IT project management methods

Tia Semeradova

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

This bachelor thesis deals with project management methodologies used in the IT industry and IT departments. Three main project methodologies were chosen for the purpose of this work : Prince2, PMBOK and Agile Methods. The literature review characterises project management in IT with focus on project success and failure. It also focuses on characterising traditional project management and traditional project methodologies and comparing them with Agile methods used in IT with focus on methodology structure and team structure. Practical research consists of questionere distributed to respondents working in IT industry and experience on working on IT projects. Research aims to identify aspects influencing project success in the eyes of team members and finding the most influential aspects. It also aims to identify whether team members view methodologies as a positive influence on team welfare and their methodology preference. Results of practical part of this thesis show that among IT project team members the most known and most popular project methodology is Agile. General project outcome that was experienced by the respondents was that the majority of projects were delivered on time and within their original budget. Regarding aspects that can influence project success, majority of respondents agree that the strongest positive aspect is having established realistic goals and objectives and the strongest negative aspect that can influence project outcome is having poor communication between team members. Regarding team welfare, most respondents somewhat agree that using project management methodologies helps allocate a sufficient amount of work between team members and limit the oversized workload. Findings from this thesis and its research can be used by IT project managers and IT team managers when planning new IT projects.

Keywords

Project management methodologies, Prince2, PMBOK, Agile, Team Welfare, Project Success, Project Failure, Project Budget, Project Deadline, Project management, Project Manager, Information Technology, IT, Traditional Project Management, Agile Project Management

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 8. 3. 2021

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Miloš Ulman, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management