Unmasking Project Management [electronic resource] : The Business Perspective of Information Systems Success /
Moraveck, C.author.
Unmasking Project Management helps professionals in information technology (IT) and business identify successful approaches to management of information systems (MIS) that will work for their organizations and projects.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface: An Address to Students, Business Managers, Information Technology Managers, and Project Managers; Acknowledgments; One Introduction; Definitions; Information Systems Project Management; Fundamental Question; The Organization of Th is Book; Two Organization and Forces of Information Systems Change; Project Risks; Success and Doing What Works; Project Management Principles; Why Projects Fail or Lack Functional Benefits; About the IT Manager; The Importance of How People Work; The Public View
Project Manager AssignmentsNovice Managers; Forces of Change; Business Initiatives; Three From Visions to Information Systems Projects; Project Management; Portfolio Management; Project Priorities and Selection Methods; The Role of the Project Manager; IT Project Management in Public-Sector Organizations; From Vision to Completion; The Project Life Cycle and Software Engineering; Software Project Management Methodology; Characteristics of Information Systems Projects; The Project Management Institute (PMI) Method; Commercial, Packaged Information Systems Software; Request for Proposal (RFP)
Contractual AgreementsManaging Systems Works Requests for an Agency; Different Types of Information Systems; Decisions and the Business Strategy; Awareness of the Differences; System Boundaries and the Environment; Four Avoiding Some Common Problems; Information Technology Standards and Policies; Expert Opinion in Business; The Three Areas of Measuring Project Success; Learn to Celebrate; Communicate Accomplishments; Resources for Project Managers; Five Stakeholder Management and IT Governance; Stakeholders in Government Organizations; Centralization versus Decentralization
Who Is in Charge of Information Technology?IT Governance Model; About the CIO; Six Middle Space; The Human Resources IT Project; Endorsing Communication; The Influence of Politics; Navigating in Fog; Opportunities; Relationship with Your Employer; More about Middle Space; Agendas; Mood Regulation; Distancing Strategies; Leadership Styles; Peer Relationships; Types of Peers; Retirement Parties; Collaboration; Organization Structure That Supports Departments; Seven The Career Path and Working within the Organization; Choices You Can Make; Education and Professional Development
Horizontal and Vertical Career PathsEight The Project Manager; Leading the Project; The Project Manager's Skills; Project Manager's Leadership Style; Nine Critical Success Factors and Project Success; Ten Critical Success Factors; Ten Measuring Project Success; The Balanced Scorecard; How to Measure Project Success; The Project Questionnaire; Research on E-Government and Project Success; Eleven The Essentials of Good Management Practices; Some Essentials; Putting the Recommendations Together; Working Together; More about Peers; Management Concepts and Principles; Project Essentials
Organization Essentials
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
Unmasking Project Management helps professionals in information technology (IT) and business identify successful approaches to management of information systems (MIS) that will work for their organizations and projects.
Operations research.
Decision making.
Knowledge management.
Management.
Management information systems.
Production management.
Project management.
Operations Research/Decision Theory.
Knowledge Management.
Management.
Business Information Systems.
Operations Management.
Project Management.