The Project Management Procedures for Systems Designing

This book is intended to give Project Management staff an overview of the Project Development Methods and some indication of how these relate to the various Project Management Techniques. It should be useful to Analysts, Designers, Programmers, Executives, Academics and Students, as an introduction to the more detailed understanding they will require of the methods. Projects are conceived and grow from a business need, but what seems clear at the beginning often becomes blurred and confused. In the end projects may not deliver what was expected and costly investment produces few benefits. The Project Management Procedures For Systems Development method described in this book provides a generic model product breakdown structure for an IT system down to the third level, which gives a starting point for project-specific planning. Just as architects need sets of standards to help them with their plans, so do Systems Analysts, Designers and Programmers. The book contains certain rules which can be used to develop systems. They are not a substitute for training and experience but a support for these. The methods must be applied with experience and common sense in different ways to different projects. Only well trained professionals can do this.

About the Author :
Born in Morphou, Cyprus, Andreas holds the degrees of Doctor of Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy and qualifications as a chartered member and fellow of eighteen British professional institutions, including Engineering, Systems, Computing, Directing, Complementary Medicine, Management, Production, Programming, Marketing, Petroleum, Data Processing, Psychotherapy and Counselling. A Research Life Fellow and Professor of American Institutes and a member of working parties in the United Kingdom and Europe on systems and therapy. Other studies included Children's Art and Psychotherapy, Mental Illness/Mental Health and Advanced Psychological Topics. A British Association for Counselling Accredited Counsellor holds various professional fellowships in England, Europe and the United States of America. Andreas established his first therapeutic clinic in 1963. Since then, he continued practising as a Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Philosophical Therapist in various cities of the United Kingdom. He is the current President of the Association for Therapeutic Philosophy, a position held since 1982. During his varied career, Andreas held the positions of Overseas Marketing Executive, Production and Inventory Manager, Group Senior Systems Consultant, European Systems Manager and Principal Technical Adviser with the multi-national organisations of International Computers Limited (ICL), Pitney Bowes, Plessey (GEC), Raychem and the Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB). For twenty years the Managing Director of PsySys Limited, a consultancy responsible for the development of systems, management and people. PsySys' list of clients includes international companies, software houses, European Union Commissions and British Government Departments. More recently, a Global Programme Manager for the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) divisions of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Participated as an information technology expert to the European Union and as a therapeutic psychologist to the Institute of Psychology and Parapsychology and the Harley Street Centre, London. A published writer, poet and trainer, the subjects include Computing, Systems Methodology, Management, Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Philosophy. Many articles were published on the Internet for the international readership. The subjects covered Business Systems Management, Information Technology, Philosophic Counselling, Child Psychology and Poetry. A number of extracts from his published books, articles and poems appeared under http://www.themestream.com. For achievements in Systems Engineering, Psychology and Directing, his biographical records are included in the directory of 'Who's Who In The World', published by Marquis of America and other international biographical publications.