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Get Project Management for Your IT Projects

Monday, March 18, 2024

Does your business unit have an IT project that could benefit from IT Project Management support? Thanks to the University IT (UIT) Project Management Office (PMO), you can receive IT project management guidance and support from an assigned UIT Project Manager (PM) on various IT project types. These include vendor selection and implementation, SaaS projects, development and IT infrastructure projects, application upgrades, and more.

A UIT PM oversees and manages the entire project management lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure. During project execution, the scope of a project manager's tasks may include:

  • Creating project charters and project plans
  • Working with project sponsors to estimate resource requirements
  • Managing project scope, timeline, and quality
  • Maintaining the project plan, ensuring task completion, and coordinating team efforts
  • Conducting status tracking meetings and facilitating team coordination
  • Escalating changes with remediation plans for sponsor approval and providing project status updates to stakeholders
  • Proactively addressing project issues, risks, and decisions
  • And more

Benefits of this service

The UIT PM takes an independent leadership role in collaborating with project sponsors, stakeholders, and the project team to direct projects requiring a high level of functional integration and coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders. Their expertise enables better collaboration, goal definition, and workflow optimization. This enables teams to effectively complete necessary tasks, enhance overall work quality, and deliver a high-quality product, thus ensuring the project's success. 

Submit a Help request to request an IT Project Manager for your next IT project today!

More about the Project Management Office (PMO)

The University IT Project Management Office (UIT PMO) is a highly effective team of IT Project Managers who manage and lead diverse technology projects. The team uses consistent project management processes and methodologies, such as agile and waterfall. Learn more about UIT PM on the project management About Us webpage.

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