That's why Jack Marchewka's INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT focuses on how to create measurable organizational value (MOV) through IT projects. The author uses the concept of MOV to create a solid foundation for making decisions throughout the project life cycle and to integrate project management and IT concepts, tools, and techniques. Takes you through the various stages of project life cycle and introduce the concepts and tools appropriate for each particular phase of this project. Combining the nine areas outlined in the Project Management Institute Project Management Body Knowledge (PMBOK) into the basic concepts related to management information systems and software engineering. Includes chapter-opening vignettes, which include cases on about Husky Air (air charter company) and describes the situation faced by project managers and IT project teams perform.