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To successfully complete this week’s discussion, you will need to:
Refer to these chapters in your Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence textbook:
Chapter 4, “Project Management Methodologies.”
Chapter 5, “Integrated Processes.”
Review this playlist of related LinkedIn Learning videos: Blending Project Management Methods [total time 1:00:39]. (https://www.linkedin.com/learning/blending-project-management-methods/choosing-a-project-management-method?autoplay=true&u=57878161)
According to Kerzner, “The importance of a good methodology cannot be understated” (1).
Please respond to the below classmate in a substantive post (1–3 paragraphs). The classmate was suppose to do the following:
Analyze the significance of this statement as it relates to integrative information technology solutions within an organization.
Provide one example of an integrative information technology solution from your course project to justify your response.
Be sure to provide full citations and references, formatted according to Strayer Writing Standards.
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Note: Classmates response must be
Classmates post, Aaron;
There are multiple methodologies that can be applied to project management. The traditional method is called waterfall, and is, like in our Gantt chart often made of dependent tasks that are mapped out in advance and each task relies on the task prior being completed before it can be started. The other common method is called agile methodology and entails the triple constraints of simultaneously managing cost, scope and time. Seems simple right? Far from it. Nothing about project management is as straight forward as it sounds, mostly because project management is one of the emerging dark arts of achieving business goals, well in my opinion anyway.
We still need to stay on track with regards to cost and with regards to quality control. There are just different ways on executing the project itself. The traditional method uses a detailed roadmap to arrive at its objectives, completing milestones along the way until they are all completed, then we review the deliverables and check with the customer, client, or stakeholders whatever you want to call them, because they are the ONLY ones who can approve/ratify a project being closed. In the middle of that is change control which prevents a project from getting out of scope or going over time or budget constraints.
Another school of thought, is that by the time companies can achieve compliance with existing methodologies, that they can just develop their *own* methodologies. For example, used in the text, benchmarking with regards to Sherwin-Williams, a company that sells paint. Though the downside of a template methodology may be minimal, it relies heavily upon the flexibility of the methodology to be adapted or adjusted to meet the client company’s needs. Benchmarking takes time and could take even more time to achieve than just doing something adaptive and agile a bit faster. (Kerzner, 2018, p. 243)
Thank you for reading my post. As always, I welcome comments and constructive feedback.
Best wishes,
Aaron
References:
1. Kerzner, H. (2018). Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence (4th ed.). Wiley.
