From the eBook - Third edition.
BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
1. PROJECTS AND PROJECT WORK
1.4 System development life cycle
1.5 Project management and the development life cycle
1.6 Elements of project management
1.7 Development process models
1.9 The business case and benefits management
1.10 Transition strategies
1.11 Post-implementation review
2.2 Approaches to planning
2.6 Using software tools for planning
3. MONITORING AND CONTROL
3.2 The project control cycle
3.5 Purpose and types of reporting
3.6 Taking corrective action
3.7 Graphical representation of progress information
4. CHANGE CONTROL AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
4.3 Change control roles and responsibilities
4.4 The change control process
4.5 Configuration management
5.2 Definitions of quality
5.3 Quality characteristics
5.5 Quality control versus quality assurance
6.2 What we estimate and why it is important
6.4 Bottom-up and top-down approaches
6.5 A parametric approach
6.6 Estimating by analogy
7.5 Quantitative approaches to risk
7.6 The qualitative approach to project risk assessment
7.7 Deciding the appropriate actions
7.8 Planning, monitoring and control
8.2 Programmes and projects
8.3 Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
8.4 The organisational framework
8.5 Desirable characteristics of a project manager
8.6 Project support and management offices
8.12 Communication methods
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