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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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The future of many organizations depends on their ability to harness the power of information technology, and good project managers continue to be in high demand. Colleges have responded to this need by establishing courses in project management and making them part of the information technology, management, engineering, and other curriculum. Corporations are investing in continuing education to help develop effective project managers and project teams. This text provides a much-needed framework for teaching courses in project management, especially those that emphasize managing information technology projects. The first five editions of this text were extremely well received by people in academia and the workplace. The Sixth Edition builds on the strengths of the previous editions and adds new, important information and features.
It s impossible to read a newspaper, magazine, or Web page without hearing about the impact of information technology on our society. Information is traveling faster and being shared by more individuals than ever before. You can buy just about anything online, surf the Web on a mobile phone, or use a wireless Internet connection at your local coffee shop. Companies have linked their many systems together to help them fill orders on time and better serve their customers. Software companies are continually developing new products to help streamline our work and get better results. When technology works well, it is almost invisible. But did it ever occur to you to ask,  Who makes these complex technologies and systems happen?
Because you re reading this text, you must have an interest in the  behind-the-scenes aspects of technology. If I ve done my job well, as you read you ll begin to see the many innovations society is currently experiencing as the result of thousands of successful infor- mation technology projects. In this text, you ll read about IT projects around the world that went well, including Mittal Steel Poland s Implementation of SAP project that unified IT sys- tems to improve business and financial processes; Dell Earth and other green computing projects that save energy and millions of dollars; and Six Sigma projects such as the project to improve case load management at Baptist St. Anthony s Hospital in Amarillo, Texas; the systems infrastructure project at the Boots Company in the United Kingdom that is taking advantage of supplier competition to cut costs and improve services; Kuala Lumpur s state- of-the-art Integrated Transport Information System (ITIS) project; and many more. Of course, not all projects are successful.
Kathy Schwalbe - Personal Name
1st Edtion
13: 978-0-538-48268-
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Management
English
2011
1-184
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