This part of our site provides Software Management Resources, including software project management resources, vendor-management and subcontractor-management resources, and organizational management resources.

Software Management Tool Box
The management tool box was originally created for Construx's Software Project Management Boot Camp Seminar. You can download the entire document or individual parts below.
Entire Management Tool Box (Requires free web membership) pdf	References and Resources  html  pdf	Introduction to the Tool Box  html  pdf
All-Development Roadmap pdf	Sample Visions and Goals html pdf	Seminar Lab Charter pdf
Seminar Lab Tracking Spreadsheet excel	Tips for Documenting the Iron Triangle pdf	Train Metaphor pdf
The following CxOne materials were presented during the seminar. See the CxOne page for more details.
Project Management Standard pdf	Project Charter Guide pdf	Project Charter Samples Normal Light
Project Plan Guide Checklist	Project Project Plan Templates Normal Light	Project Plan Samples Normal Light
Work Package Patterns pdf	Implementation Roadmap Sample	Milestone Plan Sample
Risk Management Generic Risks Top 10 Risk Lists	Executive Status Report Templates Questions Metrics	Executive Status Report Samples Questions Metrics
Earned Value Work Plan Guide Sample (excel)	Roles, Responsibilities, & Authorities Project Business Manager Planning and Tracking Lead Requirements Lead Quality Lead	Roles, Responsibilities, & Authorities Design Lead Construction Lead Project Sponsor Project Reviewer
Team of Leads pdf	Quality Plan Checklist Template

Project Management Resources

• Construx Estimation v2.0 is a software tool that improves estimation of effort and schedule
• CxOne Software Engineering Framework contains checklists, templates, patterns, and other best practice support for engineering management 

White Papers and Articles--Software Project Management

• Business Case for Better Software Practices excerpt from Professional Software Development
• Classic Mistakes excerpt from Rapid Development
• Nine Deadly Sins of Project Planning IEEE Software
• Quantifying Soft Factors IEEE Software
• The Software Manager’s Toolkit IEEE Software
• Sitting on the Suitcase IEEE Software
• Brooks' Law Repealed? IEEE Software
• After the Gold Rush IEEE Software
• How to Defend an Unpopular Schedule IEEE Software
• Less is More: Jump-Start Productivity with Small Teams Software Development
• Tool Support for Project Tracking IEEE Software
• Construx's Support for Project Management Professionals white paper, Construx Software, April 2002
• Business Case for Improved Software Engineering Practices keynote, Construx Software 2002

Software Management Training

• Construx's Professional Development Plan for Software Managers
• Software Project Management Boot Camp Seminar
• Software Outsourcing Essentials Seminar 
• Risk Management in Depth Seminar
• Rapid Development in Depth Seminar
• Software Project Survival Boot Camp Seminar
• Other Management Seminars >>

• Construx's Software Executive Summit, annual event for software development executives
• The 10 Most Important Ideas in Software Development, executive breakfast presentation, 2006
• After the Gold Rush, executive breakfast presentation, 2006
• Seven Critical Insights for C-Level Executives, executive breakfast presentation, 2005
• Lessons Learned in Software Project Outsourcing, executive breakfast presentation, 2005
• Return on Software: Maximizing the Return on Your Software Investment, executive breakfast presentation, 2005
• 10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation, executive breakfast presentation, 2004
• The Business Case for Better Software Practices, executive breakfast presentation, 2004
• Construx's 10 Myths of Rapid Development Keynote, executive breakfast presentation, 2003
• Construx's Professional Development Ladder, executive breakfast presentation, 2002

Interesting Software Management Links

• Project Management Institute Creators of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), the PMI provides a professional organization for project management across all industries.
• The Journal of Defense Software Engineering CrossTalk's mission is to encourage the engineering development of software in order to improve the reliability, maintainability, and responsiveness of defense software.