IEEE revises software project management standard, starts agile sofware standard.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 January 2004-IEEE: IEEE revises software project management standard, starts agile sofware standard(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01262004 PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA: The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has approved the revised version of its "project management body of knowledge" standard, which is used in software engineering.

It has also started work on a new standard for Agile software development. The revised standard, IEEE 1490, "Adoption of PMI Standard, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)," is part of the IEEE-SA's family of software engineering standards. The updated guide identifies and describes those PMBOK practices that apply to most projects most of the time and that have widespread...