Joseph ThompsonIT Project Coordinator| Nova Home LoansTucson, Az, United States
I work in IT. My current position is IT Project Coordinator. We have 4 Business Analysts. My job is to manage our list of projects (portfolio), work with the software engineers, infrastructure guys, stakeholders, etc. When I pass my PMP Exam, I will be the IT Project Manager. I am the only one and I have to work with executives to prioritize projects, plan, etc. Recently we promoted someone to another Project Coordinator position, but this person specializes in only a group of projects (program). We have over 100 projects waiting. I don't know how to discuss with my boss (CTO) that my role is not a project manager or coordinator and that it is more of a portfolio manager. What do I do with this? How do I handle this massive amount of projects? With this structure what is my role vs the BAs? The priority of our projects can change daily and it slows us down. My boss is focused on is closing projects, but his changing of the priorities is counterproductive. What can I do to ensure success? We have 3-4 years of work and it grows all the time. We cannot slow down enough or get structured enough to plan out our projects and estimate when we could even do a project. I am being told constantly to add a project and make it a high priority, but the only way to do that is stop work on a current project. HELP Saving Changes...
