Complex IT Project Management: 16 Steps to Success

LAN/desktop platform, 57, 58

LAN printing, 53, 75-76

Laptops, 144

Late deliveries, 146-147

Late status of projects, 146-147

LCD (liquid crystal display), 7

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), 54

Leadership, 206

Leadership skills, of project managers, 285-286

Lead times, 85, 98

Leap of faith, 27

Legacy systems, 29

compatibility of deliverables with, 12-15

databases, 41

replacing, 8

risks in, 93

stability, 227

Lessons learned process, 255-257; see also Projects

implementation of scopes, 257-259

negative contributing factors, 263-268

positive contributing factors, 259-263

pulling project teams together, 268-270

setting goals for, 257

SouthPointe project, 271-273

Life cycles, product, 21

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), 54

Liquid crystal display (LCD), 7

Load balancing, 51-52, 58, 62

Loaners, documenting, 152

Local area networks (LANs), 50, 144

authentication process, 58-59

eliminating legacy protocols in, 93-94

handoffs, 195

Long distance calls, 14, 78