What are the components of IT Project Management?
IT Project Management is based on a project life cycle that is a collection of logical stages or phases that maps the life of a project from its beginning to its end in order to define, build, and deliver the product of a project – that is, the information system. The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines nine knowledge areas for understanding project management: · Project Integration Management · Project Scope Management · Project Time Management · Project Cost Management · Project Quality Management · Project Human Resource Management · Project Communication Management · Project Risk Management · Project Procurement Management These components are all critical to the success of any IT project and represent best practices in project management. What goes into IT Project Management? The start of an IT project begins with conceptualization and initialization phase. This phase defines the project goal and measurable organizational value (MOV). The MOV establis