Managing IT Projects: How to Pragmatically Deliver Projects for External Customers 1st Edition Marcin Dąbrowski

Managing IT Projects: How to Pragmatically Deliver Projects for External Customers 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781484292433,148429243X

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 148429243X
• ISBN-13: 9781484292433
• Author: Marcin Dąbrowski

Urgent deadlines, constant lack of time, permanent delays – these are the most faithful companions and, at the same time, the greatest enemies of the project manager. Even certified project managers, people with enormous knowledge and a lot of experience, find themselves in a situation where they need great mental resilience in order not to give up. The book is a complete manual for all critical situations a project manager might need to handle along the project’s lifecycle. Written by a project manager with many years of experience, each chapter contains real-life examples with analysis and guidelines. You’ll benefit from the down-to-earth knowledge that usually project managers learn over the course of years in critical and stressful situations with no preparation beforehand. It’s not about academic methodologies – it’s about pragmatic solutions that work in real-life. Far too often, the wise theory of IT project management has nothing to do with reality.

Table contents:

1. When Does a Project Really Start?
2. Why Sales People Shouldn’t Sell on Their Own
3. Delay As a Problem of the Sales Process
4. The Scope As a Problem of the Sales Process
5. Payment Schedule and the Subsequent Condition of the Project
6. Why Attitude Matters More Than Outcomes
7. Why Being at the Client’s Premises Is More Important Than the Outcomes
8. The Steering Committee As a Project Manager’s Tool
9. Arguments with the Client – The Only Thing That Matters Is Progress and Why It’s Not Good to Be Right
10. How and When to Break Bad News, or What the Client Should Know About
11. Always Be Prepared for the Worst
12. Penalties – Much Ado About Nothing
13. Approaches to Project Management – Academic Discussions vs. Real Life
14. The Management Strategy Depends on the Stage of the Project
15. People’s Availability at Particular Stages of the Project
16. Monitoring the Internal Status of a Project
17. Low-Level Estimates – A Source of Everlasting Delays and a Foundation of Planning
18. Fixing Bugs – Planning Doomed to Fail
19. Managing Delays
20. The Whole Truth About User Acceptance Tests
21. If You Want to Save Money, Invest in People
22. When the Time Comes for Renegotiation or Terminating the Contract
23. It’s Always Good to Be in the Game

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