IT Project management skills

IT Project Management

Stakeholders

Stakeholder identification.

Setting up a stakeholder engagement plan.

Continuous stakeholder interaction.

Reporting back to stakeholders.

Use in practice

Tools: power-interest grid

Time

Plan schedule management

Sequence activities

Estimate durations

Develop the project schedule

Control the schedule

Use in practice

Units of measure: calendar dates, story points, man hours

Team

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Adjourning

Use in practice

Meetings: daily meetings, stand-ups, retrospective, backlog planning, brainstorm, demo meetings
Techniques: Interactive, push and pull communication

Risks

Identification

Analysis

Response Planning

Risk Mitigation

Risk Monitoring

Use in practice

Units of measure: likelihood, impact
Tools: register, cause analysis, SWOT, risk alerts, probability and impact matrix

Tasks

Initiation

Planning

Delegation

Execution

Monitoring and control

Testing

Closure

Use in practice

PM methodologies: agile, waterfall
Tools: kanban, gantt, burndown chart, flowchart, SMART

Cost

Resource planning

Cost estimating

Cost budgeting

Cost control

Use in practice

Tools: cost reporting spreadsheets

Quality

Quality Planning

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Continuous Improvement

Use in practice

Tools: customer satisfaction index, productivity, cost performance, cycle time, return on investment, alignment with strategic business goals

Scope

Collect the required inputs

Generate a WBS

Translate WBS into tasks

Identify project requirements

Develop a scope statement

Define your processes

Use in practice

Tools: Statement of Scope (SOS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) templates

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