Coping with IS/IT Risk Management

An interesting and useful book giving direct advice from experienced IT project managers.

Real project managers talk about how they manage risk, rather than the theory behind what they are taught to do Focuses on a small number of key issues that worry project managers, rather than trying to mention every conceivable thing that can go wrong on a project While based on IT projects, the issues and solutions are generic to lots of types of projects so the book should be of interest to anybody who runs projects through which professional services are delivered to client organisations Research methods included are objective, defensible and reproducible - all the material is provided that another researcher working elsewhere would need to replicate the study Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Successful and experienced IT solutions providers talk about their actual practical experiences in IT risk management. Tony Moynihan has asked successful IS/IT project managers to compare and contrast their recent projects in terms of the various important and different factors they had to deal with in each project. The issues and concerns explored in the text include: how to handle unrealistic client expectations; deciding on the 'ownership' of a project; and setting targets that work in practice! The result is a very well-written, interesting book, which will be enormously helpful to any professional who needs to cope with the many and varied problems which can be encountered in IS/IT risk management.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. How Project Managers Construe Projects.- 3. A Closer Look at Their Constructs.- 4. Method.- 5. Alan.- 6. Andre.- 7. Anne.- 8. Bob.- 9. Canice.- 10. Colin.- 11. Gerry.- 12. Mervyn.- 13. Michael B.- 14. Michael C.- 15. Mike A.- 16. Owen.- 17. Padraig.- 18. Patrick.- 19. Paul.- 20. Philip.- 21. Susan A.- 22. Susan B.- 23. Tommy.- 24. Tony.- 25. Method.- 26. Some Strategies, Recipes, Call These What You Will.- 27. Through the Looking-glasses of Trust, Agency, Change, Capability, Action, Rationality and Control.- 28. Through the Looking-glass of Requirements-uncertainty.- 29. Conclusion.- Appendices.- 1. Numbers of Constructs under Each Theme by Manager.- 2. The Five Hypothetical Project Profiles.- 3. The Strategies/Recipes.