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by Elizabeth Harrin
Project Manager: Careers in IT project management
Front Cover
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BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures and tables
About the author
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Glossary
Preface
How this book is organised
1. INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
What is project management?
What happens if a project can’t achieve its objectives?
What is IT project management?
Summary
2. THE ROLE OF THE IT PROJECT MANAGER
The trouble with being a project manager
The objectives of the project manager’s role (or, why the role exists)
What is programme management?
What makes a top performing project manager?
Where does a project manager’s authority come from?
Ethics: an underpinning skill
A project manager’s responsibilities
Summary
3. PROJECT STRUCTURES
Common team structures
Interface and dependencies
Tools for understanding your project team and interfaces
Summary
4. HOW PROJECT MANAGERS WORK: TOOLS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
Agile vs. waterfall
The project life cycle
Methods for doing the work
Best practice procedures and processes
Software tools
Summary
5. CAREER PROGRESSION AND RELATED ROLES
Getting into project management
Moving on in project management
Moving up in IT project management
Moving out of IT project management
Continuous professional development
Summary
6. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN IT PROJECT MANAGER
Appendix 1 Professional associations
Appendix 2 Project management websites
Websites
List of related blogs
Appendix 3 Project management templates
Index
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