Methods of IT project management / by Jeffrey L. Brewer, PMP, and Kevin C. Dittman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Project Management Overview--Chapter 1 Introduction to Project Management--The Project Management Chronicles--How to Use the Demonstration Case--Chapter Preview and Objectives--An Introduction to Project Management--The History of Project Management--Project Management Definitions--The Triple Constraint--The Need for Better Project Management--Profiles of Project Managers and the Profession--Where in the Organization Does a Project Manager Work? Organizational Structures (Formal and Informal)--Chapter Review--Glossary--Review Questions--Problems and Exercises--Projects and Research--Minicases--Suggested Readings--Chapter 2 A Systems View and Systems Methodology--Chapter Preview and Objectives--The Systems Approach to Project Management--The Project Management Life Cycle--The Product Systems Development Life Cycle--The Waterfall Model--The Evolutionary Prototyping Model--The Spiral Model--The Iterative and Incremental Model--The Scrum Model--The RUP Model--The XP Model--The Kanban Model Integration of Project to Product Life Cycles--Tailoring the Project Approach--Chapter Review--Glossary--Review Questions--Problems and Exercises--Minicase--Suggested Readings--Chapter 3 The Project Management Framework--Chapter Preview and--Objectives--A Framework for Project Management--The Process Groups--The Knowledge Areas--The Component Processes--Initiating Component Processes and Major Deliverables--Planning Component Processes and Major Deliverables--Execution Component Processes and Major Deliverables Controlling Component--Processes and Major Deliverables--Closing Component Processes and Major Deliverables--Framework Summary--Chapter Review--Glossary--Review Questions--Problems and Exercises--Projects and Research--Minicase--Suggested Readings--PART 2 Project Initiation and Planning Methods--Chapter 4 Project Selection and Initiation--Chapter Preview and Objectives--An Introduction to Project Selection and Initiation--Business Case--Project Management Concepts: Project Selection and Initiation--Strategic Planning--Project Selection Models Weighted--Scoring Model--Additional Project Valuation Techniques--Stakeholder Analysis--Project Charter--Kickoff Meeting--Project Selection and the Initiation Process--How to Conduct the Project Initiation Process--Step 1: Preparing the Business Case--Step 2: Creating the Steering Committee--Step 3: Reviewing the Strategic Plan and the Current Situation--Step 4: Building the WSM--Step 5: Reviewing Resource Needs and Availability--Step 6: Selecting Projects--Step 7: Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis--Step 8: Creating the Project Charter.

"Designed for graduate, advanced undergraduate, and practitioner project management courses with an information technology focus, Methods of IT Project Management is designed around the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), incorporating material from the latest seventh edition while still maintaining the book's process approach. The text provides students with all the concepts, techniques, artifacts, and methods found in the leading project management reference books and modern development methodologies (agile, hybrid, and traditional), while also conveying practical knowledge that can immediately be applied in real-world settings. Unlike other books in this area, the material is organized according to the sequence of a generic project life cycle-from project selection to initiation, planning, execution, control, and iteration or project closeout. Following this life-cycle approach, as opposed to covering the material by knowledge area or project performance domain, allows new learners to simultaneously study project management concepts and methods as they develop skills they can use immediately during and upon completion of the course. The text's structure also allows different programs to use the book during real-world student projects"--