Project Management for IT-Related Projects: 3rd edition

From the preface: "This book aims to give a practical introduction to fundamental IT project management principles and techniques.""The text was designed to help those from an IT practitioner background who were beginning to take on project management responsibilities. It might also give IT users some insights into IT project management issues. The book therefore goes beyond simply helping people to tick the right boxes in a test and aspires to support novice IT project leaders in their place of work." "A measure of the success of the previous editions was that they started to be used for purposes for which they were not primarily designed. One example of this was the BCS Higher Education Qualification Diploma in IT Project Management (an ‘academic’ BCS qualification comparable to a UK university award and taken mainly by overseas candidates).""the focus still remains on the foundations – there is only so much you can cram into a three-day course – but care has been taken here to provide links to other, more detailed project management material. Wherever possible, alternatives to the terminology we have used are provided for techniques and concepts to allow easier cross-reference to other bodies of knowledge. For example, ‘steering committee’, ‘project board’ and ‘project management board’ all refer to largely the same concept in project management." This book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders. Each chapter includes an overview of the learning objectives, detailed discussion of the syllabus content, activities and multiple choice questions for self-assessment in line with the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management. This new edition introduces the latest project management thinking, terminology and standards. -- "The structured approach, with clearly laid out learning objectives, will appeal to trainers and academics as well as practitioners, and the content is lucidly written and supported by some excellent diagrams. This practical book hits several important targets and is a valuable update of a popular standard text."--Miles Shepherd, Vice President, Association for Project Management (APM) -- "This is a project manager's 'must-have' book, and a great testimony to the author team's hard work in pulling together a wealth of practical advice for aspiring and current project managers. 10/10!" - George Williams MBCS CITP, Management Consultant This book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders. Each chapter includes an overview of the learning objectives, detailed discussion of the syllabus content, activities and multiple choice questions for self-assessment in line with the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management. This new edition introduces the latest project management thinking, terminology and standards.|This book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders. Each chapter includes an overview of the learning objectives, detailed discussion of the syllabus content, activities and multiple choice questions for self-assessment in line with the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management. This new edition introduces the latest project management thinking, terminology and standards. Ideal for IT practitioners with project management responsibility, this book explains the principles of IT-related project management, covering key areas such as project planning, monitoring and control, change and risk management and communication between project stakeholders. This edition introduces the latest thinking, terminology and standards. Updates content on standards, adds up-to-date terminology, incorporates more on Agile and Scrum Each chapter includes sample questions and answers to reinforce the learning processOfficial textbook for the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project ManagementNew edition - replaces 9781780171180