Insights and inspiration for project professionals

This event was organized by PMI volunteers as a workshop to examine what makes managing IT projects different than traditional projects.

The workshop was led by an expert Agile facilitator and organized the audience in 3 working groups that selected  topics from the proposed “Seven Skills of IT Project Managers”.

The participants focused their attention on the following 3 areas of interest:

- The level of IT technical knowledge that a project manager should have
- IT & business requirements
- Turnover and retention of know-how in IT

All working groups agreed that an IT Project Manager should have a basic technical understanding of IT but should always rely on Subject Matter Experts to gain the necessary insights needed to take the required decisions and steer the project in the right direction.

IT requirements are somewhat different from traditional projects, according to the working groups. The main difference is the importance of so called “Non-functional requirements” (e.g., backups, user experience design, regulatory) that could add a significant workload to the team.

Team turn-over is very actual in IT and working groups agreed this shall be a concern for project managers looking to succeed in their IT projects. Project managers should consult what HR departments are doing to attract and retain talent. Also, we must ensure we foster a learning culture, empowering team members and always focusing on celebrating achievements. 

The event ended with a networking session where the 20 participants, both PMI and non-PMI members took the opportunity to exchange experiences and share their ideas for the future of project management.

Event cancellation policy

Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, we are obliged to limit the attendance to our in-person events. We remind our friends and fellow project managers to respect our event cancellation policy. As a reminder, we kindly ask you to kindly notify us at least 4 days in advance in case of cancellation.