Development Management
Stanley I. Weiss · 2013
Since the entire product development process is implicitly a management process, programmatic issues such as schedules, costs, organization, and application of skills that can affect the success of a project must be established and controlled. Successful performance in these areas may be a deciding factor in ensuring continued support for a project, within a larger corporation as well as with the customer. Any management plan therefore defines these so that all players understand the goals and ground rules and how they will be achieved. Clearly, communication using common language and databases are important requirements for success. In this chapter, one way of looking at the development management process is illustrated in a diagram linking key practices and their organizational relationships.