Utilizing more than 36 years experience in this field, Dr. Peters demonstrates how to be successful in the software field. He focuses on what the industry has cited for 25 years as the key to success - management. He does this by presenting a unique set of the latest and most effective techniques adapted from business, psychology, engineering, accounting, law and other fields which contribute to bringing projects in on time, on budget and exceeding client expectations. The reader is presented with a tool set designed to ensure success in software project management which includes topics not found in combination in other Software Project Management texts including COTS and COCOTS, Risk Management, Project Plan Optimization, COCOMO II and How to Motivate and Evaluate Software Professionals, with guidance on how and when to use each. The book takes a process modeling view of software project management, avoiding the pitfalls of the recipe style treatment found elsewhere. The book is laden with real world examples, process models, lessons learned and problem solving principles. The book begins with the basics of software project management then goes well beyond them by introducing and demonstrating advanced methods for successfully managing software projects.