Ingeniería de Proyectos Informáticos

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Generales	Estimación	Economía
Software de Gestión de Proyectos	Artículos	Estándares de Calidad
Libros	Metodologías	Riesgos
Herramientas Automáticas	Organización e Institutos	Dirección de Programas

Dirección de Proyectos en General

Cientos de links en "The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits",
NewGrange Center for Project Management intenta aunar los esfuerzos de los directores de proyectos de TIC.
Unos cuantos links a servidores web en francés:
Michael Greer's Project Management Resources debería ser referencia obligatoria para los iniciados en Proyectos.
ProjectConnections.com tiene mucha información importante.
Knowledge Center en el PM Boulevar.
StartWright tiene varios links.
Spottydog's Project Management Web Site contiene mucha información sobre proyectos en marcha.
ProjectNet, el centro por excelencia de recursos para la comunidad TIC.
Excelente apuntes de la Universidad Carnegie Mellon Managing Software Development.
Informes, artéculos y links en Welcom.
Guía práctica sobre el Software para Program Manager's.
Gran cantidad de plantilla de TIC en 4pm.
ProFutura Professional.
Muchos links en Mike Tarrani's portal to three sources:
Colección de contribuciones de la lista de distribución de "pmnet".
Wideman Comparative Glossary of Common Project Management Terms dirigiendo el PM Forum.

Estimación

Artículos prácticos de Karl Wiegers sobre la estimación en proyectos:
Function Point Analysis (FPA):
- Capers Jones' article on function points en el SPR.
- International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG).
- Descarga un documento MS-Word presentado por FPA sobre estimación.
COCOMO 2.0
- Softstar Systems. Descripción de COCOMO y COCOMO 2.0, y su software de estimación.
Earned Value Analysis (EVA):
- Artículo en ETP (sigue el link).
- Artículo en NewGrange.
Rob Thomsett advierte los peligros sobre juegos no estimados que la gente practica.
La sección en ProjectConnections.com de "Know How" tiene algunos artículos, pero sólo para usuarios restringidos.
McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity Metric.
Critical Path Analysis from Mind Tools.
WWW Project Management Forum en tiempo and coste
Colección de contribuciones de la lista de distribución de "pmnet".
The Importance of Estimation, a paper (related to advertising) by the Software Productivity Centre.

Economía

Conduct your very own financial appraisal using pay-back period, net profit and discounted cash flow automatically!
Introduction to cost benefit analysis at the PM Boulevard (available to subscribers only)
Business Case Analysis: Tips and Techniques for Project Managers by Donna Fitzgerald, NewGrange Center for Project Management
ProjectConnections.com has some book reviews

Software de Gestión de Proyectos

SNL/California Project Management and Engineering Department have a list that might be useful.
Meanwhile, here are a few you may be interested in...

MS Project from Microsoft
- MS Project User Group
Some web-based project management software
- entry.projects from Entry Software is a collaborative project management system
- eprojXperts.com a web portal for ERP Project Management consultants, with details of various software products
- Iksana by IdeaWeavers is a modular suite of web-based business applications
- onProject
- Plan On The Net .com allows corporations to develop, and publish project plans collaboratively, online
- Project.net is a project management portal and hosted software applications service
- Vertabase from Standpipe Studios has project tracking, resource allocation, timesheet management, workflow management, document sharing and storing and so on
- WorkLenz from Métier manages programs, projects, resources, risk, documents, schedule, cost, and worker knowledge to help with forecasting
The AMS REALTIME Product Suite from Advanced Management Solutions
Atlas Industry software for resource management and timesheets
IT Factory
Milestones from KIDASA Software
Mundane Software
Open Plan from Welcom Software Technology
OPX2 from Planisware
Pertmaster includes PERT and Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate project risk
Pivot from Impact Eng Services integrates many functions in one system
PlanBee critical path project management planning tool, with a free trial period
ProChain Scheduling - from ProChain Solutions - uses the critical chain scheduling and buffer management approach
Project Gateway from Marin Research
Project Integrator (pi) from System Solvers Ltd
Project Office from Pacific Edge
SimVision from Vité
TeamPlay and Concentric from Primavera
TimeControl from HMS Software
Time Tiger from Indigo Technologies
Timetrail from Visual Team

Artículos

A comprehensive list of journals and magazines is at the PM Forum, inlcuding
- Project Manager Today, with some on-line articles
- PROJECTmagazine is an on-line magazine aimed at project managers.
- International Journal of Project Management contents pages
The Ethics of Software Project Management by Donald Gotterbarn and Simon Rogerson, The Computer Ethics Conference, Linköping University, Sweden, 1997
The Project management proverbs are a source of wisdom-disguised-as-humour. Read them!
One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group Inc has articles of project management, testing, quality and so on
The ProjectZone has articles of interest
Process Impact have several great articles on project management written by Karl Wiegers
Various papers by Rob Thomsett
The projectConnections.com "Know How" section has links to various articles
Lots of interesting articles from ETP Ltd, Ireland
Try "Interthink":
- Annual Project Management Baseline Study by Interthink Consulting Incorporated
- Take part in their survey
The Software Project Survival Guide by Construx Software has loads of good advice
NNH's site has papers on various issues, such as progress monitoring, earned value, scheduling
A review of Frederick Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month (with an excerpt!) - a good read for all project managers
Stuart Wier's Designing and Managing Successful Projects
SNL/California Project Management and Engineering Department's Project Management Guidelines Handbook is a comprehensive source of advice
Papers and presentations from NewGrange Center for Project Management
The ACM has a digital library
HMS Software White Papers: discuss issues related to project management
How to Build a TOC/Critical Chain Project Network by Kathleen M. Austin & Richard E. Peschke. (Note: This is a network diagram similar to a Critical Path Diagram, but specific to the Critical Chain method.)

Estándares de Calidad

ISO9000 standards and publications
Statistics on take-up of ISO9000
WWW Project Management Forum on quality
WWW Project Management Forum on British Standard BS6079
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group Inc has various articles
Karl Wiegers of Process Impact has some good advice:

Libros

Bob Hughes & Mike Cotterell, 1999
"Software Project Management" Second Edition
McGraw-Hill

Metodologías en la gestión de proyectos

Try Software Methods and Tools for links to all kinds of methods etc.
PRINCE 2
- OGC's Official PRINCE2 web site (formerly CCTA)
- PRINCE User Group (PUG)
- Frequently asked questions about Prince2
- SPOCE Project Management Limited's overview of PRINCE 2
- WWW Project Management Forum has a brief description of PRINCE and PRINCE 2
- The Association for Project Managers have lots of information on PRINCE 2
- Launch of PRINCE 2 covered by Project Manager Today
Critical Chain and Buffer Management
- A lenthy description by The Product Development Institute, Inc.
- A shorter summary by Focussed Performance
  - Focussed Perfmormance's main page with links to various materials
- This is based on the Theory of Constraints, originating from The Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute
- Prochain Solutions has an informative web site (follow the Resources link)
- A review of the book Project management in the fast lane by Robert C Newbold on Critical Chain and Buffer Management
Dynamic Systems Development Method
- The DSDM Consortium with links to branches in various countries
Microsoft Solutions Framework
- MSF described by Microsoft themselves
IDEAL
- The IDEAL model explained at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Platinum Process Continuum
- Computer Associates' site has details
- Brief introduction at Software Methods and Tools
Extreme Programming (mainly a programming method, but has important implications for project managers)
- The New Methodology, Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorks
- Extreme Programming: A gentle introduction, J. Donovan Wells
- eAD (2000) Extreme Programming, article in "eAD - e-business Application Delivery" by the Cutter Consortium
Setting up a Project Office
- Notes by MPI
Various links from the Systems Development Methodologies course at Kent State University
And another course Information System Development Methodologies
The Software Project Survival Guide isn't formally a method, but heed its advice!
Cherchez aussi á La Communaute des Managers de Projets

Riesgos

A nice introduction to risk at Decisioneering Inc
- They also review several books that mention their Crystal Ball software
SEI, Carnegie Mellon University have:
- A clear introduction
- Frequently Asked Questions including a bibliography
The ProjectConnections.com "Know How" section has links to various articles
The Risk Digest indexes for Vol 18, Vol 19, Vol 20, Vol 21,(large pages)
WWW Project Management Forum on risk
"Know Your Enemy: Software Risk Management", by Karl Wiegers, Process Impact
Risk Benefit Analysis at wustl.edu
Project Risk MAnagement (PRIMA). The objective of PRIMA project is to provide methods and software to analyse, capitalise and estimate risks for improve the competitive value during the bidding phase of projects

Herramientas Automátizadas

Try Software Methods and Tools for links to all kinds of tools etc.
elementool, Inc. have a web-based bug tracking tool
IT Business Tools helps IT departments manage their work. Standard forms available on-line for managing user requests, change control etc.
solutiontool's interaktive CD-ROM auf Methoden Lösungsfindung (in German)
21st Century Bell provides project management tools, risk management tools and strategic assessment tools of projects useful in managing global projects
Conduct your very own financial appraisal using pay-back period, net profit and discounted cash flow automatically!

Organizaciones e Institutos

The Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania, USA
- including the renowned Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK Guide)
International Project Management Association, Zurich
Association for Project Managers (UK), High Wycombe
PROMS-G, the project management specialist group of the British Computer Society (free membership!)
Association Francophone de Management de Projet (AFITEP), the French association for project management based in Paris (in French)
PMI-Montréal, la promotion de l'excellence en gestion de projet (in French)
The Institute of Project Management of Ireland
The Australian Institute of Project Management
PRINCE User Group (PUG)
Aquent places IT and Web project managers on contract and permanent jobs. (Based in the USA but has offices throughout the world.)
A directory of organisations held by the WWW Project Management Forum

Dirección de Programas

The Programme Management Website does what is says on the side of the can
Program Management -- Turning Many Projects into Few Priorities with TOC article by Frank Patrick of Focussed Performance
"What is programme management?" answered by The Program Management Group
- and their frequently asked questions
An overview by Innovation Business VISION

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