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Introduction to IT Project Management provides IT project managers the practical tools needed to maintain daily operations while managing multiple projects. This valuable reference helps IT project managers, CIOs, and project sponsors understand the IT project environment so that projects can be managed much more efficiently and successfully. An instructor's guide is available.
Combat the Deadly Sins of Project Management! Project management is a tough business. Not only must project managers contend with schedules, budgets, and a host of stakeholder demands, but they must also deal with sometimes vexing human behaviors, such as whining, indecision, opposition, inflexibility, complacency, and tunnel vision, to name a few. Projects can be negatively impacted by common "sins" that hinder, stall, or throw the project off track. In The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management, the contributors focus on each "deadly sin" and probe its manifestations and consequences for projects. By sharing their personal experiences, as well as some historical events, the contributors spot...
Continuous improvements in project portfolio management have allowed for optimized strategic planning and business process improvement. This not only leads to more streamlined processes, methods, and technologies, but it increases the overall productivity of companies. Project Portfolio Management Strategies for Effective Organizational Operations is a key resource on the latest advances and research regarding strategic initiatives for portfolio and program management. Highlighting multidisciplinary studies on value creation, portfolio governance and communication, and integrated circular models, this publication is an ideal reference source for professionals, researchers, business managers, consultants, and university students in economics, management, and engineering.
Overview A MScPM (or Master of Science in Project Management) is a degree that will prepare you for a role as (Senior) Project Manager/Director Project Management. Content - Building the action plan: scheduling, estimating and resource allocation - Achieving stakeholder satisfaction through project control - Project risk management - A model for building teamwork - New project development processes - Enterprise project management - Quick tips - Speedy solutions - Cutting-edge ideas - Making good decisions - Ideas and what to do with them - Leadership and trust - What to do when things go wrong - Over 120 new exercises to practice what you’ve learnt Duration 10 months Assessment The assessment will take place on the basis of one assignment at the end of the course. Tell us when you feel ready to take the exam and we’ll send you the assignment questions. Study material The study material will be provided in separate files by email / download link.
Organizations are successful based on their ability to achieve strategic goals. Why didn’t you achieve your strategy? Too many organizations waste time and money on developing strategy but don’t achieve their goals. What goes wrong? Poor predictions about the future; internal politics that impact the projects selected; biases in the decision-making process, and other stumbling blocks. This book provides the approach that significantly increases an organization’s ability to achieve its strategy. This is not a book about developing strategy. This is a book that will help you actually achieve the strategy the organization’s leadership has developed. Strategy is necessary but it is a complete waste of time unless it is effectively turned into real results. If you want to see where an organization will be in 5 years, don’t look at its strategic goals. Look at where management spends the money.
This book is most suitable for aspiring and practicing project managers keen to benefit from real projects lessons learned, coupled with preparation for PMP or Prince II exams. Akin to those in PMO and program level managers and directors and management level who often play the stakeholders roles in the projects in the organization and interested to accelerate the success rates of project investment using lessons learned. This book dives deep into true scenarios in appreciating project business value, project financing decisions and looking at projects as investments tool by using certain mathematical formula and analysis methodology in achieving earned value management or arriving at decision point of continue or terminate projects. This book looks deep into compilation of bonus tips on applying PMP formula and principles into using soft and hard skills through easy-to-read and user-friendly diagrams. In the end, a PMP or Prince II or ITIL qualification is simply not enough without real field experience. Therefore, lessons learned and learning from last things first would be of great help here.
Is your organization one of the 85% who develop strategic goals but fail to achieve them? The difference between successful, growing organizations and dying organizations is the ability to achieve future goals. Why didn't you achieve your strategy? Too many organizations waste time and money on developing strategy and then never achieve their goals. What goes wrong? Items that derail the best intentions include poor predictions about the future; internal politics that impact the projects selected; biases in the decision-making process, and other stumbling blocks. This book provides the approach that significantly increases an organization's ability to achieve its strategy. This is not a book...
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What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized leaders such as General George S. Patton to study his principles-and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? What lessons can today's project managers and leaders learn from Napoleon's successes and failures? "Napoleon on Project Management" explores the key principles behind Napoleon's successes, the triggers that led to his downfall, and the lessons to be learned from his ultimate demise-and applies these lessons to modern-day project management and leadership at all levels.
Introduction to IT Project Management provides IT project managers the practical tools needed to maintain daily operations while managing multiple projects. This valuable reference helps IT project managers, CIOs, and project sponsors understand the IT project environment so that projects can be managed much more efficiently and successfully. An instructor's guide is available.