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title | : | Managing Information Technology Projects : Applying Project Management Strategies to Software, Hardware, and Integration Initiatives |
author | : | Taylor, James. |
publisher | : | AMACOM Books |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0814408117 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780814408117 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780814427644 |
language | : | English |
subject | Project management, Information technology--Management, Management information systems. |
publication date | : | 2004 |
lcc | : | HD69.P75T386 2004eb |
ddc | : | 004/.068/4 |
subject | : | Project management, Information technology--Management, Management information systems. |
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M ANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY P ROJECTS
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M ANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY P ROJECTS
Applying Project Management Strategies to Software, Hardware, and Integration Initiatives
James Taylor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Taylor, James
Managing information technology projects: applying project management
strategies to software, hardware, and integration initiatives / James Taylor.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8144-0811-7
1. Project management. 2. Information technologyManagement. 3.
Management information systems. I. Title.
HD69.P75T386 2004
004'.068'4dc21
2003008645
2004 James Taylor.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
This publication may not be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted in whole or in part,
in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of AMACOM,
a division of American Management Association,
1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Printing number
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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To Karen Romano-Taylor,
my wife and best friend.
Thank you for your love, support, and patience.
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Contents
Acknowledgments | xiii |
Chapter 1. Introduction | |
Chapter 2. The Foundations of Project Management | |
Chapter 3. Information Technology Project and Systems Life Cycles: Project Management and Team Activities | |
Chapter 4. Identifying and Developing Customer Requirements | |
Chapter 5. Organizing the Project Team | |
Chapter 6. Developing the Information Technology Project Plan | |
Chapter 7. Risk Management in Information Technology Projects | |
Chapter 8. Systems Engineering: The Hub of Project Management | |
Chapter 9. Project Monitoring and Control | |
Chapter 10. Rapid Development in IT Projects | |
Chapter 11. Principles of Project Closeout | |
Chapter 12. Customer ServiceFinishing the Project | |
Index | |
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List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1-1. A comparison of IT and nonIT project characteristics. | |
Exhibit 2-1. Traditional management functions. | |
Exhibit 2-2. Project management functions. | |
Exhibit 2-3. Indented WBS. | |
Exhibit 2-4. Graphical WBS format. | |
Exhibit 2-5. Sample work breakdown structure. | |
Exhibit 2-6. Sample precedence table. | |
Exhibit 2-7. A precedence diagram. | |
Exhibit 2-8. Network showing early schedule. | |
Exhibit 2-9. Completed network showing late schedule and critical path. | |
Exhibit 2-10. A sample Gantt chart. | |
Exhibit 2-11. Earned value terms, definitions, and formulas. | |
Exhibit 2-12. Earned value graph. | |
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Exhibit 3-1. Typical IT project life. | |
Exhibit 3-2. The project and systems development life cycles and activities. | |
Exhibit 3-3. A sample project charter outline. | |
Exhibit 3-4. System alternative evaluation parameters. | |
Exhibit 3-5. Trade-off analysis process. | |
Exhibit 4-1. Tips for writing good statements of work. |
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