Complete Guide to Digital Project Management: From Pre-Sales to Post-Production

✍ Scribed by Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 486
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Get a 360-degree view of digital project management. Learn proven best practices from case studies and real-world scenarios. A variety of project management tools, templates, models, and frameworks are covered.
This book provides an in-depth view of digital project management from initiation to execution to monitoring and maintenance. Covering end-to-end topics from pre-sales to post-production, the book explores project management from various dimensions. Each core concept is complemented by case studies and real-world scenarios.

The Complete Guide to Digital Project Management provides valuable tools for your use such as:

• Frameworks: governance, quality, knowledge transfer, root cause analysis, digital product evaluation, digital consulting, estimation
  
• Templates: estimation, staffing, resource induction, RACI
  
• Models: governance, estimation, pricing, digital maturity continuous execution, earned value management and effort forecast
  
• Metrics: project management, quality
  

What You’ll Learn

• Study best practices and failure scenarios in digital projects, including common challenges, recurring problem themes, and leading indicators of project failures
  
• Explore an in-depth discussion of topics related to project quality and project governance
• Understand Agile and Scrum practices for Agile execution
  
• See how to apply Quality Management in digital projects, including a quality strategy, a quality framework, achieving quality in various project phases, and quality best practices
  
• Be able to use proven metrics and KPIs to track, monitor, and measure project performance
• Discover upcoming trends and innovations in digital project management
  
• Read more than 20 real-world scenarios in digital project management with proven best practices to handle the scenarios, and a chapter on a digital transformation case study

Who This Book Is For

Software project managers, software program managers, account managers, software architects, lead developers, and digital enthusiasts

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Digital Project Management (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 3-34
Consulting and Presales in Digital Projects (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 35-65
Digital Project Planning (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 67-88
Digital Project Estimation and Pricing (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 89-120
Front Matter ....Pages 121-121
Models, Tools, and Templates Used in Digital Project Management (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 123-154
Digital Project Execution (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 155-179
Achieving Quality in Digital Projects (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 181-201
Core Digital Project Management Functions (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 203-225
People Management in Digital Projects (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 227-245
Front Matter ....Pages 247-247
Why Digital Projects Fail? (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 249-265
Digital Project Management Best Practices (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 267-304
Product Evaluation, Product Migration, and Governance in Digital Projects (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 305-332
Trends and Innovation in Modern Digital Solutions (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 333-354
Post Production Support and Maintenance in Digital Projects (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 355-374
Front Matter ....Pages 375-375
Key Digital Project Management Scenarios (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 377-394
Digital Project Management Case Studies (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 395-413
Digital Transformation: A Project Management Case Study (Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar)....Pages 415-446
Back Matter ....Pages 447-475

✦ Subjects

Project Management