Project Management

Leading a project team from concept to implementation and maintenance of a new system can be a daunting task, given the briskly changing state of technology and ever-higher user expectations. Having a depth of knowledge and experience in project management using battle-tested methodologies cannot be over-estimated. What are these essential fundamentals, and how are the applied by good project managers?

Developing the Project Plan

Developing goals and objectives, establishing time and sequencing dependencies, estimating task completion times and gaining management approval and support are some of the essential aspects of project plan development.

Working the Plan

Working the plan, knowing when to modify it and when to hold the line, keeping user and IT management in the loop, and controlling project resources are the essential parts of turning the project plan into an actual, living system.