project management

Question

hello,

I was java developer and I was not into web development.Suddenly I have become project manager and pushed into web development.

What I have to know to become technically well qualified enough as a project manager in a web project.I don't have the responsibility of coding.

If you provide book,resources,links that will be great and your personal advise.

Thank you

Answer 1

There may be other answers from management perspective, but here is mine from implementation perspective that you should push to development team:

• Your website should work on all web browsers. All means 100% reach (if it targets world audience and not a small private group)!
• Follow web-standards and make the web beautiful
• Thread Safe - develop core/backend to be thread safe as each request is inturn a thread accessing the core modules
• it's REQUEST-RESPONSE. If there is a request, then only a response. No vice-versa.
• use jQuery - as JavaScript framework (to reduce cross-browser development efforts)

Answer 2

From a SW engineering perspective:

• Learn to estimate projects (Using function points for example)
• Learn some software development methodologies.
• Learn to plan. Make gantt charts, set deliverables, set deadlines.
• The hardest, is having all come together, when the project is being executed.

A very good book on this matter, written from a practical perspective, is Making Things Happen. I hope others can provide book references in general SW engineering.