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Dependency Management in Tech Projects
Dependency Management in Tech Projects

January 10, 2023

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Modern Tech projects are not always a fully controlled by a single process or a project manager. There may be several processes, project managers and teams working on a single client delivery or change request. For instance, a project manager for Tech infrastructure related area should be aligned with project management for agile development projects or project management for cloud migration project- working together on a single client delivery need to be aligned. So, there could be different kinds of variations. All these factors need to be managed and monitored. For example, L&T Infotech, manages all such factors with a standard central portal which any employee can access and check project progress through the project’s lifecycle.

No project or task can exist in isolation. Apart from the very first project task, each task relies on some other activities in some way. Whether it’s waiting on the output of another task or for resources to be freed up, you need to manage many dependencies throughout any project.

Dependency management is the process of managing all interrelated tasks and resources to ensure that overall project completes successfully on time, and on budget.

Categories of project dependencies

Planning dependencies can be grouped into three categories:

  • Logical
  • Resource-based
  • Preference

Logical planning dependencies: These dependencies are logically driven and can’t be avoided. They’re intrinsic to the nature of the project and of the tasks involved. For example, a cloud-based application cannot be developed without coordination between cloud and development teams.

Resource-based planning dependencies: These are dependencies that are driven by constraints. In other words, where a task could be accomplished faster or sooner if you had more resources. For example, if there are only a limited number of skilled professionals available to work on a project, it becomes necessary to space out work sequentially.

Preference planning dependencies: Preferential dependencies are guided by best practices or convenience. They are generally introduced in projects to focus on the quality of deliverables. For example, post quality check of team a project can be released but its essential for a project manager to check quality as well to avoid errors later.

A Project Manager needs to be aware of how each project task depends on others to create an achievable project schedule. It’s the dependencies that help them work out the proper flow of the tasks.

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