| 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. |