The E-Business Project Manager
The E-Business Project Manager

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The E-Business Project Manager is a treasure house of new and evolving concepts that must be understood by everyone managing projects or who are affected directly or indirectly by projects. All organizations are made up of two basic elements:

  • Process: the way you conduct your business.
  • Projects: the way your improve your processes or generate a new unique product

    Based upon the definition of these two basic elements, it is easy to see why project performance is critical to most organizations and why the latest technology must be used to optimize its effect.

    To reduce project cycle time and cost, old concepts have to give way to the knowledge age. This book contains guidelines that will help you:
  • Transform the information defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge so that it can be applied to an e-business environment.
  • Establish and e-business project management environment within your location.
  • Manage projects that are being used simultaneously implemented at various locations around the world.
  • Understand how the Web can be used as an enabler to ensure efficient and effective project management.
  • Reduce errors as it provides detailed checklists that take the guesswork out of managing projects using a Web-centric system.
  • Understand techy terms and transform them into sound management concepts that can be quantified and measured.

    Nearly every business has been affected by the Internet and most businesses have already proven the effectiveness and efficiency of using e-business concepts with their suppliers and customers. This book takes the concept one step further by applying e-business concepts to the way projects are managed.

    Inside you’ll find detailed, illustrated discussions about:
  • The guiding path for e-business project managers
  • Customer relationship management
  • E-business and organizational change
  • Web site maturity
  • Supply chain management
  • Project initiation
  • Project planning
  • Project execution
  • Monitoring and control
  • Project closeout


    Expert Advice!
    H. James Harrington, Ph.D.
    H. James Harrington, Ph.D., is the chief executive officer of the Harrington Institute. He also serves as chairman of the board for a number of businesses and the U.S. chairman of technologies for Project Management at the University of Quebec, Montreal. He’s recognized as a world leader in applying performance improvement methodologies to business processes.

    Harrington is past chairman of the prestigious International Academy for Quality and past president of the American Society for Quality. He’s also an active member of the Global Knowledge Economics Council.

    Thomas McNellis
    Thomas McNellis is dean of the Harrington Academy and is recognized as an international trainer in the fields of project management, e-business and quality, and is also a well-known advisor to corporate leaders interesting in bridging the gap between project management and e-business opportunities. McNellis currently serves as director of operations for the Association for E-business Research, a research-based consulting firm that focuses on cutting-edge e-business best practices.

    Details
    Weight2.75 lbs
    ISBN:0-9708507-1-9
    Pages:284 (Hardcover)


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