There are many reasons for the failure of information technology projects, and many articles have in-depth discussion. One of the most important reasons is that there is still no monitoring mechanism for the whole information technology project cycle to stop the whole monitoring. At present, the introduction of supervision mechanism into information technology projects has become the consensus of the industry, and some people of insight in the world are constantly calling for the implementation of supervision system for information technology projects.
In information technology projects, the information technology supervisor will perform the functions of monitoring, control, coordination and suggestion to ensure the quality, schedule and cost control of the project. As the authorized representative of the founder, IT supervisor used my highly professional knowledge and technology to ensure the smooth implementation of the information project.
So how can we do a good job in IT supervision? Perhaps in other words, what core talents do you need to be an excellent IT director? This is an achievement worthy of deep consideration by all companies involved in IT supervision business, and IT is also an achievement that must be considered to improve the overall business level of IT supervision industry.
Stakeholders' Expectation of IT Supervisory Role in Information Technology Projects
To discuss what kind of central talents IT supervision needs, we should start with the analysis of the expectations of stakeholders in information technology projects for the role of IT supervision. The main stakeholders of informatization projects generally include founders and contractors. Of course, in a specific project, the builder can be a group composed of multiple entities, and different contractors can also be groups composed of various entities, such as general contractors, subcontractors and software developers. Here, they are collectively referred to as founders and contractors, so it is no longer necessary to distinguish the members of the team in detail.
Look at the founder first. His hope for the IT regulatory role can be roughly summarized as follows:
1. Assist founders and contractors to define business requirements in a more detailed and complete way.
The degree of information technology project builders varies. Some can't tell the demand clearly, and some can only tell the fragments of the demand, which can't form a whole demand. Others will put forward some requirements that cannot be completed by current technology because they don't understand the development of information technology. In this case, the burden of defining well-defined business requirements naturally falls on the contractor, but the contractor can not only define the requirements that do not meet the actual needs of users from his own interests, but also form an incomplete and inaccurate definition of requirements because of the lack of his own talents or methods, leaving hidden dangers for the failure of the project. Therefore, the founder hopes to work closely with the founder by introducing IT supervision, monitoring and pointing out the superstitious methods and cautious professional attitude of the contractor, and define the business requirements in a more detailed and complete way.
2. Ensure that the overall treatment scheme of the project is advanced, economical and applicable, mature and reliable, safe, controllable and extensible.
The founders of information technology projects generally don't understand the IT technology category, and maybe they are not professional enough, so they can't completely and accurately judge whether all the solutions provided by contractors can reach the threshold of advancement, economic applicability, maturity, reliability, security, manageability and expansibility. Therefore, IT is necessary for the supervisor to identify whether all the treatment schemes provided by the contractor can meet the above threshold with the vision of IT specialization, and put forward evaluation reports and improvement suggestions.
3. Stop ineffective monitoring at all stages of project implementation, ensure the completion of quality, progress and cost targets at all stages of the project, and have enough experience and ability to audit the contractor's project implementation plan to ensure its feasibility.
In the process of project implementation, ineffective monitoring and control can be carried out at all stages of each process to ensure the completion of the overall quality, schedule and cost objectives of the project.
4. In the process of project establishment, provide valuable suggestions on the definition of business requirements, related IT technologies and project management.
I hope the supervisor will not only play the role of supervision and control, but also be a good consultant and staff officer. No matter at which stage of the project, when encountering technical or management problems, I hope that the supervisor can put forward valuable suggestions based on his own experience to provide reference or guidance for promoting the processing of results.
5. Happy partners
I hope that the supervisor has excellent communication, coordination and guidance skills, can handle the communication results of all parties in the project and handle disputes, and is a trustworthy and pleasant partner.
Looking at contractors, their hopes for the role of IT supervision can be summarized as follows:
1. is very professional, and there is no communication barrier for technical achievements. It is recommended that the monitoring and control thresholds conform to standards and practices.
I hope that the supervisor has a high degree of IT specialization and can communicate unilaterally on different aspects and levels of technological achievements. The technical monitoring threshold proposed by the supervisor meets the industry standards or specifications.
2. Rich project management experience and reasonable monitoring threshold.
It is hoped that the supervisor will have rich knowledge, talents and experience in project management, feasible thresholds for project responsibility decomposition, construction period and quality control, rich experience in controlling changes and reasonable monitoring thresholds.
3. Provide valuable suggestions or opinions when necessary.
In the process of stopping the project, it is inevitable that there will be technical or management achievements. When the contractor has no treatment plan or mature treatment plan, it is very hoped that the supervisor can provide valuable suggestions or opinions. The ideal supervisor of the contractor should be not only a supervisor, but also a good consultant and staff officer.
4. Happy partners
In the process of stopping the project, conflicts will inevitably arise between the founder and the contractor because of their different interests, technical and management knowledge and experience. At this point, the contractor hopes that the supervisor can stand in a fair and neutral position, mediate unilateral disputes with an objective attitude and sensitive tricks, and promote unilateral compromise.
The core competence needed to be a good IT project supervisor.
Based on the above analysis of the expectations of all stakeholders in information technology projects, this paper puts forward such an achievement. What kind of supervision company is an excellent IT supervision company? The answer is clear. An excellent IT supervision company is a company that meets the expectations of all stakeholders to the greatest extent in the supervision profession, and its core talents are those who meet the expectations of all stakeholders to the greatest extent.
Generally speaking, the core talents needed for IT supervision can be summarized as follows:
1.Weak IT specialization ability.
Strong technical ability and rich practical experience, covering the whole information technology project life cycle, including demand analysis, overall scheme design, system development, system device implementation, system testing and acceptance.
In-depth understanding of the future technical situation and development trend in various IT technology fields.
Be familiar with the current situation of IT-related products in various technical fields.
2. Excellent degree in information technology project management.
◆ Rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience in project management.
Master the methods, skills and tools for stopping quality self-inspection and control at all stages of project establishment.
Deepen the understanding of software engineering standards and software development project management methods and skills.
3. Superstition of perfect engineering supervision standards and mechanisms
4. High professionalism
-Excellent communication, coordination and guidance skills.
-A fair, independent, objective, sensitive and witty professional style.
The implementation of the information technology project supervision system is still a new thing, and the information technology project supervision is still in the exploration and initial stage in both theoretical discussion and ideal practical operation, so the conception of this paper will inevitably be lacking.