Internet Solutions for Project Managers or Competing in the Information Age

Internet Solutions for Project Managers

Author: Amit K Maitra

A complete guide to using the Internet to improve project management performance Empowered by a new generation of Internet technologies and Web applications, managers can now work together from virtually anywhere in the world and on any platform to manage and complete a project. With the help of the Internet, they can discuss the details of any project in advance, track a project's progress, adjust a timeline in real time, manage distributed teams, understand resource bottlenecks, and revise plans on the fly. In this important book, Internet expert Amit Maitra describes how to successfully exploit the power and versatility of the Internet as a tool for managing projects and processes, and how you can too. Maitra provides an overview of current Internet technologies and describes how to incorporate satellites and Internet-based project management techniques into high-technology, manufacturing, and operations environments. He presents a series of fascinating and instructive case studies that demonstrate the various successful approaches used at several leading-edge companies. Maitra provides managers with clear, step-by-step guidelines for designing, developing, and implementing Internet approaches customized to an organization's unique project management needs-and supplies helpful ideas for assessing the performance and ROI of project management Internet applications.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	The Internet
Ch. 1	Making the Internet Work	3
Ch. 2	Two Themes of Satellite-Based Internet Use	31
Pt. II	Case Studies
Ch. 3	Manufacturing and the Internet	49
Ch. 4	Satellite Internet Applications: Project Management Using ICO Global Communications Services	73
Ch. 5	Internet Caching	101
Pt. III	Taking New Measures
Ch. 6	Managing Electric Utilities	123
Ch. 7	Taking New Measures	139
App. A	Internet Policy for the Enterprise	149
App. B	Hardware and Software Issues	171
App. C	Joint Ventures: Planning and Actions	177
	Glossary: Acronyms and Abbreviations	195
	Notes	203
	Index	211

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