Project Management for
Information Systems
4th Edition
James Cadle, Donald Yeates
Description
For undergraduate courses in
Information Systems that include Project Management
Project Management for
Information Systems is a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of
computer-based information systems. The book combines theory, practice and advice on the
role of the project leader in managing the team, the individual and the task. This book
will enable the reader to plan all aspects of an IS project and to ensure that the project
is implemented in a timely way and to budget. The book takes a very practical approach,
which examines best practice and why projects fail.
Features
- Includes a section on
Project Failure.
- Includes a chapter on
Project Budgets. Covers both `activity on arrow' and `activity on node'.
- Includes a running case
study throughout the book.
- Good illustrations, Further
Reading and Web references.
Contents
1. Managing Change
2. Business Strategy
and Information Systems
3. The Business Case -
cost benefit analysis
4. The Organisational
Framework
5. The Project Support
Office
6. Development
Lifecycles and Approaches
7. Profile of a
Project
8. Project Planning
9. Estimating
10. Scheduling and
resourcing
11. Monitoring Progress
12 Exercising Control
13. Reporting Progress
14. Quality
15. Risk Management
16. Value Engineering and
Value Management
17. Selling the Project
18. Stakeholder Management
Issues
19. Managing Suppliers
20. Leadership
21. Performance
Management
22. Project Teams
24. Managing the People
25. The Project Manager
26. Project Management
qualifications and Bodies of Knowledge
448 PAGES