Management of IT Books

New and Published Books

1. Project Management Concepts, Methods, and Techniques

   By Claude H. Maley

   Series: ESI International Project Management Series

   In order to succeed in today’s increasingly competitive environment, corporations, companies, governments, and nonprofit organizations must be conversant with modern project management techniques. This is especially true for individuals looking to remain professionally competitive. Illustrating...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
2. Ethics in IT Outsourcing

   By Tandy Gold

   Series: Applied Software Engineering Series

   In IT divisions and organizations, the need to execute in a competitive and complex technical environment while demonstrating personal integrity can be a significant personal and organizational challenge. Supplying concrete guidelines for those at an ethical crossroads, Ethics in IT Outsourcing...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
3. Projects and Complexity

   Edited by Francesco Varanini, Walter Ginevri

   Helpful to those tasked with managing complex environments, Projects and Complexity introduces a new way of looking at projects and fostering the culture needed to achieve sustainable results. It brings together experts from the academic, military, and business worlds to explore project management...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
4. The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement

   Edited by IFPUG

   The widespread deployment of millions of current and emerging software applications has placed software economic studies among the most critical of any form of business analysis. Unfortunately, a lack of an integrated suite of metrics makes software economic analysis extremely difficult. The...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
5. Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, Volume 6

   Edited by Harold F. Tipton, Micki Krause Nozaki

   Updated annually, the Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, Volume 6 is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available on information security and assurance. Bringing together the knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required of IT security professionals, it...

   Published March 27th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
6. Electronic Health Record

   A Systems Analysis of the Medications Domain

   By Alexander Scarlat, MD

   An accessible primer, Electronic Health Record: A Systems Analysis of the Medications Domain introduces the tools and methodology of Structured Systems Analysis as well as the nuances of the Medications domain. The first part of the book provides a top-down decomposition along two main paths: data...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Productivity Press
7. PMP Exam

   Practice Test and Study Guide, Ninth Edition

   Edited by J. LeRoy Ward

   This rigorous study guide provides 40 multiple-choice practice questions in each of nine knowledge areas and the professional and social responsibilities domain and a composite 200-question practice test that simulates the PMP® exam. This spiral bound text includes fully referenced...

   Published March 14th 2012 by ESI International
8. Strategy and Business Process Management

   Techniques for Improving Execution, Adaptability, and Consistency

   By Carl F. Lehmann

   This book prepares readers to master an IT and managerial discipline quickly gaining momentum in organizations of all sizes – Business Process Management (BPM). It describes how BPM treats processes as a portfolio of strategic assets that create and deliver customer and shareholder value and adapt,...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
9. Prospective Payment Systems

   By Duane C. Abbey

   The third book in the Healthcare Payment Systems series, Prospective Payment Systems examines the various types of prospective payment systems (PPS) used by healthcare providers and third-party payers. Emphasizing the basic elements of PPS, it considers the many variations of payment for hospital...

   Published February 14th 2012 by Productivity Press
10. Information Services Design

    A Design Science Approach for Sustainable Knowledge

    By Fons Wijnhoven

    Series: Routledge Studies in Organization and Systems

    Information services are economic and organizational activities for informing people. Because informing is changing rapidly under the influence of internet-technologies, this book presents in Chapter 1 fundamental notions of information and knowledge, based on philosopher C.W. Churchman’s inquiring...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge