CHAPTER SIX
Designing a Project Management Information System
Information is no longer simply a strategic asset; it is a critical enabler of success.
JOEL BIRNBAUM, FORMER HEWLETT-PACKARDSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF R&D
The goal of this chapter is not to make managers into information specialists but to make them concerned enough to make certain that an information system is put in place before projects begin. Thus, the approach is to stress the importance of information: how lack of information creates anxiety and how good and flowing information helps alleviate mistakes and allows projects to run better, faster, and with higher quality. The chapter then suggests that upper managers ask themselves and their colleagues what questions they have about ...
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