IST 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Project Charter, Project Manager, Project Management
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Project management (pm) may be the most important aspect of systems development. Effective pm helps to ensure: the meeting of customer expectations, the satisfying of budget and time constraints. The nature of projects has changed from custom development to implementing packaged software and data warehousing. Pm skills are difficult and important to learn. Project: a planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end. Project management: a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project. Project manager: a systems analyst with a diverse set of skills management, leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship who is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project. Deliverable: the end product of an sdlc phase. System service request (ssr: a standard form for requesting or proposing systems development work within an organization, here team dynamic . Assess size, scope and complexity, and establish procedures.