50 Top IT Project Management Challenges

A concise guide to the top 50 IT project management challenges and how to overcome them. Project management forums highlight many of the challenges project managers face. Unclear requirements, scope creep and undefined roles are well-trodden issues that can derail a project. Other challenges are less obvious, often more subtle, but equally destructive. This book offers a focused and concise summary of 50 challenges facing today's IT project manager. Broken down into 50 easy-to-digest chapters, the authors draw on years of practical experience to outline these challenges, and offer useful tips and advice on how to deal with them. Condensing much of the information and advice found in project-management-related books and discussion forums, this book enables readers to be better equipped to respond to key project management challenges; it is, therefore, an ideal reference for anyone involved in IT project management. Premanand Doraiswamy has 14 years' experience working in IT project management with Fortune 500 companies in various industries and is the author of IT Project Management - 30 Steps to Success, also published by IT Governance. Premi Shiv is a quality assurance specialist with 7 years' experience in IT processes and management solutions. With an optimistic approach and organisational skills, she has carved a niche in quality assurance.

Premanand Doraiswamy is an IT Project Manager with close to 15 years of industry experience who has helped his clients to achieve delivery excellence in the field of IT project management. His experience covers a wide variety of project methodologies, and he is an active member in many project management communities and forums. His interests are mentoring new IT project managers and helping them achieve success.

Premi Shiv is a quality assurance specialist with 7 years’ experience in IT processes and management solutions. With an optimistic approach and organisational skills, she has carved a niche in quality assurance.