Project Management

Project Management is an umbrella term for describing processes to manage the team, communicate between the project team, the Sponsor, Managers and Stakeholders, create strategies for the identification, control and avoidance of risk, compliance with standards, procedures and requirements and the management of time and costs to complete a project on time and within budget.

Project work is ordered into phases beginning with the definition and organisation of the project including listing the project objectives, selecting the project team, establishing decision-making processes and obtaining resources.

The next phase is the creation of the project plan which includes, estimating, producing the Work Breakdown Structure, scheduling the project and obtaining a decision on whether the project proceeds according to the plan.

The execution stages of the project involve documenting its progress, managing the project whilst adhering to the budget and schedule and tracking any issues which arise.

The project closedown stages include the handover to the Support and Maintenance provider, tidying up loose ends.  After implementation it is useful to hold a post-mortem on the project.  After the software has been live for a little while a post-implementation review should provide conclusions about the level of success of the project and lessons learned can be converted into process improvements for the future benefit of the organisation.