February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
21h
English
book
Information Technology Project Management: Providing Measurable Organizational Value, Fourth Edition
by Jack T. Marchewka
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INDEX
A
Acceptance, 89
in organizational change, 360
testing, 342
Accommodation, 368
Accountability, mutual, 117
Actions
corrective, 79
preventive, 79
Activity analysis
for activity on the node, 201
for program evaluation and review technique, 204–205
Activity duration estimation, 198
Activity on the node (AON), 201–203, 205
activity analysis for, 202
Activity resource estimation, 156
Activity sequencing, 200
Actors, 143
Actual cost (AC), 289
Adaptive software development (ASD), 85
Administration, project, 89
Administrative closure, 82, 423–428
changed priorities, 424
failed, 424
final meeting and presentation, 427–428
acknowledging contributions, 428
communication, 427
getting formal signoff, 428
transferring of information system, 428
final project report, 427
normal, 423
perpetual, 424
premature, 423
project sponsor acceptance, 426–427
knowledgeable sponsors, 426
shortsighted sponsors, 426
realities in, dealing with, 424–425
bugs, 425
delivery dates, 425
documentation, 425
future jobs, 424
resources, 425
sense of panic, 426
Affiliative leadership style, 401
Agents, 361
Agile systems development, 85
Agreement, 44
Allocation, resource, 214
Alternatives, project, comparison, 56
external, 56
financial, 56, See also Financial models
organizational, 56
project, 56
Ambler, Scott, 8
Analogous estimation, 164
Analysis chart, stakeholder, 113
Anamolies, budget, 249
Anger, in organizational change, 359
Application boundary for point ...
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