Discusses the issues involved with planning and managing the implementation of new client-server and Internet technologies. Topics include infrastructure development; implementation pitfalls; support for implementation; advance project management; and criteria for designing a prototype, pilot, and test plan. The approach emphasizes the authors' creation of a case study of a hypothetical business that develops client-server, Internet, and intranet technologies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
JEFF GREENBERG has been a project manager in the computer industry for the past eighteen years, both in the U.S. and Europe. He has been with Hewlett-Packard since 1986. He has managed major new technology and infrastructure deployments on behalf of Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting System, and other major clients.
J.R. LAKELAND is a freelance writer now completing a work on life in England. He and his family make their home in England's Cotswolds.