Managing Systems and It Projects: .

By Frank Tsui and Joseph Ed. Tsui

Book Overview

This book is designed for software engineering students and project management professional in the IT and software industry. It focuses on the four phases of management -- planning, organizing, monitoring, and adjusting (POMA) -- and tailors to systems and applications on software projects. The tasks and techniques utilized in each of the POMA management phases are discussed with specific software engineering and IT related examples. Drawing from years of experience in the industry, the author presents material within a framework of real-world examples and exercises that help readers apply new concepts to everyday situations. Emphasizes POMA (Planning, Organizing, Monitoring, and Adjusting) as a step-by-step framework for studying software project management.An Additional Skills section includes four chapters - Project Team, Change Control, Task Scheduling, and Effort Estimation - that allow instructors to tailor the course to the desired emphasis.Exercises at the end of each chapter include questions that go beyond rehearsing material covered in the chapter and encourage students to think critically Designed for the software engineering student and project management professional in the IT and software industry. (c) 2011 364 pages

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763790613
• ISBN13: 9780763790615
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.0"