IT Project Management: Ten Rules for Enhancing the Human Element

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Every  organization is looking for keys to enhancing the Information Technology (IT) workplace—to integrate the IT team into the business through alignment and strategic planning, to make the IT team a key driver of change in the business, to make the IT team and its partners aware of the need to deliver business solutions on time and on budget, and to build an IT team that promotes achievement and accomplishments, and that delivers hard benefits back to the business.

IT project management is one of the most complex tasks for people and organizations to manage. It requires project managers to be expert jugglers in a dynamic environment where none of the project parameters stays static for any length of time. While educational institutions and certification organizations are fast at work trying to ensure that project managers have the skills and tools available to manage the process of project management, little is done to teach and mentor project managers on the key aspect of each and every project: people. It is people, after all, that are needed to do the tasks that make the project successful. Given the maze of challenges that IT organizations face in these times of increased complexity and pressures from business, one often overlooked area is the people who work in these organizations day-in and day-out, delivering on projects. Enhancing the human element …

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