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Title:
Project management for information systems
Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2004
ISBN:
9780273685807

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Project Management For Information Systems 4th edition "For those studying project management for information systems, this book has no equal."  Roger Atkinson, Bournemouth UniversityBased on practical experience this book provides everything you need to get started on an IS project and to see it through to successful completion, whether you are a student of information systems and project management or a practising project manager.Clear explanation of theory combined with the exploration of a variety of project management methodologies helps the reader develop a thorough understanding of the subject. The mixture of hard and soft topic coverage encourages the development of all the skills needed to successfully manage the team, the individual and the task. Case studies, exercises and good and bad examples from real life help the reader to start putting the theory into context and into practice. This edition contains the most up-to-date thinking on issues such as: Multinational and multicultural projects. Establishing the business case for your project. The latest initiatives in quality, soft systems, extreme programming and virtual teams. Project Management for Information Systems is all you need to plan every aspect of an IS project and ensure that it is implemented on time, within budget and to quality standards. www.booksites.net/cadle James Cadle is a director of Assist Knowledge Development and an independent consultant in IT analysis and project management. Donald Yeates is an independent consultant and an associate client director at Henley Management College.


Table of Contents

1 Managing change
2 Business strategy and information systems
3 The business case
4 The organisational framework
5 The programme and project support office
6 Development lifecycles and approaches
7 The profile of a project
8 Project planning: understanding the work
9 Project planning: estimating
10  Project planning: scheduling and resourcing
11 Monitoring progress
12 Exercising control
13 Reporting progress
14 Quality
15 Risk management
16 Value engineering and value management
17 Selling the project
18 Managing stakeholders
19 Managing suppliers
20 Leadership
21 Performance management
22 Project teams
23 Managing the project climate
24 The project manager
25 Developing your career
26 Bodies of knowledge and standards