Information Technology Project Management : A Concise Study

This book, in its third edition, is aimed at emphasizing the fundamental concepts associated with IT Project Management from a balanced perspective of theory and practice. By presenting the information in an abstracted form, this text guides the students through all phases of project life cycle, i.e. initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.

Besides such general management activities, this book compre-hensively deals with all critical dimensions of project such as scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procure-ment, and integrations in order to enhance the reader’s understanding of technical competencies required in project management.

1. Project Management Backdrop

2. Quality and Quality Management Systems

3. Project Management Processes and PMIS

4. Pre-project Scenario

5. Project Initiation

6. Project Planning

7. Project Execution, Monitoring and Control

8. Project Closing and Beyond

9. Project Management Summary by Knowledge Areas

Appendices

A. IT Around Us

B. Capacity Planning

C. Software Development Orientation

D. Estimation Techniques

E. Quality Control

F. Metrics and Measurements

G. Configuration Management

H. Human Resources Management

I. Project Structure and Roles

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