To take a leading how to manage the current object-oriented, software development processes recurring, look at Walker Royce's Software Project Management. Written with an eye toward management (with plenty of tables and figures for project estimation and planning), the author takes you through common pitfalls management software. Besides reviewing older studies and metrics, the author himself offers 10 principles for managing software, along with instructions for all aspects of development, from initial start to the development and deployment software. The authors provide a detailed project milestones and other deliveries to help you manage software better, including details of tasks to your team that will help maximize your efficiency. After advanced saw what better software management means for return on investment (ROI), the author presents some very useful appendices, including software metrics (like COCOMO), and description of the missile command system CCPDS-R (which is widely used principles management authors).