Real‎-world project management tools and techniques you can start using today‎!‎ IT professionals are often faced with extremely challenging project deployments‎,‎ as well as initiatives that are mission‎-critical to their organizations‎.‎ For IT project managers‎,‎ a strong understanding of the discipline of project management can be invaluable‎-both to success with individual projects and to their overall careers‎.‎ However‎,‎ most books and training materials on project management pay little or no attention to the unique challenges IT project managers face‎.‎ PM Crash Course‎(‎TM‎)‎ for IT Professionals is full of project management tools that you can apply immediately to your IT projects‎-to deliver them on time‎,‎ on budget‎,‎ and with fewer headaches‎.‎ Authored by world‎-renowned project management trainer Rita Mulcahy‎,‎ this book will help you get your IT projects back on track using proven‎,‎ real‎-world project management tools and techniques‎.‎ This revolutionary Course in a Book‎(‎R‎)‎ covers the basics of project management‎,‎ including planning‎,‎ scheduling‎,‎ budgeting‎,‎ and more‎.‎ It also moves beyond the basics to cover a number of real‎-world project management tools and techniques for IT initiatives‎.‎The authors provide indispensable practical checklists‎,‎ templates‎,‎ and exercises to reinforce your learning of these concepts‎.‎ The book includes dozens of tricks‎,‎ insights‎,‎ and contributions from real project managers sharing what has made a difference for them when managing real‎-world projects‎.‎ If you are looking for easy‎-to‎-use tools and processes to make an immediate impact on your current IT project‎,‎ PM Crash Course‎(‎TM‎)‎ for IT Professionals is the resource for you‎.‎ Rita Mulcahy‎,‎ PMP‎,‎ founder and CEO of RMC Project Management‎,‎ is the most popular project management author in the world‎.‎ Since 1991‎,‎ hundreds of thousands of project managers have utilized her 30+ best‎-selling books and resources to expand their project management knowledge and further their careers‎.‎Real‎-World Issues Covered‎:‎ * Understanding why IT projects fail‎-‎-‎-and preventing failure * Defining effective IT project charters and requirements * Organizing IT roadmaps into manageable projects * Capturing‎,‎ creating‎,‎ and using historical data * Establishing ‎"‎soft‎"‎ and ‎"‎hard‎"‎ project metrics and milestones * Defining project scope‎,‎ and avoiding scope creep * Identifying and managing stakeholders and expectations * Choosing the right PM tools for your needs‎-including in‎-house‎,‎ hosted‎,‎ and cloud‎-based solutions

• Author‎:‎ Rita Mulcahy‎,‎ Martha Young
• Puplisher‎:‎ Cisco Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781587202599