A refreshingly readable, realistic and relevant view of project management within the context of information systems. This comprehensive and practical book is an excellent starting point for any practicing project managers or students of "Project Management for Information Systems", whether they are from a computing or a business background, at undergraduate or masters level. In this book, the practical perspective and industry experience of the authors complements the clear explanation of project management theory and methodologies. The authors strike a good balance covering both the mechanics of project management and the human factors involved including plentiful case studies and exercises as well as good and bad examples from real life, these help the reader to put the theory into context and into practice. This fifth edition has new material on: development life-cycles and approaches (including agile approaches). different types of...