This essay provides opinions about the findings in the article “IT Project Management: Infamous Failure, Classic Mistakes, and Best Practices”. Firstly, main findings and point of views about them will be introduced. And then I will discuss how this article changes the way I think about project management. Finally, I will explain how I will apply the knowledge from the article to project management.
In the 10 infamous IT project failures, I find that the waste amount of time and money are huge, some of which even causes the bankruptcy of the company. Therefore, efficient project management are vital to the business operation and company survival. Besides, there are indeed some common reasons in these cases, which provide us the opportunity to conclude the classic mistakes. According to the article, people, process, product and technology are four main categories, which include 36 classic mistakes. As to the …show more content…
Firstly, originally my first priority about one project is always on its construction, instead of estimation or planning, but now I realize that the top-level planning and management methodology often decide the success of the project. Secondly, I always thought scope creep caused one project to fail. However, according to the statistics in the article, scope creep is more often than I imagine, so through good requirement change management, maybe we could ask for more budget from the clients. Thirdly, because when I worked as an entry-level IT consultant, the people I communicate with most are IT support persons on the client side. But when I read that ineffective stakeholder management is the second classic mistake, I think the more important is to find what the key users of the client are, or the person who has a decision power over the project. Especially as a project manager, keeping good relationship with project manager on the client side is beneficial to the
In the 10 infamous IT project failures, I find that the waste amount of time and money are huge, some of which even causes the bankruptcy of the company. Therefore, efficient project management are vital to the business operation and company survival. Besides, there are indeed some common reasons in these cases, which provide us the opportunity to conclude the classic mistakes. According to the article, people, process, product and technology are four main categories, which include 36 classic mistakes. As to the …show more content…
Firstly, originally my first priority about one project is always on its construction, instead of estimation or planning, but now I realize that the top-level planning and management methodology often decide the success of the project. Secondly, I always thought scope creep caused one project to fail. However, according to the statistics in the article, scope creep is more often than I imagine, so through good requirement change management, maybe we could ask for more budget from the clients. Thirdly, because when I worked as an entry-level IT consultant, the people I communicate with most are IT support persons on the client side. But when I read that ineffective stakeholder management is the second classic mistake, I think the more important is to find what the key users of the client are, or the person who has a decision power over the project. Especially as a project manager, keeping good relationship with project manager on the client side is beneficial to the