Project Management - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 084939998X ISBN 13: 9780849399985

Casa editrice: Auerbach Publications, 1999

Riassunto

Project Management covers the full range of issues of vital concern to IT managers working in today's hurry-up, budget-conscious business environment. The handbook provides valuable advice and guidance on how to get projects finished on-time, within budget, and to the complete satisfaction of users, whether a high-tech, low-tech, financial, manufacturing, or service organization. Project Management Handbook brings together contributions from an all-star team of more than 40 of experts working at leading enterprise organizations and consulting firms across America, and around the world. With the help of dozens of fascinating and instructive case studies and vignettes, reporting experiences in a wide range of business sectors, those experts share their insights and experience and extrapolate practicable guidelines and actions steps that project managers can put to work on their current projects.

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Introduction

Section I Project Management Essentials
1 Seven Steps for Highly Effective Project Management
Nancy Blumenstalk Mingus
2 Effective Systems Development: The Experts Advise
Tom L. Roberts, Jr., Michael L. Gibson, and William N. Ledbetter
3 Project Management: A Structured Framework
Howard W. Miller
4 Collecting Project Information
Ralph L. Kliem
5 Risk Management: The Safety Net for Project Schedules and Budgets
Polly Perryman
6 Guidelines for Making and Using Project Estimates
Larry D. Runge
7 A Model for Estimating Small-Scale Software Development
Abbas Heiat
8 Strategic Planning for Acquiring and Managing Computer Resources
Robert DeMichiell
9 Large-Scale IS Project Management
Erwin Martinez

Section II Managing Business Relationships
1 Corporate Lessons for the IS Manager
Robert E. Umbaugh
2 Partnership: The Key to Successful Systems Development in a TQM Company
Christine B. Tayntor
3 Linking Project Outcomes to Customer Needs
Richard H. Deane, Tomas B. Clark, and A.P. (Dennis) Young
4 Managing End-User Development in a Client/Server Environment
John Windsor, Leon A. Kappelman, and Carl Stephen Guynes
5 Managing User-Driven Systems Development
Kwasi Amoaka-Gyampah and Kathy B. White
6 Tips for Effectively Managing User Expectations During System Development
Dana T. Edberg and Fritz H. Grupe
7 Project Team Work: How To Make It Happen
James R.. Coleman
8 Team Building for IS Success
Raghu Nath and Albert L. Lederer
9 Survival Skills for the Information Systems Professional
Clinton O. Longenecker, Jack L. Simonetti, and Mark Mulias
10 Assessing Customer Perceptions
Naomi Karten

Section III Effectively Managing Outsourced Projects
1 Outsourced Systems Development
Raoul J. Freeman
2 Applications Maintenance Outsourcing
Joseph Judenberg
3 Outsourcing Network Management and Information Systems
Nathan J. Muller
4 Certification of Externally Developed Software
Craig A. Schiller
5 Audit and Control of Information Systems Outsourcing
S. Yvonne Scott
6 Improving IT Performance as an Outsourcing Alternative
Richard D. Hays
7 Contracting with Consultants for Computer Services
David M. Massey

Section IV Managing Special Projects
1 SAP Implementation and Control
Frederick Gallegos and Loida Tison-Dualan
2 Keeping Client/Server Projects on Track with Project Management
Ralph L. Kliem
3 Project Management Solutions for the Year 2000 Crisis
Ralph L. Kliem
4 Disaster Recovery Planning Tools and Management Options
Jon William Toigo
5 Reengineering Methodologies and Tools
Mark M. Klein
6 Controlling Major Systems Integration Projects
Steve Mar
7 An Object-Oriented Strategy for Reintegrating IS into Mainstream Management
Richard W. Koontz
8 Economic Evaluation of Data Warehouse Projects
Duncan M. Witte

Section V Measuring and Improving Project Management Success
1 Evaluating Project Performance
Ralph L. Kliem and Irwin S. Ludin
2 Completing Project Successfully
James A. Ward
3 Creating and Implementing a Balanced Measurement Program
Dana T. Edberg
4 Negotiating Conditions for Project Success
Stanley H. Stahl
5 Continuous Process Improvement in Systems Development
Robert F. Kniestadt and Pamela A. Hager
6 Assessing and Improving the Software Developing Process
Roger S. Pressman
7 Improving Productivity Strategically and Tactically
Stanley H. Stahl

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Auerbach Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 084939998X
• ISBN 13: 9780849399985
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Tinnirello Paul C.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile