throughout the software development process‎-and it will help team and project leaders keep any project or initiative on track‎,‎ so they can deliver more value faster‎.‎