IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, 3rd Edition
- Length: 640 pages
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
- Publication Date: 2010-02-25
- ISBN-10: 0071700439
- ISBN-13: 9780071700436
- Sales Rank: #684916 (See Top 100 Books)
Master IT Project Management
This practical, up-to-date guide explains how to successfully manage an IT project and prepare for CompTIA Project+ certification. IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Editionwalks you through each step of the IT project management process, covering critical strategies for on-time and within-budget projects. You’ll get proven methods for initiating a project, selecting qualified team members, conferring with management, establishing communication, setting realistic timetables, tracking costs, and closing a project.
Learn how to:
- Define project requirements and create the project charter
- Create a feasibility study and establish project priority
- Determine strategy and obtain management approval
- Manage project scope and determine project expenses
- Build the project management plan
- Organize and lead a project team
- Track progress and calculate the Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Implement changes to the project plan
- Perform continuous quality management
- Complete the project and assess deliverables
On the CD:
- CompTIA Project+ practice exam
- Project management video training from the author
- Ready-to-use templates and worksheets
- Complete e-book
Joseph Phillips, PMP, CompTIA Project+, is the Director of Education for Project Seminars. He is the author of PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Second Edition; CAPM/PMP Project Management Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition; CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional All-in-One Exam Guide; and PgMP Program Management Professional All-in-One Exam Guide.