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CHAP TER

Managing Projects

LEARNING OBJECTIVES CHAPTER CASES

After reading this chapter, you will be able to
answer the following questions:
14-1 What are the objectives of project
management, and why is it so
essential in developing information
systems?
14-2 What methods can be used for
selecting and evaluating information
systems projects and aligning them
with the firm’s business goals?
Sound Project Management Helps Stepan
Company Improve Financial Planning and
Reporting
ConocoPhillips Implements a New System
for Access Control
Arup Moves Project Management to the
Cloud
Pennsylvania’s Unemployment
Compensation Modernization System:
Unfinished Business

14-3 How can firms assess the business

value of information systems? VIDEO CASES
14-4 What are the principal risk factors in Blue Cross Blue Shield: Smarter Computing
information systems projects, and how Project
can they be managed? NASA Project Management Challenges
14-5 How will MIS help my career?

MyLab MIS
Discussion Questions: 14-5, 14-6, 14-7; Hands-on MIS Projects: 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11;
Writing Assignments: 14-17, 14-18; eText with Conceptual Animations

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