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IT Management

The art of managing IT based on a solid framework leveraging the company´s political ecosystem

  • Gives an overview of current theories and business practices
  • Promotes an easy and quick understanding of IT management
  • Provides questions to reflect on typical situations concerning IT management within companies

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 1-15
  3. IT Processes

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 17-52
  4. IT Strategy

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 53-72
  5. IT Services

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 73-95
  6. IT Portfolio and Project Management

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 97-146
  7. IT Reporting

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 147-164
  8. IT Governance

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 165-183
  9. Conclusion

    • Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell
    Pages 185-190
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 191-194

About this book

This book focuses on the art of managing IT. A simple and robust framework is proposed to describe and to structure the essential elements of IT management. The authors pay particular attention to didactic aspects in order to facilitate the retention of models presented as well as to promote reflection on the subjects introduced. Thanks to a concentrate of good practices, each company will rapidly be in a position to build their proper IT ecosystem.


Authors and Affiliations

  • FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), Basel, Switzerland

    Lionel Pilorget

  • consultare et discere, Lörrach, Germany

    Thomas Schell

About the authors

Dr. Lionel Pilorget held different IT management positions in the industrial and financial sectors. His manifold responsibilities included the implementation of guidance policies and strategies as well as leading complex, strategic IT projects. Currently, he is the Head of IT at a Private Bank in Switzerland. In addition, he is a lecturer for the Master Program “Business Information Systems” at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW.

Thomas Schell studied Informatics and specialized in the area of managing IT processes, services and organizations. Three times in his career he has reshaped classical IT organizations into customer oriented IT service providers. After 25 years in Swiss pharma and chemical industry, he is now lecturer for IT service management in universities of applied sciences in Switzerland and Germany. He supports IT organizations as consultant and trainer for best practice frameworks.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: IT Management

  • Book Subtitle: The art of managing IT based on a solid framework leveraging the company´s political ecosystem

  • Authors: Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19309-6

  • Publisher: Springer Vieweg Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-19308-9Published: 22 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-19309-6Published: 12 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 194

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 132 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Information Systems and Communication Service, IT in Business, Management of Computing and Information Systems

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eBook USD 19.99
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 29.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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