| The Project Management Paradigm Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Burnett, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 3540762388 ISBN-13: 9783540762386 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: This book covers all aspects of project management, explaining how IT projects should be managed and controlled. The book covers such topics as quality management and testing, project team roles and responsibilities, and the necessity of clarity in the definition of the project's ultimate goals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Project Management - Business & Economics | Purchasing & Buying - Business & Economics | Production & Operations Management |
| Dewey: 658.404 |
| LCCN: 98002641 |
| Series: Practitioner |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.15" W x 9.26" (0.96 lbs) 261 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduction The changing business environment, of global operations, mergers, decen- tralization, increased competition, pressure on budgets etc., has contributed to a positive change in the workplace. As this change continues, we must keep up to date and follow good standards, principles and practices. To help, we present the 'Paradigm of Project Management', which is based on a simple practical approach to managing projects. The method is flexible and may be applied to any project, although in this book we concentrate on the devel- opment of systems. However, it also illustrates that the formation and management of project teams are changing in line with technology. As Dr Tom Peters says: 'Stability and predictability are gone forever . . . '. For example, project teams may work from home (telework), using email and groupware along 'electronic highways'. Therefore, instead of going through a pyramid of people to reach an executive, one can use the Internet, an intranet or an extranet and go direct. Another change is represented by the transient teams and Get -it -Done working approaches. An example of how a global project was managed is one in which Malaysia's International Shipping Corporation (MISC) implemented MISC*Net, a networking project to link online all of its shipping agents worldwide to its HQ in Malaysia. Project management was a key component in the solution prior to awarding the contract. IBM and MISC worked on the International Project Management System. |