Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes - Softcover

It Governance Publishing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849287368 ISBN 13: 9781849287364

Publisher: IT Governance Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes is a comprehensive reference guide that focuses on the assessment of IT projects. Organised into five main sections (Approach, Plan, Collect Information, Assess and Recommend, Package and Present), interspersed with case studies based on the author’s extensive experience delivering projects, the book provides exhaustive guidance on structuring and conducting an IT project assessment, from planning to presentation.

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About the Author

Kerry Wills is a consultant and a project manager who has worked on multi-million dollar technology projects for Fortune 500 companies since 1995, gaining essential experience as programme manager, project manager, architect, developer, business analyst and tester. This breadth of experience gives him a deep understanding of all facets of IT projects. He has planned and executed several large programmes, as well as assessed and remediated several troubled programmes.

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A comprehensive reference guide to IT project assessments, from planning to presentation

Companies invest billions in technology projects each year, yet their success rates remain surprisingly low. One way of ensuring that projects meet their objectives is to conduct assessments or audits at key points during their lifecycle.

Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes is a comprehensive reference guide that focuses on the assessment of IT projects, providing in-depth guidance on structuring and conducting an IT project assessment from planning to presentation, including:

• Types of assessments and project approaches.
• Determining a suitable assessment approach, developing a plan, preparing inventories and planning for logistics.
• Information collection and assessment.
• Project scoping, change management, schedule management and cost management.
• Key roles and focus areas for each project stage.
• RAID (risks, actions, issues, decisions) management throughout the project’s lifecycle.
• Compliance with standard frameworks.
• How to package and present an assessment’s findings and recommendations.

It also features key considerations, best practices and case studies based on the author’s extensive experience delivering projects, and a detailed summary section containing checklists for assessing all stages of a project.

Although principally aimed at professionals who are assessing projects, Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes can also be used by project managers looking for a comprehensive view of approaches for managing projects, or as a means of preparing for an assessment of their project.

About the author

Kerry Wills is a consultant and a project manager who has worked on multi-million dollar technology projects for Fortune 500 companies since 1995, gaining essential experience as program manager, project manager, architect, developer, business analyst, and tester. He has planned and executed several large programs, as well as assessed and remediated several troubled programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: IT Governance Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849287368
• ISBN 13: 9781849287364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236