IT Enterprise Project Management: Problems. Methods and Tools

Author: Lin Rui
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: There are many IT enterprises in China engaged in the development of "software, hardware and software systems, and integrated circuits," among which most are small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 200 employees, estimated to be fewer than 10,000. Most IT enterprises in China face issues such as disorganized management, low quality, delayed schedules, and cost overruns in their software and hardware development projects, severely hindering their growth. IT enterprises urgently need highly specialized and effective project management methods and corresponding tools to reduce the difficulty of project management and improve efficiency. This book covers the main areas of project management in IT enterprises: organizational structure and human resource management, project initiation and closure, project planning and monitoring, requirements development and management, change management, software quality management, and software configuration management. The author identifies common project management problems in each chapter, provides solutions, and elaborates on the integrated project management methodology (SPP). The last chapter of the book introduces the usage of the integrated project management system (Future), and readers can download the latest trial version of Future software from http://www.chinaspis.com. Readers will benefit from the following:
1. After reading this book, readers will understand the common project management problems in IT enterprises, master the methods and tools to solve them, and apply them immediately.
2. Company management can, with SPP and Future, quickly and smoothly establish an economical, effective, and universally recognized project management platform, making it easier to achieve performance in R&D management and enhance authority.
3. By using a unified integrated project management method and tools internally, enterprises can improve work efficiency and reduce management costs. Enterprises will continuously accumulate project knowledge wealth and benefit in the long run.
The primary readers of this book are IT R&D supervisors, project managers, and software developers, as well as college graduates who are about to join IT enterprises. This book can also serve as a teaching reference for software colleges.
The book covers the main areas of project management in IT enterprises: organizational structure and human resource management, project initiation and closure, project planning and monitoring, requirements development and management, change management, software quality management, and software configuration management. The author identifies common project management problems in each chapter, provides solutions, and elaborates on the integrated project management methodology (SPP). The last chapter of the book introduces the usage of the integrated project management system (Future), and readers can download the latest trial version of Future software from http://www.chinaspis.com.