Lecture Information technology project management (Eighth Edition): Chapter 1, after studying this section will help you understand: Understand the growing need for better project management, especially for information technology (IT) projects; Explain what a project is, provide examples of IT projects, list various attributes of projects, and describe the triple constraint of project management; Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas, common tools and techniques, and project success. | Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Note See the text itself for full citations. Understand the growing need for better project management especially for information technology IT projects Explain what a project is provide examples of IT projects list various attributes of projects and describe the triple constraint of project management Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework including project stakeholders the project management knowledge areas common tools and techniques and project success Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 2 Discuss the relationship between project program and portfolio management and the contributions each makes to enterprise success Understand the role of project managers by describing what they do what skills they need and career opportunities for IT project managers Describe the project management profession including its history the role of professional organizations like the Project Management Institute PMI the importance of certification and ethics and the advancement of project management software Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 3 Many organizations today have a new or renewed interest in project management Worldwide IT spending was trillion in 2014 a percent increase from 2013 spending The Project Management Institute estimates demand for million project management jobs from 2010 to 2020 with million of those jobs in the United States Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 4 In 2013 the most recent year of PMI s salary survey the average salary in . dollars for someone in the project management profession was 108 000 per year in the United States 134 658 in Australia the highest-paid country and 24 201 in Egypt the lowest-paid country The top skills employers look for in new college graduates are all related to project management .
