Managing an IT project is like juggling chunks of Jell-O: It’s neither easy nor pretty. Information technology is especially slippery because it’s always moving, changing, adapting and challenging business as we know it.
Traditional project management, as it’s used in construction or manufacturing, deals with solid, tangible elements. Instead, IT project management is complicated by shifting business needs and demanding stakeholders. Because good IT project management is difficult to execute, we’ve come up with a list of common questions and answers to explain its importance and make it easier to master.
What are the basic principles of IT project management?Projects are short-term efforts to create a unique product, service or environment, such as removing old servers, developing a custom e-commerce site, creating new desktop images or merging databases.
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