In my organization, project managers practice both leveling and smoothing. In the same way, that capacity may be something of an elastic quantity, so too overall IT implementation schedules may be treated with a certain amount of flexibility. While ‘as soon as possible’ is a general practice, IT projects are typically implemented in phases, much more than projects are in other industries. (Indeed, in general, it would seem to be sound project management practice to implement in phases wherever possible. Smaller projects are easier to manage and, in general, pose less risk.) What is required, however, is for the overall implementation to make sense at a systemic level. This again drives us back to the point that IT projects need to be related to the strategy and business needs of the enterprise as a whole.
Do project managers in your organisation practice resource levelling and smoothing?
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