Managing high-intensity Internet projects /
Edward Yourdon
- Upper Saddle River Prentice Hall 2002
- XI, 226 S.
- Just enough series / Yourdon Press .
Users and managers are becoming more demanding -- Many Internet-based projects require BPR to succeed -- Peopleware issues are often exacerbated -- The pace of business demands faster implementation -- Internet-based projects are often exposed to much greater risks than before -- New technologies are emerging faster -- Project Politics and Negotiations -- Identifying the key players -- Determining the basic nature of the project -- Managing project definition: What does "success" mean? -- Estimating techniques -- Tools for assisting the estimation process -- Tradeoffs among schedule, budget, staff, and quality -- What to do when rational negotiations are impossible -- Business Process Re-engineering -- Processes, core processes, and process interfaces -- The role of IT in a BPR project -- Critical success factors in BPR -- A BPR management plan -- E-Business Strategy -- Developing a business strategy -- The impact of the Internet on business strategy -- Basic types of business strategy -- Customer-focused business strategies -- Operations-focused business strategies -- Product-focused business strategies -- Implementing the business strategy -- Managing the Software Process -- Heavy processes -- Light/Agile processes -- A recommended light process -- Managing the Requirements Process -- The importance of requirements -- "Prototyping eliminates the need for requirements." -- "This stuff takes too long, and we don't have time for it." -- "The users don't know what they want
Delivers practical solutions for key challenges associated with Internet development. This book helps the reader to: manage the negotiations and politics surrounding Internet projects; develop strategies that minimize risk; define requirements that are flexible enough to adapt - and solid enough to work; and more.
Comercio electrónico--Gestión. Empresas comerciales --Redes informáticas. Desarrollo de sitios Web --Gestión.
Wide area networks (WAN) QA 75-76 Computer science