Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology

Wang, John

Apr 2012 · IGI Global

About this ebook

Managing cost, time, and quality of a project can be a challenging task for any project manager, but especially in times of an ever-changing and burgeoning field of IT.

Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology offers a vital compendium of the latest research, case studies, best practices, and methodologies within the field of IT project management. By collecting research from top experts around the world in a variety of IT project management applications and job sectors, this volume will serve as a critical reference manual and research guide for both practitioners and academics alike.

About the author

John Wang is a Professor in the Department of Management and Information Systems at Montclair State University (USA). Having received a scholarship award, he came to the USA and completed his PhD in operations research from Temple University. Due to his extraordinary contributions beyond a tenured full Professor, Dr. Wang has been honored with a special range adjustment in 2006. He has published over 100 refereed papers and six books. He has also developed several computer software programs based on his research findings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Applied Management Science, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, and the International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences. He is also the EIC for the Advances in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management Book Series. He has served as a guest editor and referee for many other highly prestigious journals. He has served as track chair and/or session chairman numerous times on the most prestigious international and national conferences. Also, he is an editorial advisory board member of the following publications: Intelligent Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, End-User Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Multimedia Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Information Security and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Electronic Commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, and other IGI Global titles. Furthermore, he is the editor of Data Warehousing and Mining: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications and the Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining 1st and 2nd editions. His long-term research goal is on the synergy of operations research, data mining, and cybernetics. [Editor]