Perspectives and techniques for improving information technology project management / [electronic resource]
John Wang.
- Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2013.
- xxxi, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
"Premier reference source"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-317) and index.
Project Processes and Methodologies -- Human Resource Related Problems in Agile and Traditional Software Project Process Models -- The Impact of Project Management Methodologies on Project Performance -- Measuring Performance -- Information Technology Project Outcomes: An Exploratory Study of Project Managers’ Viewpoints -- Information Technology Project Performance: The Impact of Critical Success Factors -- Performance Management in Software Engineering -- Software Engineering Productivity: Concepts, Issues and Challenges -- Outsourcing and Offshoring Project Work -- Information Systems Outsourcing in Large Companies: Evidences from 20 Ireland Companies -- Stakeholder Challenges in Information Systems Project Offshoring: Client and Vendor Perspectives -- IT Offshoring: Trust Views from Client and Vendor Perspectives -- Challenges and New Perspectives -- Multicultural Software Development: The Productivity Perspective -- Global IT Project Management Using Web 2.0 -- Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects Using Sliding-Frame Approach -- Special Environments and Sectors -- Construction Briefing Process in Malaysia: Procedures and Problems in the Public Sector -- The Relationship between Information Technology Adoption and Job Satisfaction in the Jordanian Construction Industry -- Snapshot of Personnel Productivity Assessment in Indian IT Industry -- Project Commitment in the Context of Information Security -- A Single-Objective Recovery Phase Model -- Optimizing the Configuration of Development Teams Using EVA: The Case of Ongoing Project Adjustments Facing Personnel Restrictions -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.
"This book discusses the variety of information systems and how it can improve project management and, likewise, how project management can affect the growth of information systems"--