Accelerating business and IT change : transforming project delivery

Fowler has some 30 years of experience in business change and IT systems projects in some 50 public and private organizations. Lock has some 40 years of experience in electronics engineering and project management. The two UK-based authors examine some of the common reasons for project failure--late delivery, gross overspending, flawed performance--and recommend radically new methods that have been proven effective in delivering the project outcomes that stakeholders expect. Coverage includes recognizing project success; benefits, business opportunities and threats; making the business case; planning; project authorization; risk; organizing the project; controlling progress and costs; managing changes to the project; executing the business change; and enabling the business to change. Distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate. Annotation 漏2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)