Project management : best practices for IT professionals / Richard Murch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution of Project Management -- Industrial Revolution -- Key People in Early Project Management -- Other Significant Events -- Principles of Project Management -- Basic Skills for Project Managers' -- What Does a Project Manager Do? -- Necessary Skills -- Manage One Project--or Many? -- Project Management Skills Development -- Keys to a Successful Skills Management Endeavor -- Project Planning and Reporting -- Project Planning Deliverables -- Project Standards -- How Much Detail? -- Project Status--An Example -- Project Teams -- Shortages in Information Technology Staff -- Need for Retention -- The Cost of Information Technology Staff Replacement--An Analysis -- Retention--Meeting Needs -- The Project Management Lifecycle -- Project Lifecycle Overview -- Lifecycle Process Management -- Section Layout and Structure -- Phase Checklists -- CRUD--Deliverables Matrix -- Project Planning Phase -- Purpose -- Objectives -- Activities -- Roles -- Inputs -- Outputs -- Milestones -- Tools -- Analysis and Design Phases -- Analysis Phase -- Design Phase -- Construction Phase -- Test Planning and Preparation -- Testing Phase -- Preparation Phase -- Roll-out Planning and Implementation Phase -- Activities -- Rollout -- Project Management Techniques -- Project Management Methodologies -- What Is a Methodology, and Why Use One? -- Methodology Structures -- Why Use a Methodology? -- Author's Prediction -- What Are the Products? -- Managing Rapid Application Development -- RAD Concepts -- Objectives and Benefits of RAD.