Managing Projects with Microsoft WORD (A Wiley-QED publication) Book

Here is your chance to learn software project management from a host of successful is managers as well as three of the leading authors in the field. This one-of-a-kind handbook integrates topics that have historically been treated separately and establishes a strategic framework for project initiation, justification, and executive sponsorship. It defines the role of the project manager within the context of the organization and examines such issues as: realistic planning, why projects fail or succeed, proactive management, aligning IS and business requirements, project communication, assessing team members, and the effective use of _]ADs.Entertaining anecdotes and case studies document both successful and unsuccessful projects, and the responses of more than 60 top-notch IS managers to a detailed management survey supplement the extensive conclusions made by the authors. This indispensable guide: Explains the roles of key players involved in the systems development process.Outlines a checklist of factors to consider when initiating a project.Offers a method of measuring project success or failure.Examines common avoidable reasons for project failure.Introduces Interactive Project Development Methodology (IPDM).Provides a basic tutorial for using Microsoft Project 4 to help manage projectssuccessfully.Can be applied to any phase of the systems development life cycle and to both in-house and outsourced projects.Read More