Daniel M. Brandon

The UML (Unified Modeling Language) has become a standard in design of object oriented computer systems (Schach, 2004). UML provides for the use of stereotypes to extend the...

This article reviews globalization aspects of “business to consumer” (B2C) electronic commerce. According to Computerworld, “Globalization is the marketing and selling of a...

“Reuse [software] engineering is a process where a technology asset is designed and developed following architectural principles, and with the intent of being reused in the...

Project Management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to the project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a...

As modern organizations migrate from older information architectures to new Web-based systems, the discipline of software engineering is changing both in terms of technologies...

This chapter discusses the modern discipline of “project management” and the role of this discipline in technology literacy. Professional organizations that foster this literacy...

Project Management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to the project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a...

The process involved with the development of Web applications is significantly different from the process of developing applications on older traditional platforms. This is a...

In the past, project success has been defined too narrowly as simply meeting time and cost constraints for a given scope of work. However, in order for an IT project to be...

In the last few years, information technology (IT) has significantly impacted the operation of most businesses, and even though most corporations still spend only 3% to 8% of...

A key factor leading to the continued failure in IT projects is the lack of identification and appreciation for all the major components of project success. Critical success...

Careful selection of which projects to initiate is vital to the success of an organization. Project initiation represents a future commitment of both human and financial...

Professional organizations that have developed around the world to foster the project management discipline (Morris, 2001) have recognized that a distinct skill set is necessary...

Software engineering is vital for the proper planning of IT projects, although it is not a formal part of project management. The software engineering embedded in the acquired...

Getting off to a fast start in the right direction is important in any endeavor. This chapter discusses overall project planning and requirement analysis. These are two of the...

The Project Management Institute (PMI) project management process groups include initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing. In practice, however, the initiation...

Success today in the business world (whether as an employee, manager, executive, or self-employed businessperson) involves taking some risks. The systems that are changing the...

In fairy tales and traditional romance movies, the story ended when the prince found his soul mate, married her, and rode off with her into the sunset. The ending caption said...

Quality is defined by PMI as conformance to requirements, specifications, standards and fitness for use (PMI, 2000). Part of this definition is mostly quantitative, namely the...

Change is a fact of life for most projects, particularly IT projects. The biggest single cause of project overruns is changes in scope (Hallows, 1998). Change can be for the good...

Many IT projects involve the purchasing of goods and/or services, and some IT projects are mostly procurement activities, at least from a cost perspective. Between one quarter...

The identification and management of a project’s stakeholders is vital to the complete success of a project. Well-planned and properly-executed projects often can still fail due...

A PM must report on the project’s performance to the upper management of the performing organization and perhaps also to the benefiting organization. Upper management usually...

A vast amount of project management software is available today in a wide variety of capabilities, applicability, platform requirements, and prices. These software products...

Managing IT projects and being on an IT project team used to be simpler. PMs typically had one project to manage, and team members were on only one team. All the team members...

The UML (Unified Modeling language) has become a standard in design of object-oriented computer systems (Schach 2004). UML provides for the use of stereotypes to extend the...

This article reviews globalization aspects of “business to consumer” (B2C) electronic commerce. According to Computerworld, “Globalization is the marketing and selling of a...

“Reuse [software] engineering is a process where a technology asset is designed and developed following architectural principles, and with the intent of being reused in the...

Project Management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to the project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a...

This chapter discusses the modern discipline of “project management” and the role of this discipline in technology literacy. Professional organizations that foster this literacy...

This chapter presents globalization aspects of electronic commerce, describes the key issues in each area, and then analyzes approaches that could be Used to address these...

Presented in this chapter is research regarding graduate programs in the relatively new academic area of Project Management. A number of professional organizations have developed...

This chapter presents some particularly useful UML stereotypes for use in business systems. Stereotypes are the core extension mechanism of UML. If you find that you need a...

“Reuse (software) engineering is a process where a technology asset is designed and developed following architectural principles, and with the intent of being reused in the...