Project Management Methodologies: Are they sufficient to develop quality software

This paper considers whether the use of a project management methodology PRINCE is sufficient to achieve quality information systems. Without the additional use of effort estimation methods and the user of measure that can predict and help control quality during system development. How to make sure the management of software quality to be effective is a critical issue that software development organizations have to face. Software quality management is a series of activities to direct and control the software quality, includes establishment of the quality policy and quality goals, quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Professional bodies have paid more attention to software standards. Meanwhile, many countries are participating in significant consolidation and coordination effort.