Providing the know-how to manage software projects effectively, this book supplies an accessible introduction to software project management. It begins with an overview of the fundamental techniques of project management and the technical aspects of software development. The second part of the book illustrates the technical activities of software development in a coherent processdescribing how to customize this process to fit a wide range of software development scenarios. The book examines open source development practices and tools so readers can adopt best practices and get started with tools that are available for free.