| Welcome to Information Technology Project Management—Providing Measurable
Organizational Value. This book was written to help people understand the processes,
tools, techniques, and areas of knowledge needed to successfully manage information
technology (IT) projects.
The idea of project management has been around for a long, long time. In fact, it
was around before the great pyramids of Egypt were created. Today, project management
has emerged as its own field, supported by a body of knowledge and research
across many disciplines. Although still relatively new, the fields of Management
Information Systems (MIS) and Software Engineering have their own bodies of
knowledge that include various tools, techniques, and methods supported by a continually
growing base of research.
Unfortunately, the track record for IT projects has not been as successful as one
might expect, although the situation appears to be improving. One reason for this
improvement has been a greater focus on a project management approach to support
the activities required to develop and deliver information systems. Just as building a
system is more than sitting down in front of a computer and writing code, project
management is more than just creating fancy charts or diagrams using one of the more
popular project management software packages. |
