Suitable for both project managers and Visual Basic developers, Jake Sturm Professional Visual Basic Project Management is a clear-eyed guide to the level of project management-company using Visual Basic 6 and UML. UML is used throughout this book as part of the design process (including class, activity and sequence diagrams). Although there are certainly no substitute for a real project management experience, its mix of accessibility and technical detail of this book can give project managers a valuable additional aid VB to take the challenge of building companies today -. Richard Dragan Topics covered: VB and business development, project management basics and myths, the software design process; that envisionment, design, development and deployment phases; designing effective teams, team roles and stakeholders; using Project 98; Gantt charts , resource management, TCO and ROI, risk management, business rules, designing with objects; UML diagrams, DCOM, database and ADO, transactions and MTS, ASP, DHTML basics, test management, using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, and scheduling project .