Question 3 [25]

You are the project manager on a new IT project launched at Mega IT company. The project

goal is to convert all the systems to be cloud-based, but no one knows how big this job is or

even what the work breakdown structure would be. There is a concern that the scope will

keep growing. The project steering committee decides to approach the project by using

progressive elaboration.

However, company executives expect the project to be finished within a very short space of

time and they want you to commit to an end date. Moreover, they have told you that you will

be sharing resources with two other important projects. You are required to use Agile

methodology for all development, although the company has until now only followed a

waterfall method of development. The IT manager has told you that he is concerned about

the data compatibility across systems that need to be moved to the cloud, and the

developers have raised concerns about the expectation that systems can simply be moved to

the cloud without changing them, and the learning curves that will be introduced for users.

3.2. When scheduling for IT projects, there are known problems that you should watch out

for and that often push IT projects beyond their planned completion time. Name five

common ICT project problems that you would expect when drawing up your

schedule, and for each one be sure to provide an example from the case study

above. (10)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT