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Project Management and Information Technology ContextSEII-Lecture 2
Dr. Muzafar KhanAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Computer ScienceCIIT, Islamabad.
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Outline
• Recap• Systems Philosophy• Organization frames• Project life cycle• IT projects and recent trends• Project management process groups
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Recap
• Software/ software engineering• IT project failure / investment• Project / program• Project and portfolio management• Project management framework• Project success factors• Successful organizations and managers• Suggested skills for project managers
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Systems Philosophy
• No project done in isolation• Broad organizational context• Holistic view / systems thinking• Systems analysis• Systems management
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Three-Sphere Model
Figure source: IT Project Management, K. Schwalbe, 6th ed., p. 46
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Organization Frames [1/2]
• Structural frame– Organization structure– Roles and responsibilities– Coordination and control
• Human resource frame– Harmony between organization’s needs and people’s
needs
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Organization Frames [2/2]
• Political frame– Organizational and personal politics– Competition between groups/individuals– Power, leadership, limited resources– Project supporters and opponents
• Symbolic frame– Symbols and meanings– Organization culture
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Organizational Structures [1/2]
• Functional– Conventional structure– Managers report to CEO– Specialized staff
• Project– Program managers report to CEO– Staff with various skills
• Matrix– Mix of functional and project structures– Strong, balanced, and weak matrix
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Organizational Structures [2/2]
Figure source: IT Project Management, K. Schwalbe, 6th ed., p. 49
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Organizational Structure and Project
Figure source: IT Project Management, K. Schwalbe, 6th ed., p. 50
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Organizational Culture [1/2]
• Set of shared assumptions, values, and behaviors• Cause of many problems• Subcultures• Main characteristics– Member identity– Group emphasis– Risk tolerance– Conflict tolerance
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Organizational Culture [2/2]
• Main characteristics– Reward criteria– Unit integration– Open-systems focus– People focus– Control– Means-ends orientation
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Stakeholder Management
• Stakeholders– Directly involved in the project– Internal to the organization– External to the organization– Top management
• Competition for limited resources• Project manager has to manage relationships
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Role of Top Management in Project Success
• Adequate resources• Approval for unique project needs• Cooperation from other departments• Coaching for leadership issues• Use of standards and tools• Project management office
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Project Life Cycle [1/3]
• Various project phases• Work, deliverables, time, team, approval in each
phase• In early phases– Limited resources required – High level of uncertainty– More stakeholders’ influence
• In middle phases
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Project Life Cycle [2/3]
• In middle phases– Low level of uncertainty– More resources required
• In final phase– Objectives achieved– Formal customer’s approval
• Phases vary in different domains
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Project Life Cycle [3/3]
Figure source: IT Project Management, K. Schwalbe, 6th ed., p. 58
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Product Life Cycles
• Software development projects are subsets of IT projects
• Software/system development life cycle– Waterfall, spiral, incremental (predictive life cycle)– Agile models (adaptive software development)
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Management Reviews
• Complex nature of IT projects/products• Status review at each phase– Phase exits / kill points– Evaluate progress– Potential success– Compatibility with organizational goals– Systems’ view– Frequent reviews
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IT Projects
• Complex in nature– Scale– Domains– Products– Resources– Technology– Team members
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Summary
• Systems Philosophy– Business, organization, technology
• Organization frames– Structure, HR, political, symbolic
• Project life cycle– Concept, development, implementation, close-out