Routledge On Time Technology Implementation: How to Achieve Implementation Success with Limited Time and Resources

From the Back Cover Technology implementation guidelines and lessons learned from over 30 years of successful, hands-onproject experience.How to prevent the top 10 reasons for implementation failure* Over 200 specific guidelines and lessons learned* How to implement electronic commerce* Five example companies from banking, insurance, transportation, government, and manufacturing* How to use intranet and object oriented methods for maximum advantage* How to cope with the burden of maintenance, enhancement, and production support* How to implement knowledge management and data warehousing applications* How to implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software* How to develop and implement software on time and within budget* How to effectively evaluate, select, and implement software packages* How to control changing requirements and scope* Critical success factors in system and business process implementation* How to apply concurrent engineering to software development* Experience and tips to develop intranet/Internet based applicationsAbout the AuthorsThe authors have over 45 years of hands-on project management experience, including turning around ten failing projects. They have worked with client-server systems, large-scale software packages, intranet/extranet systems, data warehousing, and knowledge management. In addition, they have taught project management courses and seminars to over 6000 people on five continents. Product Description On Time Technology Implementation presents technology implementation guidelines and lessons learned from over 30 years of successful, hands-on project experience. Review "The book is more in tune with the real situation that you find in IT with limited resources and time. The book also gives recognition to the fact that legacy systems will be around for a long time. Many other books assume that these can be replaced or ignored. We spend over half of our programmer time on legacy systems maintenance so that allocating the rest of their time is a major concern-which this book addresses. Another good idea is that in software package evaluation, you do not focus on software features, but instead on what capabilities the packages are lacking. We used this idea to select different accounting software than if we had used features. The book is easy to read and can be used by nontechnical people."--A reader on Amazon.com About the Author Bennet Lientz has taught and consulted on project management for the past 28 years to more than 5000 people. He developed the concept of the management critical path, acted as project manager of the Internet, and turned around 10 failing projects. This Second Edition is Lientz' seventh book; he has also written more than 25 articles in various areas of project management.Kathryn P. Rea is president and founder of The Consulting Edge, Inc., which was established in 1984. The firm specializes in E-Business, process improvement, project management, and financial consulting. Rea has managed more than 65 major technology-related projects internationally. She has advised on and carried out projects in government, engergy, banking and finance, distribution, trading, retailing, transportation, mining, manufacturing, and utilities. She is the author of eight books and more than 20 articles in various areas of information systems and analysis.