Managing IT projects for business change : from risk to success / Jeff Morgan and Chris Dale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Jeff (Project manager)

Contributor:

Dale, Chris, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology projects--Management.

Information technology projects.

Organizational change--Management.

Organizational change.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Managing information technology projects for business change

Place of Publication:

Swindon : BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book will empower experienced project managers and their business counterparts to understand and manage the risks of challenging business change projects. Providing principles and guidance, it shows project managers and owners how to guide projects home when mere excellence of technique or blind adherence to procedures would leave them at sea.

Contents:

Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR; DEFINITIONS; OUR MAIN THEMES; WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS; IN SUMMARY; 2 THE BUSINESS CONTEXT FOR SUCCESS; DEFINING SUCCESS; THE NATURE OF SUCCESS; BENEFITS: TESTS OF SUCCESS; PLANNING FOR RISKS; MANAGING EXPECTATIONS; MAKING A SUCCESS OUT OF NECESSITY; 3 ENABLING SUCCESS; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; 4 DESIGNING THE PROJECT; SCOPE AND DELIVERABLES; CHOOSING THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SENIOR STAFF; ASSESSING THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT; PROJECT DISCIPLINE; COMMUNICATIONS

STANDARDS AND THEIR EFFECT ON BUSINESS CONSENTPLANNING FOR FAILURE; IN CONCLUSION; 5 MAKING A START; BUSINESS CASE SENSITIVITY, ASSUMPTIONS AND RISKS; PROJECT PACE; STANDARDS, METHODS AND TOOLS; STAFFING AND RESOURCING; ACCEPTANCE; PROJECT PROCESSES; 6 PLAN, PLAN AND PLAN AGAIN; A PLAN AS THE 'PATH TO SUCCESS'; LAYERING OF PLANS; UNDERSTANDING A PLAN; CREATING A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN (PMP); THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN; COMPLETION PLAN; DETAILED PLANNING; RE-PLANNING: PLAN, PLAN AND PLAN AGAIN; 7 CHECK WHERE YOU ARE; KEEPING TIME; COMMUNICATION; CHECKING AND ACTING ON RISKS

CHECKING AND ACTING ON ISSUESWHAT'S COMING UP?; 8 DO UNTIL FINISHED; THE CRITICAL ASPECTS OF EXECUTION; OTHER TASKS YOU MAY HAVE TO DO; 9 DEALING WITH TROUBLE; OUR KNOWLEDGE OF TROUBLE; FIRST INDICATIONS OF TROUBLE; LINES OF DEFENCE; LESSONS LEARNED; SEVERE TROUBLE; SOURCES OF TROUBLE; DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES; 10 CAPTURING SUCCESS AND MOVING ON; COMPLETING AND CLOSING THE PROJECT; LEARNING THE LESSONS; 11 CONCLUDING LESSONS; HOW CAN PROJECTS SUCCEED?; WHY DO PROJECTS FAIL?; THE LESSONS; APPENDIX A WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE; WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE EXAMPLE

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WBS ENTRIES - BUDGETS ALLOCATED BY CATEGORYAPPENDIX B A NOTE ABOUT PROJECT PLANS; OTHER MANAGEMENT PLANS; APPENDIX C THE MOSCOW RULES FOR CATEGORISING REQUIREMENTS; COST-PLUS CONTRACTS; REFERENCES; INDEX; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 8, 2013).

ISBN:

1-78017-162-5

1-78017-161-7

OCLC:

862103298