Project Management for Information Systems

Cadle, James

ISBN 10: 0273685805 / ISBN 13: 9780273685807

Editore: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2004

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• Titolo: Project Management for Information Systems
• Editore: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0273685805
• ISBN 13: 9780273685807
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: quarta edizione
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 861,8 grammi

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For undergraduate courses in Information Systems that include Project Management "Project Management for Information Systems i"s a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of computer-based information systems. The book combines theory, practice and advice on the role of the project leader in managing the team, the individual and the task. This book will enable the reader to plan all aspects of an IS project and to ensure that the project is implemented in a timely way and to budget. The book takes a very practical approach, which examines best practice and why projects fail. Both students and lecturers can benefit from the textbook's excellent supplementary material, which can be found at www.booksites.net/cadle

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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 University

Based 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.