Comments on: Glenn Whitfield asks “IT Project or Business Project?”

By: Eric D. Brown

Eric D. Brown — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:52:06 +0000

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing Rodney. BTW – Great blog you have!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:41:42 +0000

Eric, I don't know what the stats are, but in our work with organizations as big as the United Nations, down to owner operated small businesses, more than 50% of the businesses we work with, actually report being bogged down by having IT adopt a leadership role. In several cases, I can think of a large hospital and a city we are currently working with, the concern is not to get IT involved, otherwise it will "take forever" to get up and running. Interesting isn't it? Rodney http://www.managepro.com/blog

By: Eric D. Brown

Eric D. Brown — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:56:48 +0000

Hi Rodney – Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I agree. On most projects, it makes sense for IT to take the role of technical lead and provide resources to meet the project's objectives but let the business unit take the lead on the project.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:35:10 +0000

Eric, a slightly different take on that would be to look at the track record of IT in project management, and then decide if you wanted them to lead versus be a resource on IT related projects. I think most people would choose the latter if they looked at the statistics, plus I think IT is more capable and better suited playing a resource, not a lead the project role. Rodney http://www.managepro.com/ITmanagement.html

By: Eric D. Brown

Eric D. Brown — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:52:36 +0000

Thanks!

By: Cutter Consortium

Cutter Consortium — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:05:43 +0000

RT @ericdbrown Glenn Whitfield asks is it an IT Project or Business Project? http://ow.ly/9FX

By: Bas de Baar

Bas de Baar — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:50:38 +0000

Glenn Whitfield asks “IT Project or Business Project?” http://tinyurl.com/bdkghn

By: Avinoam

Avinoam — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:32:24 +0000

Hi Eric, I think that one of the main benefit of project management software is to enable non professional project managers like executives/managers to run their business. The key for doing this is the be able to bring your team on board and create a collaborative work space for the team.

By: Business

Business — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:02:10 +0000

I did not expect this on a Wednesday. it goes to show you,. Added you to my feed reader.

By: Eric D. Brown

Eric D. Brown — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:09:53 +0000

Hi Mike – thanks for stopping by. So true…when the business owns projects, I've found that they tend to be more successful because the business group has more 'skin in the game'.