Designed for graduate, advanced undergraduate, and practitioner project management courses with an information technology focus, Methods of IT Project Management is designed around the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), incorporating material from the latest seventh edition while still maintaining the book's process approach. The text provides students with all the concepts, techniques, artifacts, and methods found in the leading project management reference books and modern development methodologies (agile, hybrid, and traditional), while also conveying practical knowledge that can immediately be applied in real-world settings. Unlike other books in this area, the material is organized according to the sequence of a generic project life cycle-from project selection to initiation, planning, execution, control, and iteration or project closeout. Following this life-cycle approach, as opposed to covering the material by knowledge area or project performance domain, allows new learners to simultaneously study project management concepts and methods as they develop skills they can use immediately during and upon completion of the course. The text's structure also allows different programs to use the book during real-world student projects.

About the AuthorsPreface
Part 1 Project Management Overview
1. Introduction to Project Management
2. A Systems View and Systems Methodology
3. The Project Management Framework
Part 2 Project Initiation and Planning Methods
4. Project Selection and Initiation
5. Project Scope and Resource Planning
6. Project Schedule and Cost Planning
7. Project Quality, Communications, and Stakeholder Planning
8. Project Risk Management Planning
9. Project Procurement Planning
Part 3 Project Execution and Control Methods
10. Project Execution
11. Project Monitoring and Control, Part I
12. Project Monitoring and Control, Part II
Part 4 Project Closeout Methods and Advanced Topics
13. Project Closure
14. Advanced Topics in Project Management
Part 5 Appendixes
A. Microsoft Project Help Guide
B. Project Management Templates
Glossary
Index