50 top IT project management challenges / Premanand Doraiswamy, Premi Shiv.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Doraiswamy, Premanand.

Contributor:

• Shiv, Premi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Information technology--Management.
• Management information systems.
• Information technology projects--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Fifty top information technology project management challenges

Place of Publication:

Ely, Cambridgeshire : IT Governance Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book offers a focused and concise summary of 50 challenges facing today's IT project manager. The authors draw on years of practical experience (rather than classroom theory) to outline these challenges and offer useful tips and advice on how to deal with them.

Contents:

• About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Challenge 1: Unclear Requirements; Challenge 2: Missed Requirement; Challenge 3: Delay in Document Approvals; Challenge 4: Scope Creep; Challenge 5: Unclear Risks and Issues; Challenge 6: Project Infrastucture Issues; Challenge 7: Service Introduction Challenges; Challenge 8: Undefined Project Dependencies; Challenge 9: Project Methodology; Challenge 10: Handle Escalation; Challenge 11: Time-Driven Projects; Challenge 12: Undefined Roles and Responsibilities; Challenge 13: Post-Live Support Uncovered
• Challenge 14: Project Infrastructure Delivery DelayedChallenge 15: Unclear Quality Criteria; Challenge 16: Unstructured Project Costing; Challenge 17: Resource Utilisation; Challenge 18: Revision of Estimates and Timescales; Challenge 19: Vendor Quality Issues; Challenge 20: Wrong Assumptions; Challenge 21: Unclear Business Rollout Approach; Challenge 22: Project Cancellation; Challenge 23: Project Operational Issues; Challenge 24: Undefined Project Critical Path; Challenge 25: Time and Cost Issues; Challenge 26: Overestimation of Projects; Challenge 27: Unmanageable Plan
• Challenge 28: Overspent ProjectsChallenge 29: Vendor Payment Milestone Issues; Challenge 30: Poor Source Code Quality; Challenge 31: Process Interference; Challenge 32: Project Colour Coding; Challenge 33: Project Go-Live Failures; Challenge 34: Project Prototype Failure; Challenge 35: Critical Team Member Absence; Challenge 36: Insufficient Schedule Information; Challenge 37: Insufficient Domain Knowledge; Challenge 38: Insufficient Technical Knowledge; Challenge 39: Delay in Starting Project; Challenge 40: Missing Teamwork; Challenge 41: Performance Appraisal Conflicts
• Challenge 42: Project Synergy MissingChallenge 43: Stakeholder's Micromanagement; Challenge 44: Project Status Report Issues; Challenge 45: Vendor Contract Confusion; Challenge 46: War with PMO; Challenge 47: Ambiguous Statement of Work; Challenge 48: Ambiguous Non-Functional Requirements; Challenge 49: Too Many Meetings; Challenge 50: Troubled Project Rescue; ITG Resources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

• 9781849283434
• 1849283435
• 9781299468702
• 1299468705
• 9781849283427
• 1849283427

OCLC:

794491650