IT Management
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740301731
Table of contents: title: Content; title: About the author and IT Leaders; title: An introduction to IT projects, programmes & change; title: Project success guidelines 1 - Get off to a good start; title: 1. Choose good projects (be careful what you ask for); title: 2. Choose the right time to start; title: 3. Choose a good team; title: 4. Be clear on what is being delivered; title: 5. Create a high level architecture; title: Project success guidelines 2 - Managing project progress; title: 1. Develop strong project management skills; title: 2. Make them sweat the small stuff; title: 3. Keep a high level overview for yourself; title: 4. Tips for managing costs, contracts and suppliers; title: 5. Set up good project governance; title: 6. Communicate clearly to all parties; title: 7. Keep measuring value (SPRINT); title: 8. The art of managing project portfolios; title: Project success guidelines 3 - Closing the project; title: 1. Get ready early for the “go-live”; title: 2. Make the change “irreversible”; title: Risk Management - 5 things to know; title: 1.; title: 2. The basic calculation – Problems vs. Risks?; title: 3. The Risk Register; title: 4. Assumption based risk analysis; title: 5. A smart way of visualizing risk profiles; title: 6. Quality based costing and Monte Carlo; title: Change leadership; title: 1. The special role that IT managers play in business change; title: 2. Success guidelines for business change; title: 3. The emotional side of (business) change (DREC); title: 4. The importance of a good team; title: Outline of the top project frameworks; title: 1. International standards; title: 2. PRINCE2; title: 3. Project Management Institute; title: 4. Agile Development; title: In conclusion; title: 1. Take time to reflect; title: 2. Staying ahead