IT Manager's Handbook: The Business Edition

Chapter Four Project Management

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Chapter Table of Contents

• 1. Projects and Project Management: A Quick Overview 122
• 2. Phase One: Scope the Project 125
• 3. Phase Two: Develop a Project Plan 131
• 4. Phase Three: Launch the Project 138
• 5. Phase Four: Track the Project’s Progress 139
• 6. Phase Five: Close Out the Project 144
• 7. Decision-Making Techniques 145
• 8. What to Do if/When the Project Gets Off Track 147
• 9. Useful Project Management Techniques 150
• 10. Funding Projects 155
• 11. Multiple Projects: How to Juggle Them Well 158
• 12. Dealing with Non-IT Departments on a Project 159

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