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Complete Guide to Digital Project Management

From Pre-Sales to Post-Production

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  • Provides proven solutions to project management scenarios, models, and ready-to-use templates, plus metrics

  • Features detailed and comprehensive real-world case studies

  • Offers 360-degree coverage on all phases of digital project management, from pre-sales to post-production

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Initiation of Digital Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Digital Project Management

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 3-34
    3. Consulting and Presales in Digital Projects

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 35-65
    4. Digital Project Planning

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 67-88
    5. Digital Project Estimation and Pricing

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 89-120
  3. Execution of Digital Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Models, Tools, and Templates Used in Digital Project Management

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 123-154
    3. Digital Project Execution

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 155-179
    4. Achieving Quality in Digital Projects

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 181-201
    5. Core Digital Project Management Functions

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 203-225
    6. People Management in Digital Projects

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 227-245
  4. Monitoring and Maintenance of Digital Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
    2. Why Digital Projects Fail?

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 249-265
    3. Digital Project Management Best Practices

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 267-304
    4. Trends and Innovation in Modern Digital Solutions

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 333-354
    5. Post Production Support and Maintenance in Digital Projects

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 355-374
  5. Digital Project Management Scenarios and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 375-375
    2. Key Digital Project Management Scenarios

      • Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar
      Pages 377-394

About this book

Get a 360-degree view of digital project management. Learn proven best practices from case studies and real-world scenarios. A variety of project management tools, templates, models, and frameworks are covered.


This book provides an in-depth view of digital project management from initiation to execution to monitoring and maintenance. Covering end-to-end topics from pre-sales to post-production, the book explores project management from various dimensions. Each core concept is complemented by case studies and real-world scenarios.

The Complete Guide to Digital Project Management provides valuable tools for your use such as:

  • Frameworks: governance, quality, knowledge transfer, root cause analysis, digital product evaluation, digital consulting, estimation
  • Templates: estimation, staffing, resource induction, RACI
  • Models: governance, estimation, pricing, digital maturity continuous execution, earned value management and effort forecast
  • Metrics: project management, quality

What You’ll Learn

  • Study best practices and failure scenarios in digital projects, including common challenges, recurring problem themes, and leading indicators of project failures
  • Explore an in-depth discussion of topics related to project quality and project governance
  • Understand Agile and Scrum practices for Agile execution
  • See how to apply Quality Management in digital projects, including a quality strategy, a quality framework, achieving quality in various project phases, and quality best practices
  • Be able to use proven metrics and KPIs to track, monitor, and measure project performance
  • Discover upcoming trends and innovations in digital project management
  • Read more than 20 real-world scenarios in digital project management with proven best practices to handle the scenarios, and a chapter on a digital transformation case study

Who This Book Is For

Software project managers, software program managers, account managers, software architects, lead developers, and digital enthusiasts


Authors and Affiliations

  • Bangalore, India

    Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar

About the author

Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar is a Practice Lead & Senior Technology Architect at Infosys Technologies. He is an award-winning digital technology practitioner with skills in technology and practice management and is a highly analytical enterprise architect experienced in the wide spectrum of digital technologies, including enterprise portals, content systems, enterprise search, and other digital technologies. He has over 16 years of industry experience and was the chief architect in building a digital platform which won the “Best Web Support Site 2013” global award. His areas of expertise include digital technologies, software engineering, performance engineering, and digital program management. He is a Guinness world record holder of participation for successfully developing a mobile application in a coding marathon.

Shailesh is deeply focused on enterprise architecture, building alliance partnerships with product vendors, and has a proven track record of executing complex, large-scale programs. He successfully architected and led many engagements for Fortune 500 clients of Infosys and built globally deployed enterprise applications. He also headed a center-of-excellence for digital practice. He led multiple thought-leadership and productivity improvement initiatives and was part of special interest groups (SIG) related to emerging web technologies at his organization.

Shailesh is listed in “Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2017” and has received numerous honors and awards. He has won many prestigious Infosys Awards such as the award for Excellence 2013-14 as a “Multi-talented thought leader" under the “Innovation – Thought Leadership” category, the “Brand ambassador award” for the MFG unit, the “Best employee award”, the delivery excellency award, and multiple spot awards, and he received an honor from the executive vice chairman of his organization. He is featured as “Infy star” in the Infosys Hall of fame and recently led a delivery team which won the “best project team” award at his organization.

Shailesh holds numerous professional certifications such as TOGAF 9 certification, Oracle Certified Master (OCM) in Java EE5 Enterprise Architect certification, IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer, and IBM Certified Solution Architect Cloud Computing Infrastructure. He has authored three technical books on digital technologies and has published 12 technical white papers related to digital technologies. Shailesh has been granted a US patent and has filed three more patent applications, and is a frequent speaker at events such as IEEE conferences and Oracle JavaOne.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Complete Guide to Digital Project Management

  • Book Subtitle: From Pre-Sales to Post-Production

  • Authors: Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3417-4

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3416-7Published: 21 February 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3417-4Published: 19 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 475

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Project Management, Software Engineering

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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