Question

Describe recent trends affecting IT project management, including globalization, outsourcing, virtual teams, and agile project management?

(Answer should be in your own words)

subject: Information technology team management

Min: 200 words

Answer 1

Globalization has increased the need of software system and it's process. So as society is advancing in every aspects of life and day to day activities. The software management has to face many challenges like scalability, stability etc.

Outsourcing is one of the technology where the work is shifted to others and get it done for the particular payments. Their is a higher risk in leaking of source code to the others. Security will be a higher question in outsourcing of works. This is a major drawback in the project management. Work has to be done in expected time the vendor has to submit the given work, there will be a multiple vendors doing different work. So integration can be a big issue unless they do it in right time and perfectly.

Here people will work in remote locations anywhere in the geographical area. It is carried out by a contract basis. pay depends upon the how much we work and completing the job, Management cannot able to force people to do things at exact time. Conversations cannot be carried out face to face other than in video conference.

In agile methodologies the people needs more experience to manage a complete projects and follow the methodologies properly with complete potential. Lack of good managerial skills may leads to loss in production.