Perspectives and techniques for improving information technology project management

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Wang, John, 1955-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013.
• Subjects: Information technology projects > Management.; Software engineering > Management.; Information technology > Management.; Project management.; Decision support systems; Global IT project management; Information technology adoption; Project information systems; Software development; Systems analysis
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book discusses the variety of information systems and how it can improve project management and, likewise, how project management can affect the growth of information systems"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Human resource related problems in agile and traditional software project process models / Stefan Koch, Gerhard Turk
• The impact of project management methodologies on project performance / Shai Rozenes
• Information technology project outcomes: an exploratory study of project managers' viewpoints / Muhammed A. Badamas
• Information technology project performance: the impact of critical success factors / Mary R. Lind, Evetta Culler
• Performance management in software engineering / Markus Ilg, Alexander Baumeister
• Software engineering productivity: concepts, issues and challenges / Adrián Hernández-López ... [et al.]
• Information systems outsourcing in large companies: evidences from 20 Ireland companies / Mark Leeney ... [et al.]
• Stakeholder challenges in information systems project offshoring: client and vendor perspectives / Peter Haried
• IT offshoring: trust views from client and vendor perspectives / Hajer Kefi, Alya Mlaiki, Richard L. Peterson
• Multicultural software development: the productivity perspective / Heli Aramo-Immonen, Hannu Jaakkola, Harri Keto
• Global IT project management using Web 2.0 / Behnaz Gholami, San Murugesan
• Scheduling large and complex IT projects using sliding-frame approach / Yuval Cohen, Arik Sadeh, Ofer Zwikael
• Construction briefing process in Malaysia: procedures and problems in the public sector / Mastura Jaafar, Arkin Kong Chung King
• The relationship between information technology adoption and job satisfaction in the Jordanian construction industry / Rateb Sweis ... [et al.]
• Snapshot of personnel productivity assessment in Indian IT industry / Thamaraiselvan Natarajan, Saraswathy R. Aravinda Rajah, Sivagnanasundaram Manikavasagam
• Project commitment in the context of information security / Ioannis Koskosas, Nikolaos Sariannidis
• A single-objective recovery phase Model / Sandy Mehlhorn ... [et al.]
• Optimizing the configuration of development teams using EVA: the case of ongoing project adjustments facing personnel restrictions / Alexander Baumeister, Alexander Floren.