Project management is the process of applying knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to activities within a project. Many of the techniques a project manager uses, as well as the knowledge and experience required to do the work, are similar to those used in managing organizational units. Frequently, a project manager acts independently of the formal, functional organization. A project is a set of temporary, non-routine activities, the completion of which requires combined effort and skills from people with a variety of specializations.

When you retain IT project management service from ITS, experienced IT project managers will:

• Guide your project through the appropriate software development cycle stages.
• Prepare budget, schedule, risk avoidance and mitigation, and scope plans for your project.
• Provide regular sponsor and community project status reports.
• Ensure other community communiqués are prepared as needed.

Projects proceed through a Project Life Cycle that has four phases with activities and deliverables associated with each stage. The amount of documentation and project management activity is in keeping with:

• the types of project risk associated with the project,
• the sponsor's, the customer's and the supplying organization's ability to accept, avoid or manage those risks if they occur, and
• the size of the project.