Project management for IT-related projects : textbook for the ISEB Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management / / Bob Hughes ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London, : BCS, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.404
• Soggetto topico: Information technology - Management; Project management
• Altri autori: HughesBob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; USEFUL URLS; 1 PROJECTS AND PROJECT WORK; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 1.1 PROJECTS; 1.2 SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS; 1.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT; 1.4 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE; 1.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE; 1.6 ELEMENTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT; 1.7 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MODELS; 1.8 THE PROJECT PLAN; 1.9 THE BUSINESS CASE; 1.10 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; 1.11 POST-IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; 2 PROJECT PLANNING; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 APPROACHES TO PLANNING; 2.3 PRODUCT FLOW DIAGRAM ; 2.4 ACTIVITY PLANNING2.5 RESOURCE ALLOCATION; 2.6 USING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR PLANNING; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; POINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; 3 MONITORING AND CONTROL; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PROJECT CONTROL LIFE CYCLE; 3.3 MONITORING PROGRESS; 3.4 APPLYING CONTROL; 3.5 PURPOSE AND TYPES OF REPORTING MEETINGS; 3.6 TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTION; 3.7 GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PROGRESS INFORMATION; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; 4 CHANGE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 DEFINITION OF CHANGE ; 4.3 CHANGE MANAGEMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES4.4 THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; 4.5 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; POINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; 5 QUALITY; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 DEFINITIONS OF QUALITY; 5.3 QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; 5.4 QUALITY CRITERIA; 5.5 QUALITY CONTROL VERSUS QUALITY ASSURANCE; 5.6 QUALITY PLAN; 5.7 DETECTING DEFECTS; 5.8 DYNAMIC TESTING; 5.9 EVALUATING SUPPLIERS; 5.10 ISO 9001:2008; 5.11 CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; POINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; 6 ESTIMATING ; LEARNING OUTCOMES6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 WHAT WE ESTIMATE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT; 6.3 EXPERT JUDGEMENT; 6.4 APPROACHES TO ESTIMATING; 6.5 A PARAMETRIC APPROACH; 6.6 ESTIMATING BY ANALOGY; 6.7 CHECKLIST; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; POINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; 7 RISK; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 RISK MANAGEMENT; 7.3 IDENTIFYING RISKS; 7.4 ASSESSING THE RISK; 7.5 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO RISK; 7.6 THE QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT; 7.7 DECIDING THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS; 7.8 PLANNING, MONITORING AND CONTROL; 7.9 SUMMARY; SAMPLE QUESTIONS ; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONSPOINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; 8 PROJECT ORGANISATION; LEARNING OUTCOMES; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS; 8.3 IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR CONCERNS; 8.4 THE ORGANISATIONAL FRAMEWORK; 8.5 DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROJECT MANAGER; 8.6 PROJECT SUPPORT OFFICE; 8.7 PROJECT TEAM; 8.8 MATRIX MANAGEMENT; 8.9 TEAM BUILDING; 8.10 TEAM DYNAMICS; 8.11 MANAGEMENT STYLES; 8.12 COMMUNICATION METHODS; 8.13 CONCLUSION; SAMPLE QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS; POINTERS FOR ACTIVITIES; INDEX; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Ideal for IT practitioners with project management responsibility, this book explains the principles of IT-related project management, covering key areas such as project planning, monitoring and control, change and risk management and communication between project stakeholders. It includes new material on risk assessment and agile approaches.
• Titolo autorizzato: Project management for IT-related projects
• ISBN: 1-78017-121-8; 1-78017-120-X; 1-78017-119-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910138964703321
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