Operational IT Implementation Management. Transition from IT Projects to IT Operations

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,5, University of Cooperative Education, language: English, abstract: Diese Bachelorarbeit beschftigt sich mit den Schnittstellen zwischen IT Betrieb und IT Projekten. Dabei wird insbesondre auf die Projektphasen und die Verbindung zwischen den ITSM Prozessen eingegangen. Folgende Fragestellungen stehen dabei im Fokus:
- Was ist IT Betrieb und was sind die grten Herausforderungen fr den IT Betrieb?
- Was sind die speziellen Merkmale von IT Betrieb und IT Projekten?
- Welche Verbindung gibt es zwischen IT Betrieb und IT Projekten?
- Welche Leistung stellt der IT Betrieb den IT Projekten zur Verfgung?

This Work is about IT operations and IT projects. The first part of this thesis describes the general characteristics of IT operations. The next part describes the theory of project management by considering the different lifecycle phases. Additionally, focus is placed on special characteristics of IT projects in general and in particular within the project phases. In this context, development, testing and deployment of the project`s outcome must be given special consideration. Chapter 4 deals with the interfaces between IT operations and IT project based on preceding chapters. In addition to organisational aspects, common transition processes were introduced. A further focal point is the interface between IT operations and IT projects. Possible IT operations activities during the project phase and within the transition processes are described and listed. The thesis ends with a conclusion and provides alternative notions that may improve the cooperation between IT operations, projects and transition processes.In particular, answers will be sought for the following questions

- What is IT operation and what are the biggest challenges in IT operations?
- What are the special characteristics of IT and IT projects?
- What kind of relations between IT projec