ITM 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Project Management Institute, Project Manager, Project Management Body Of Knowledge

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 305
• Professor: Lin Ying Dong

Document Summary

Studies suggest that most it projects are less than successful as measured by three criteria: Some reasons for failure include: undefined project management practices, poor it management and poor it procedures, inadequate executive support for the project, inexperienced project managers, unclear business needs and project objectives, inadequate user involvement. Project manager serves as locus of control for the project team and all its activities. He or she establishes the team"s structure so work can be accomplished. He or she must represent the team to the outside world and communicate the team members" needs. Project management and ceremony: ceremony: the level of formality of a project, the rigor of holding meetings and producing documentation. Agile scope management: refers to the scope of the new system and the scope of the project. In traditional predictive projects, the project manager and the team attempted to define the scope in both areas at the beginning of the project, during the planning phase.