Writing

Three books, and the articles written for this site, on development economics, project control and applied probability.

Books

  • In press Project Economics Under Uncertainty: From Concept to Realization. With Glen Alleman and Christian Smart. Expected from CRC Press. Details on the book page.
  • 2001 Software Leadership: A Guide to Successful Software Development. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-70044-2.
  • 1998 Object-Oriented Project Management with UML. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25303-7.

Articles on this site

Project control

Project Management for Novel Work

Seventy years of software management methods, read as a sequence of answers to changing problems rather than as a march of progress.

Paper · May 2026

Development economics

Beyond the Iron Triangle

Fast, good, cheap, pick two is only a partial account. Scope, schedule and cost are better consolidated into a single project objective.

Article · May 2026

Applied probability

Risk Management vs. Risk Analysis

Quantitative against qualitative risk management, and why the analysis is worth nothing until it is joined to a management practice.

Article · April 2026