IT Project Management eBook |
| Name of book: | Practical Project Management |
| Author: | Not Available |
| Blurb: | Only $29.95 for a condensed guide from 25 years in the computer industry giving clear, practical guidance to project managers. Written by a senior project manager consultant and mentor from the presentation notes of his 2 day course charged at $3,000. |
| Price: | $29.95 |
| Book Website: | Get Ebook Now |
| Description: |
- "Practical Project Management" eBook is a simple, practical guide to managing your IT projects, based on experience. It's the fastest way to learn IT Project Management. It starts from what you know - writing software, upgrading computers or networks, eCommerce, web sites, telecoms and much more. It's like having an experienced project management specialist looking over your shoulder every step of the way, mentoring you, offering advice and reminders from all their years of experience, every step of the way. You'll learn quickly what you need and what you don't need to do and what can go wrong and what pitfalls to avoid.
- Here's a look at chapter and subsection headings:
-Overview of a Project
The Background to IT Project Management
The PM Process in Brief
A Word about Software and Tools
-Scope, Specification and Contract
Initiation and Analysis
Scoping and Functional Specification
Functional Spec and Requirements Capture – Do I Need It?
Who’s Paying for all this Work? The Contract
-The Project Plan
Project Scope Inclusions and Exclusions
Work Breakdown Structure
Schedule
Cost Breakdown Structure
Resource Schedule
Governance
Standards Compliance
Risks and Issues
Testing and Acceptance
Other Documentation
-Work Breakdown Structure
Two Ways to Go
Layout, Numbering and Software
Top Level
Second Level
Things to Include
Example WBS
-Schedule
Initial Steps
Parallel Tasks
The Critical Path
Float is Good
Holidays and Sick Leave
Monte Carlo Analysis
-Resources
Who’s Doing What
Contractors
Part Time People
Hours in a Day
Levels of Expertise
Resource Levelling
Client’s People and Roadblocks
Computers and Hardware
Buildings and Location
Software, Licenses
-Risks and Issues
Risks
Issues
The Register
Constant Updates
-Budget
Time Phase, Earned Value or Milestone Payments
Travel, Materials, Overheads
Equipment
Fixed Price or Time and Materials
Quotes
Keeping Track and Reporting
A Word About Profits
-Tracking and Execution
Design
Meetings
Reporting
Tracking Issues and Risks
Tracking the Budget
Tracking the Schedule
Changes and Deviations
-The Forgotten Tasks
Testing
Integration
Documentation
Training
Project Acceptance
Maintenance
Systems Configuration
Data Migration
-Acceptance and Closing
Lessons Learnt – Yours and Theirs
Final Signoff – Are We All Happy?
Follow On and Leftovers – Dragging it Out
Keep It, File It, Take It - Documentation
-Common Problems
Estimating Time
Estimating Software Development Time
Resource Availability and Critical People
Changing Scope
Insufficient Scope Detail
Lack of End User Understanding
Lack of Rigour in Task Breakdown
Insufficient Reviews
Budgets, Taxes
Legal Issues
Governance – Engineering, Accreditation & QA
Governance - Financial – Corporate & Federal
Access, Downtime, Weekends and Late Nights
Two Systems at Once
Intellectual Property
UI Design and Human Factors
Training: Users, Maintainers, Support
Spares, Product Life
Corporate Buying Guidelines – Commonality of Brands
Licensing: HW, SW, How Long, Who Owns it First?
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