8) Do you think it’s harder to manage an IT project or a traditional project, such as building construction? Justify your response.

8)      Do you think it’s harder to manage an IT project or a traditional project, such as building construction? Justify your response.

       Do I think that an IT project or a traditional project both are hard. The nature of an organization represents a team effort to reach specific goals and objectives. Each division, department, and employee group represents some type or part of a functioning team. In each case, from specific project teams to the entire organizational workforce, overall success depends upon individual personalities and how those personalities get along and work with each other. Organizational success results from the ability to increase productivity from the introduction of new technologies and by the promotion of active and effective collaboration within the organization and among others.

7) Can recent college graduates expect to be project managers right away? What is a typical career path for a project manager?

7)      Can recent college graduates expect to be project managers right away? What is a typical career path for a project manager?

            Of course they can. But if the college graduates just entering the workforce earn the project management certification, which is a important factor in recognizing quality in a profession, they become more marketable making five to six times as much salary.

6) What are the project management process groups? Estimate how much time and money is typically spent on projects in each of these process groups. Assume you have one year and $100,000 to spend.

6)      What are the project management process groups?  Estimate how much time and money is typically spent on projects in each of these process groups. Assume you have one year and $100,000 to spend.

       Process Groups describe and organize the project from start to finish and is important to note how they relate and depend on each other to guide the project to a successful end. Project management process groups progress from initialing activities to planning activities, executing activities, monitoring and controlling activities, and closing activities.         



     



 

5) Many information technology project managers come from senior technical positions. What can you do to help them transition into a project management role?

5)      Many information technology project managers come from senior technical positions.  What can you do to help them transition into a project management role?


       As information technology project managers work with a project team to improve the probability of project success, I will be part of a project team and as a important team member I will help them transition developing my technical skill and knowledge on computer programming and analysis to get effective results as a stakeholder into a project management role.


 

4) Briefly describe the strategic planning process; including the SWOT analysis. Which method do you think businesses use most when identifying IT project? Why?

4)      Briefly describe the strategic planning process; including the SWOT analysis.  Which method do you think businesses use most when identifying IT project? Why?

       The strategic planning process is defining long-term objectives by examining the strengths and weaknesses of an organization, studying opportunities and threats in the business environment, predicting future trends, and anticipating the need for new products and services. The SWOT analysis is mainly Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Most people are familiar with this particular analysis in the strategic planning process.

3) Describe the triple constraint. What are the three components and what is the relationship between them.

3)      Describe the triple constraint.  What are the three components and what is the relationship between them.

       The triple constraint contains three primary constraints that most projects will have: Time, cost, and scope. Time means the schedule or time constraints linked to the project. Cost includes the budget and all other financial issues related to the project. There is not set amount of hours or dollars that describes projects overall. Each has its own conditions. Scope relates to the goals of the project, and the work included in reaching those goals.

2) Define globalization, outsourcing, and virtual teams and describe how these trends are changing IT project management.

2)     Define globalization, outsourcing, and virtual teams and describe how these trends are changing IT project management.

      Globalization is a method of collaboration and incorporation among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international market  and investment and assisted by information technology.
      Outsourcing is a procedure used by some companies to lower costs by transporting portions of work to outside contractors rather than completing it internally.                                                                   Virtual teams are a group of people who work across time, space and logistical boundaries with the aid of technology.  These trends are changing IT project management by using outsourcing to improve their business style to ensure that IT infrastructure and business procedures are combined and uniformed.
      Virtual teams decrease costs, raise the work and life equilibrium for team members, provide more skill and flexibility, and buildup competition and responses.  

1) What does it mean to take a systems view of a project? How does taking a systems view of a project apply to project management?

1)      What does it mean to take a systems view of a project? How does taking a systems view of a project apply to project management?

      Taking a systems view of a project means how that project will react with other procedures of the organization. How this system view applies to project management guarantees projects do not exist in separation from the organization and its other systems and that projects are directed toward supporting organizational strategy. This needs to gel with the general plan of the organization.