On the 1st of December the talk “The Importance and Trending of IT Project Management” was held as a part of our Technology and Information Systems course. The speaker was Mr Mohd Khairul Reeza Ruslan, Head of Project Management Office Commerce Dot Com Sdn Bhd.
In this talk he spoke about the meticulous process of planning and then implementing a project. The steps he emphasized on were: starting up, initiation, execution, monitoring and control and finally closing. The highlight of this that I learned is, the steps have to be put into a timeline to help manage the project. We learned about the qualities and skills a project manager should have. A project has to be flexible, so a project manager has to be flexible as well. A project manager has to be able to make decisions and changes as required using his better judgement in order to make the project successful. I learned that in order to make sound decisions maintaining emotional quality is crucial. When emotions take control and you start to take things personally, you will be unable to think logically and objectively and will translate to an unsuccessful project. Mr. Khairul mentioned that future project managers will have to be able to use data analytics softwares and artificial intelligence to make project decisions, something we should take note.
I believe that project management is a crucial aspect to consider for projects of all sizes, even personal projects. Planning the stages of development and making a timeline to check progress is very important when trying to meet a deadline. So, I really must keep n mind everything I have learned from this talk. I am grateful to Mr Mohd Khairul Reeza Ruslan for providing me this knowledge.