Synopses & Reviews
This is a book in which successful, 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.
Coping with IS/IT Risk Management discusses how to:
- handle unrealistic client expectations;
- decide on the 'ownership' of a project;
- set targets that work in practice
The result is a very well-written, interesting book, which will be enormously helpful to any professional needing to cope with the many and varied problems which can be encountered in IS/IT risk management.
About the Author: Tony Moynihan is a Professor at the School of Computer Applications at Dublin City University, researching in the field of software engineering and software project risk-analysis.
This is probably one of the most real, useful, and entertaining books I have ever read on project management.
(Robert L Glass, Editor, The Software Practitioner)
In my opinion, this book contains great practical advice to IS/IT project managers, based on the experience of other IT project managers. Tony succeeds in getting project managers to talk about their projects and the associated risks. He then distils these candid interviews into practical advice for other IS/IT project managers.
(Nancy Mead, SEI, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA)
A useful book for any project manager to use and to reflect on, as they undertake their day-to-day activities.
(Robert Cochran, Director, Centre for Software Engineering, Dublin)
Synopsis
An interesting and useful book giving direct advice from experienced IT project managers.
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction WHAT MAKES DIFFERENT PROJECTS DIFFERENT? How project managers construe projects A closer look at their constructs YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'D DO ABOUT IT? Method Alan Andre Anne Bob Canice Colin Gerry Mervyn Michael B Michael C Mike A Owen Padraig Patrick Paul Philip Susan A Susan B Tommy Tony DISTILLING-OUT THE THEORIES-OF-ACTION Method Some strategies, 'recipes', call these what you will... "SO, IT WORKS IN PRACTICE...BUT WILL IT WORK IN THEORY?" Through the looking-glasses of trust, agency, change, capability, action, rationality and control Through the looking-glass of 'requirements-uncertainty' Conclusion Appendix 1: Numbers of constructs under each theme by manager Appendix 2: The five hypothetical project profiles Appendix 3: The 'strategies'/'recipes'