IT Project Management

Author: (USA) Schwalbe/K. / Deng Shizhong et al
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The IT field is constantly evolving, and each of its countless innovations originates from a project. If managed well, these projects can produce a new system, invent a new technology, or launch a new product. "IT Project Management" (2nd Edition) covers the nine knowledge areas of project management and describes all five process groups. Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition keeps pace with the times. "IT Project Management" (2nd Edition) includes many meaningful real-world cases, both successful and unsuccessful. Through analysis and reflection on these cases, it reveals lessons and applies them to a reasonable framework of project management, laying a solid foundation for future innovators and managers. The author provides a detailed introduction to the nine major knowledge areas of project management: · Integration · Scope · Time · Cost · Quality · Human Resources · Communications · Risk · Procurement. Describes all five process groups: · Initiation · Planning · Execution · Control · Closing.