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Summary: Especially valuable to PMPs and orgs using PMBOK
Review: Consulting/integration firms and internal IT organizations engaged in e-business projects will gain much from this book. This is especially so if the Project Management Institute's PMBOK is used as a company standard, or if you're a PMP who wants to align the PMBOK to e-business project management because one of the authors,Wes Balakian, is Vice Chairman of Professional development for the PMI E-Business SIG.The book consists of 12 chapters and appendices that cover the full spectrum of e-business project management. The first three chapters are standard fare: Chapter 1 is a general discussion of e-business trends and future directions. The book goes into specifics in Chapter 2, which gives an overview of e-business project management, its unique challenges and pitfalls. Chapter 3 addresses development life cycle models and helps you select the best one based on the size, scope and complexity of your project. In Chapter 4 and forward is where this book distinguishes itself - Chapter 4's Defining e-Strategy addresses the unique concerns of this type of project, and provides excellent guidance for selecting business processes to be enabled and selecting an implementation model. Chapters 5 gives a solid framework for planning the project, and includes a sample high-level plan, risk management factors, and vendor selection and management advice. Chapter 6 covers the complex issues of team and stakeholder management, which can be overwhelming considering the number of stakeholders and the cross-functional nature of virtually all e-business projects. This is closely linked to Chapter 7's focus on requirements, and feels the topics of chapters 8 (designing the solution) and 9 (building and implementing the solution). Chapters 10 and 11 depart from most books on e-business project management by addressing the often overlooked (by project managers, anyway) issues of security and protecting consumer privacy. The fact that these were included indicate the real world experience of the authors. Chapter 12 covers all of the critical success factors associated with deployment, and again the authors go beyond most books by covering a post-production support strategy, training requirements, and other details that are left out of most project plans. I especially liked the appendix, which provides example test scripts (forms/user interfaces, business processes, and reports), an example defect tracking form, and a security and integrity requirements checklist. The glossary of terms is also helpful to project managers who may not be fully conversant with jargon used by technical and business stakeholders and team members. Overall, this is a comprehensive book that experienced project managers (especially PMPs) will find invaluable for e-business projects. It does not cover project management basics, so a certain level of knowledge and skills are assumed.
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