| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to assess the project management practice and challenges of selected IT
Projects at wegagen bank S.C. The research purposefully takes the IT personals of the selected projects
who are involved in the management process including the two project managers. The primary data were
collected through self-developed Likert scale structured questionnaire on which the project life cycle
groups ,the project knowledge areas and Questionnaire for major challenges of applying project
management life cycle and its knowledge areas on IT related projects were distributed among forty
employees i n t h e IT cluster. The sample population of the study was determined by non-probability
sampling or convenient sampling technique. The research focuses on HRIS and Thune’s Money transfer
integration projects. The respondents were asked whether each project have been implemented
accordance with project management life cycle and knowledge areas and on the challenges each projects
face during project implementation. Data were analyzed using SP S S and interpreted for mean and
standard deviation. The findings are divided in three parts the project management life cycle, project
management knowledge areas and the challenges that affect the implementation of project with
formal project management practices. During the project life cycle the projects have conducted some
activities however from the project initiation to the closing stage there where issues such as formal
project management plan documentation which includes the detailed project time, cost, quality,
communication, risk, where not developed continues monitoring and evaluation of scope changes
where not updated. some of the challenges that affect this process are lack of formal project planning,
frequently changing business requirement, organizational commitment for adapting and expecting
project management practices and the stakeholders assumption that IT projects are highly dependent
on IT technical lead to the poor application of project management practices .the research finally
conclude and recommended IT projects should be managed and controlled with proper project
management practices and project management software tools to be used and dedicated experienced
project managers manage and control the projects. Project management offices can be benefited
from employees with project management education and training background and a separate project
manager for technical IT activities and project management practices. |
