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All projects are constrained by three factors time, cost and scope and for a project to be successful all these three constraints must be in equilibrium and, without any doubt, if any one of the three is out balance the project is heading for delay/failure.

Then what is the difference between IT project managers and traditional project managers if there are so many similarities in project management discipline?

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Difference between IT project Manager and Traditional Project Manager

There are multiple similarities between a traditional project and an IT project. For example, both are affected by time, cost, and scope of the project. However, we cannot assign a project manager who has managed construction of an office building to be the project manager to develop a software solution. Hence there are differences between IT project managers and traditional project managers. An IT manager must have years of experience in the information ...

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