From the course: Project Management: Technical Projects
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Challenges with new technology
From the course: Project Management: Technical Projects
Challenges with new technology
- Introducing new technology and solutions to your business is one of the most exciting parts of being a technical project manager. Expanded capabilities, efficiencies, and new ways to help your customers often depend on new technology. Honestly, it's great fun and can be absolutely terrifying. I've learned that deploying new tech should enhance your focus on potential project risks. Using the latest and greatest product or software can surface the following issues. First, you can become an accidental tester. While vendors are usually diligent about testing a product before selling it, pressures to bring it to market can lead to shortcuts. While a new product may appear to work, it might not have been thoroughly tested in your technological or physical environment. In Australia, where I live, there are many mining companies. Project managers here often run a technology with great potential, but it can't withstand the dust and temperature conditions present in a mining facility. Take…
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