February 2004 Cutter Benchmark Review: Project Management: Part I -- Methods, Models, and Practices

by Robert D. Austin

This month, CBR begins a two-part series on a subject of great importance in IT management: the management of projects. This month, we'll focus on methods, models, and practices -- the "hard" stuff. Next month, we'll turn to the "soft" stuff -- staffing, morale, team management, and relationship management. If you are a longtime reader of CBR , you'll recall that we dealt with project management two years ago, and you'll recognize Cutter Consortium Fellow Robert Charette's "husbandry" approach to the subject. The editorial mission of CBR calls on us to revisit and provide updates on particularly important subjects, and project management certainly qualifies.