Modeling Alignment of Software Projects Needs with Software Project Teams’ Needs: It is a Balancing Act

Abstract

Project managers face a challenge in aligning project requirements with project team members’ due to the fast-paced, competitive world in which information and communication technology (ICT) projects are run, as well as ICT professionals' constant evolving requirements. A project client measures a project success by how well has a project manager been able to meet project goals, while on the other hand software project teams (SPTs) measure project success by a manager’s ability to satisfy their project associated needs. This chapter purports that if projects’ requirements are properly aligned with team members’ requirements, then this will result in a balanced decision approach. Moreover, such an alignment will result in the realization of SPTs’ needs as well as meeting project’s needs. The chapter presents a Software Project’s needs and Software Project Team’s needs (SPnSPTn) alignment model and argues that a balanced decision, which meets both software project’s requirements and team members’ requirements can be achieved through the application of the SPnSPTn alignment model.