Information Systems Project Management: A Project Approach, Edition 2.0 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943153541)

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Information Systems Project Management: A Process Approach by Christoph Schneider, Mark A. Fuller, Joseph S. Valacich, and Joey F. George recognizes that project management is a complex team-based activity where various types of technologies are an inherent part of the project management process. A hands-on education in these practices offer students the knowledge and skills necessary to productively manage IS projects in today's technology-driven global economy.

FEATURES:

Written by IS Educators for IS Students

Teach students the unique challenges of managing IS projects not found in other types of projects. This author team has decades of experience teaching and working in information systems.

An Active-Learning Approach

Emphasize project management as a process, rather than a series of topical discussions. Have students manage a real, ongoing, information systems projects throughout the course.

Team-Based

Explore project management through group projects, exercises across all project phases, and both group and virtual team support software.

Relevant Technology Explored

Incorporate the use of project management, team collaboration, and knowledge management technologies. An online Appendix provides a tutorial on Microsoft Project Professional.

PMBOK

Help students master the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) with end-of-chapter tables identifying elements covered facilitating use of the book as a study guide. This edition has been updated to cover the PMBOK 6th Edition.

Informative Spotlights

Boxes in each chapter highlight ethical dilemmas, common problems, tips from the pros, and global implications.

Format Consistent with this Author Team's Best Sellers

Use the same style and pedagogy you may be familiar with from this author team's best-selling books for other IS courses.

Agile Coverage

Examine the use of Agile approaches and techniques in appendices to each of the three major sections of the book.