CDA 2725C - Systems Analysis and Design Course Guide: Home

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This book is designed for software engineering students and project management professional in the IT and software industry. It focuses on the four phases of management -- planning, organizing, monitoring, and adjusting (POMA) -- and tailors to systems and applications on software projects. The tasks and techniques utilized in each of the POMA management phases are discussed with specific software engineering and IT related examples. Drawing from years of experience in the industry, the author presents material within a framework of real-world examples and exercises that help readers apply new concepts to everyday situations.

Being an IT manager for the first time can be daunting. With a focus on practical advice, this book will provide you with hints, tips and examples from the world of IT management, showing you that management is about people rather than process; it is an art rather than a science.All the stories you will read in this book are true; all the advice has been personally tried and tested; all the tools and techniques have been applied by other aspiring leaders with positive results.