Imagine that you have been appointed as a project manager for an important IT project in a large firm. Answer the following questions:
Briefly outline which category of employee (top managers, business analysts, designers, developers, testers, system administrators, end-users) you will have frequent interaction with during the seven phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle and briefly explain why your interaction with these categories of employees will be frequent.
What project management tools would you draw on over the course of the seven phases of the SDLC to help you insure project success? Briefly explain why these tools are important.
How will your job be differ depending on whether your firm decides to use a waterfall or an agile methodology?