Practical IT Project Management (Second Edition)

Author: Phillips
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book offers expert-level advice on planning and managing successful IT projects, providing a detailed discussion of the entire IT project management process from start to finish. The second edition has revised some abstract concepts and added more specific and actionable ones, making the description of IT project management more systematic and comprehensive. The content of the book includes: defining project goals and creating a project charter; establishing a feasible plan and creating a priority list; determining strategies and securing budget funding; collaborating with management and defining roles; identifying project costs, including estimating the required time; forming a project team—while leveraging external resources, also evaluating internal personnel skills; delegating responsibilities and effectively managing the project schedule; resolving conflicts—while addressing project delays and budget overruns; tracking project progress and conducting quality testing; maintaining leadership authority and motivating team members to achieve project success. The book covers the entire IT project management process from start to finish, including: how projects begin, how to secure funding, how to progress smoothly, and how project managers should guide teams to work together and independently, how to motivate team members, and how to strengthen project management. The book also introduces project management concepts from basic to advanced levels: budgeting, designing work breakdown structures, maintaining a motivated work atmosphere, and more. The book summarizes the author's extensive experience as a project manager, with industry interviews and specific exercises included in each chapter, making it highly practical and very beneficial for readers to learn and understand the related content. The accompanying CD-ROM includes templates and exercises used in the book. This book is suitable as a textbook for universities and software engineering-related courses, and can also be referenced by software developers.