Project Management for Information Technology Business and Certification or Mobilizing Generation 20

Project Management for Information, Technology, Business and Certification

Author: Gopal K Kapur

This book supplies IT/Business professionals with proven project-management processes, broadly-tested techniques, and solid approaches to the successful management of projects in varying sizes and degrees of complexity. Individual steps demonstrate how a project manager effectively and efficiently navigates through the what, when, and how of work necessary to take a project from idea to execution; and shows the important role disciplined project management plays in transforming corporate strategy into reality. Chapter topics include fundamentals, the idea stage; planning; developing detailed estimates; scheduling, controlling, and tracking the project; the implementation stage; the operation stage; project portfolio management; procurement planning ; and financial analysis. For IT and business professionals in industries such as banking, publications, manufacturing, finance, insurance, health care, education, apparel, communications, and a number of leading public organizations.

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction	1
2	Fundamentals	51
3	Idea stage	87
4	The pre-launch stage	109
5	Launch stage : planning	205
6	Launch stage : developing detailed estimates	319
7	Execute stage : schedule, track, and control the project	355
8	Implement stage	429
9	Operation stage	445
10	Project portfolio management	451
App. 1	Procurement planning	467
App. 2	Financial analysis	479

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Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web2.0 Technologies to Recruit, Engage & Activate Youth

Author: Rock the Vot

Use new media to attract and mobilize young people!
Explore and examine the gamut of new media and the ways in which it can be used to recruit, organize, and mobilize young people--who represent the majority of new media users. Answer the questions: What is it? How is it being used? How does it work? How to get started? You'll get concise descriptions, screenshots, case studies, resources, and best practices in language that is easy for non-technical people to understand. You'll also gain a sense of the technology--without requiring any downloads, software or plug-ins.