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Change Management in IT
Overcoming IT Project Failure
Any enterprises' ability to remain agile and quick to respond to external opportunities and threats is in large part predicated on the innate skill sets of the project and programme managers guiding projects in progress. The synchronized efforts of project and programme managers working in conjunction with cross-functional department leads and senior management form the foundation that assures an enterprise can change rapidly in response to opportunities and threats. Not only is this ability to manage change at a corporate, cross-functional level important, it is an essential attribute of any effectively managed organization (Partington, Pellegrinelli, Young, 2005). In the case of exceptionally costly and time-consuming project failures, the capacity of project and programme managers, in addition to entire enterprises to recover from setbacks and develop a corporate-wide resilience is essential if change is going to be made an innate strength of the enterprise (Lycett, Rassau, Danson, 2004).
Taking Change Into Account In Overcoming IT Project Failures
The mindset of enterprises and the engrained nature of how they perceive failure has a direct influence on how change is perceived and valued or not in their cultures. The greater the acceptance of failure as a means to continually improve...
Navigating this dichotomy is essential for any organization to stay agile enough to capitalize on new opportunities or counter threats yet also stay aligned and focus on project goals and objectives so their core business continues to operate efficiently and profitability (Pellegrinelli, Partington, Hemingway, et. al., 2007).
Project managers that have exceptional skills in emotional intelligence (EI), transformational leadership and the ability to navigate their organizations while ensuring tight synchronization of departments succeed more often than their peers who often rely on authoritarian-driven leadership styles. It takes a balancing of contextual intelligence and the ability to selectively bring EI and leadership skills to bear on specific problems of change if the organization is to succeed. Contextual leadership is a very valuable skill for project and programme managers given the need for making change management a core competency and competitive advantage…
Bibliography
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Partington, D., Pellegrinelli, S. & Young, M. 2005, "Attributes and levels of programme management competence: an interpretive study," International Journal of Project Management, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 87-95.
Pellegrinelli, S., Partington, D., Hemingway, C., Mohdzain, Z. & MahmoodShah 2007, "The importance of context in programme management: An empirical review of programme practices," International Journal of Project Management, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 41.
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