- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (19 Oct 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471044016
- ISBN-13: 978-0471044017
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,931,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Learn to initiate, develop, and implement effective, user–pleasing software projects on time and within budget.
Here is your chance to learn software project management from a host of successful IS managers as well as three of the leading authors in the field. This one–of–a–kind handbook integrates topics that have historically been treated separately and establishes a strategic framework for project initiation, justification, and executive sponsorship. It defines the role of the project manager within the context of the organization and examines such issues as: realistic planning, why projects fail or succeed, proactive management, aligning IS and business requirements, project communication, assessing team members, and the effective use of JADs.
Entertaining anecdotes and case studies document both successful and unsuccessful projects, and the responses of more than 60 top–notch IS managers to a detailed management survey supplement the extensive conclusions made by the authors. This indispensable guide:
- Explains the roles of key players involved in the systems development process
- Outlines a checklist of factors to consider when initiating a project
- Offers a method of measuring project success or failure
- Examines common avoidable reasons for project failure
- Introduces Interactive Project Development Methodology (IPDM)
- Provides a basic tutorial for using Microsoft Project 4 to help manage projects successfully
- Can be applied to any phase of the systems development life cycle and to both in–house and outsourced projects
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a newcommer to project management and project 2000, I found this a reasonably usefull introduction to Project Management. It does however drone on somewhat in something of a university textbook style which is probably innapropriate to a busy manager looking to pick up the information quickly. The section at the back on actually using Project 2000 is surprisingly small and is frankly dreadfull. The writer does not seem to have made his mind up if he is writing a tutorial or not. It is hard to follow, confusing and gives poor disjointed examples. Look elsewhere!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Good basic source for project managers
23 May 2000
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This book covers a good range of basic project management issues. It has good chapters on why projects fail and why projects succeed, with very specific issues outlined. All in all, I found this book to be very practical and hands-on, and one of the best I've seen for getting an overview of the subject. Applicable to more than just software projects; it would also be useful for web project managers and producers. I am hoping an updated version will be coming out, because a large section of the book is dedicated to project management using Microsoft Project 4, now outdated. However, I would still recommend this book for anyone trying to get a good grip on this topic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
an all rounded book, from the conceptual to the practical
1 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
This is an all rounded book, from the conceptual to the hands-on practical level. It can ne used as a text book, cook book or "creating ideas" book with appeal to the student, to the neophyte as well as the seasoned project manager.
I found the material well distributed and balanced ; epecially liked the concept of IPDM (iterative project development methodology) and the chapter on outsourcing; the survey results give it more authenticity.
The Microsoft chapters and the templates are also very useful.
I would have liked the templates to be more unified, perhaps tying back with the concepts of phase/activity/task.
Highly recommended as a very good book on project management.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Resource For Software Project Management
12 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
This text is a good resource for educators, students, and IT professionals. So regardless of whether the reader is a novice, academic, or practioner he or she will find it useful. It is well written, and the topics are presented with clarity. The sequence of the topics and overall format of the content is presented in a structured manner and builds on concepts that were discussed previously. This text incorporates teaching and learning techniques that make it appropriate for class room use. The supplementary materials provide readers with opportunities to apply the techniques described in the book.
The introduction of the Iterative Project Development Methodology (IPDM) outlined in this book will update the knowledge and skills of IT professionals whose projects may include n-tier architecture, legacy applications, open systems, Web-based applications, and e-business solutions. In addition to the wide array of methods, tools and approaches presented, I found the discussion on the pitfalls and cost overruns of software projects particularly insightful. Understanding the factors that cause these projects to fail is crucial to assessing the risk factors which are related to specific projects. The authors point out the sources of pitfalls associated with software projects, they explain how such pitfalls can be avoided by the implementation of current project management methodologies. This approach justifies the need for implementing best practices using Microsoft Project 2000.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of software project management, it is an excellent resource.
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