PMFORUM Breaking News

Publishers McGraw-Hill have announced the publication of IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition, by Joseph Phillips. Fully updated for the new version of CompTIA Project+ certification and authorized by CompTIA's CAQC program, this book explains what is needed to obtain the CompTIA certification and validate project management skills. Expert author and PMI-certified Project Management Professional Joseph Phillips walks readers through each step of the IT project management process, sharing critical strategies for on-time and within-budget projects.

IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition provides proven methods for initiating a project, selecting qualified team members, conferring with management, establishing communication, setting realistic timetables, tracking costs, and closing a project. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a CompTIA Project+ practice test, templates and worksheets to use when managing a project, plus a complete eBook.

According to the book's flyer, readers will learn how to:

• Define project requirements and create the project charter
• Create a feasibility study and establish project priority
• Determine strategy and obtain management approval
•  Manage project scope and determine project expenses
• Build the project management plan
• Organize and lead a project team
• Track progress and calculate the Cost Performance Index (CPI)
• Implement changes to the project plan
• Perform continuous quality management
• Complete the project and assess deliverables
  

Joseph Phillips, PMP, CompTIA Project+, is the Director of Education for Project Seminars. He has managed and consulted on projects for industries including technical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, architectural, and others. He is a member of the Project Management Institute and the author of PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Second Edition; CAPM/PMP Project Management Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition; CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional All-in-One Exam Guide; and PgMP Program Management Professional All-in-One Exam Guide.

IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition; March 2010; $49.99; Softcover with CD-ROM; 640 pages; ISBN 10-07-170043-9; 978-0-07-170043-6. See the book at http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071700439.