Four P’s

• Effective software project management focuses on the four P’s: people, product, process, and project. the “people factor” is so important.
• The People

-The Software Engineering Institute has developed a people management capability maturity model (PM-CMM), The people management maturity model defines the following key practice areas for software people: recruiting, performance management, training, and work design, and team/culture development.

•  The Product

-The software developer and customer must meet to define product objectives and scope.

•  The Process

-A small number of framework activities are applicable to all software projects, regardless of their size or complexity. A number of different task sets—tasks, milestones, work products, and quality assurance points. Umbrella activities are independent of any one framework activity and occur throughout the process.

• The Project

-We conduct planned and controlled software projects for one primary reason—it is the only known way to manage complexity.