Maximizing benefits from IT project management : from requirements to value delivery / Jose Lopez Soriano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soriano, Jose Lopez, author.

Series:

CRC Press advanced and emerging communications technologies series.

Advanced and emerging communications technologies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Information technology projects.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

With the majority of IT projects being delivered late, over budget, or cancelled altogether, it is clear that traditional project management methodologies do not provide an effective framework for today's IT projects. It is evident that a new Return-on-Investment (ROI) oriented approach is required that focuses on the ROI of a project from its inception. Maximizing Benefits from IT Project Management: From Requirements to Value Delivery provides comprehensive guidelines for determining an accurate ROI before the project has progressed to the point where it's over bud

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Reflections on the Current State of IT Project Management; 2 The Evolution and Influence of Knowledge Management; 3 Perspectives on the History of Computing; 4 The Systems Development Life Cycle-Introduction; 5 The Systems Development Life Cycle-Planning; 6 The Systems Development Life Cycle-Analysis; 7 The Systems Development Life Cycle-Design; 8 The Systems Development Life Cycle-Build and Test; 9 The Systems Development Life Cycle-System Implementation; 10 Managing Problems Related to Information Systems

11 Managing Problems Related to Project Management12 Managing Problems Related to the Project Budget; 13 Managing Problems Related to Value Delivery; 14 Managing Problems Related to Internal Supplier Issues; 15 Creating a Methods Approach to Work; 16 The Role of Information Systems in Generating Business Value; 17 Value Chain and Process Management; 18 Opportunities to Create Value through Information Systems; 19 Managing the Return on Investment; 20 Project Analysis and the Business Case; 21 Project Classifications in the Business Environment; 22 Preparing the Project Definition

23 Structural Benefits24 Operational Benefits; 25 Business Enhancement Benefits; 26 Improved Management Benefits; Index

Notes:

An Auerbach book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4665-1625-9

0-429-09399-3

1-280-12206-4

9786613525925

1-4398-4162-4

9780429093999

OCLC:

769153765