Modern Techniques for Successful IT Project Management

  • 9h 52m
  • Lazar Rusu (eds), Shang Gao
  • IGI Global
  • 2015

Computer technology provides the opportunity for innovation and progress in the daily operations and initiatives of corporations. Despite the positive elements of integrating technology into the workplace, corporations continue to struggle with the challenges created by rapid technological advancements.

Modern Techniques for Successful IT Project Management brings together academic research and professional practice to examine the complexity of implementing technology into the structure and organization of a corporation’s ventures. This publication is an essential reference source for researchers, professionals, and upper-level university students working in the fields of project management, information systems, and IT project management interested in the methodologies and research necessary to improve the impact of Information Technology.

About the Editors

Shang Gao is an Associate Professor through the School of Business Administration with Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China. He obtained his PhD (2011) in Information Systems from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and his MSc (2006) in Engineering and Management of Information Systems from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. His research interests include mobile information systems, technology diffusion, business process modeling, and information systems modeling. He has published more than 30 refereed papers in journals, books and archival proceedings since 2006.

Lazar Rusu is a Professor of Computer and Systems Sciences with Stockholm University, Sweden. He holds a PhD in Management from the West University of Timisoara, Romania and the title of Docent in Information Systems from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. His primary research interest is in IT management, an area in which he boasts over 25 of professional experience. He is Co-Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Society Research and the Associate Editor of the International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance.

In this Book

  • Resource Allocation through Scheduling Optimization
  • IT Project Alignment in Practice
  • CMMI Implementation and Results: The Case of a Software Company
  • A Coordination Perspective on Agile Software Development
  • Systems Development Process Improvement Using Principles from Organization Development
  • Strategic Software Project Governance and Learning through Project Portfolio Management
  • Agile Project Management: Is Motivation Theory the Missing Link?
  • Towards Effective Teaching in Project Management
  • IT Outsourcing Success Factors: A Study of Large and Medium-Sized Companies
  • A Framework of Risk in Global IT Projects and Mitigation Strategies from Service-Oriented Architecture
  • Distributed is Development Projects: Significant Relational-Oriented Conditions
  • SOA Governance Considerations for Successful Project Management
  • Cross-Sector Collaboration Between Business and Non-Business Actors: The Case of an ICT-Project in Brazil
  • Why Change Programmes Don't Produce Change: The Case of IT-Enabled Change in Public Service Organisations
  • Evaluation of IT Projects in the Context of Human Performance Technology: Principles, Processes, and Models
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