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With technology/systems being used by us more and more, understanding the relationship between IT projects and project management is the key to business success. Last week we laid the foundation of this understanding in 3 key areas: Leadership, Planning + Implementation and Adoption + Use. In this week’s blog, we’re giving you a deep dive into Leadership. Having successful leadership throughout a technology/systems project is crucial to project success. Read below to learn three ways project management helps leadership on system/technology projects:
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Buy-In
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Project management helps leadership understand the scale and impact technology projects have on a business.Because of this, it helps leadership understand the importance of buy-in. Buy-in needs to come from you, the leadership, but it also needs to come from the stakeholders involved. Why? To make the new technology/system successful, everyone needs to understand why it is needed and how it helps them personally. Gaining this buy-in can feel overwhelming. Good project management shows you how to create buy-in and why it does not have to be overwhelming.
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Skill Transfer
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In a recent Forbes article titled “16 Key Steps to Successful IT Project Management,” the author pointed out the key 4 aspects of project management and why they are important for a successful IT project. These four aspects are “planning, organization, motivation, control.” Not sure you can execute all of those at once? No need to worry, this is where project management comes in to assist leaders like yourself. Project managers transfer the skills needed to fully execute all four aspects of project management to you. This hands-on transfer, vs. learning in a book or online class, ensures you and all your leadership know how to successfully apply them to real life IT projects. And these skills will help in your current project, and all future IT/system projects.
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Communication
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Having effective communication from leadership is a key success driver in all IT projects. You need to know how to communicate, when to change your communication style, etc. To ensure project success, project managers can train you and all leadership in how to tailor communications to the various stakeholders involved. How you talk to the various groups differs a lot. From type of language to frequency to what aspects of the project you even communicate about. Project managers know all of this already and can give you the cheat-sheet template on how to be successful. This saves you time and stress and is well worth investing in.
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There are countless ways that project management helps leadership in a technology/system project, but the three examples above are some of the most important. Having effective leadership on ALL levels is key to project success. When projects fail, it is usually because of a lack of the right leadership. This pitfall can be easily avoided, if you invest in the right project elements from the beginning – including project management. Project management ensures that the right leadership is involved, and that they have the right skills to get the job done effectively. Best of all? Everything you learn from the project managers will allow you to run more effective, efficient projects moving forward. It truly is the investment that keeps on giving.
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Interested in learning more about project management and technology projects? Contact our team at Kim@QuantumMark.com today!
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