IT Project Managers, a career of keeping business IT on track!

by pts-alex on July 8, 2020

*IT project managers are responsible for planning, organizing, allocating resources for, budgeting and successfully executing organizations’ specific IT goals.*

Project Management for IT Professionals

One major aspect of our high-tech society is the use of information technology. Just about every business is reliant upon information technology for daily operations. Companies would not be able to send emails, host virtual meetings, or save and share important documents without the use of IT. IT professionals play an important role in their company because they are responsible for managing all the programs and equipment involved with computer systems. Therefore, it is critical that IT professionals can understand and manage these systems. Project Management for IT Professionals teaches technical personnel how to apply their IT knowledge and integrate it into their company to achieve goals.

What is Project Management?

Project management is the practice of organizing team members, finances, tools, documents and all other necessary materials to achieve a certain a goal. The goal is to complete the project within a deadline. The project management process requires monitoring every phase of the project and ensuring that all tasks are being completed along the way. For IT professionals, project management includes identifying the goals of an IT manager and understanding the role of the IT team throughout the project. Specific responsibilities for the IT team may involve factoring IT products into an organization’s budget, identifying IT hardware and software solutions and building or upgrading an organization’s internal systems.

*Good IT project managers have fine coordination and leadership skills to keep their teams working together*

Training at Phoenix TS

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Phoenix TS offers Project Management for IT Professionals, a comprehensive training course ideal for IT teams and project managers alike.

In this 4-day, instructor-led course, participants will:

Define and explain the importance of managing risks and managing knowledge
Learn the evolution of project management along with the key people and events
Identify the role of today’s IT project manager
Identify the goals of IT project management: deliverables, standards, documentation
Name and define the stages and importance of the project lifecycle
Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Project Planning Phase
Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Analysis and Design Phases
Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Construction Phase
Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Test Planning and Preparation Phase
Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Roll-out Planning and Implementation Phase
Learn various project management methodologies and the best implementation of each.

Participants can also look forward to deep dive into the following parts of the project management process:

IT Project Management skills
Roles and responsibilities
Context and process groups
Controlling costs
Managing scope
Effective time management
Integration management

Phoenix TS other Project Management course offerings include:

To sign up for an online course today, visit phoenixts.com or call 240-667-7757.

Also Phoenix TS offers free resources for some project management tittles including assessment tests and quizzes. To access them go to: https://phoenixts.com/resources

Works Cited

“What Does an IT Manager Do?” Career Explorer, SOKANU INTERACTIVE INC., 2020,

www.careerexplorer.com/careers/it-manager/.

“What Is Project Management?” Project Management Institute, 2020,

www.pmi.org/about/learn-about-pmi/what-is-project-management.

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