101 Copyright © 2015, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 6 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7536-0.ch006 ICT Strategic Project Management ABSTRACT Depending on how project managers strategically plan and utilize them, ICTs can prove to be either productive or counter-productive to any project. This chapter is about how project managers strategically plan and incorporate Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in forming long-term objectives as well as analysing the strengths and weaknesses of an ICT-based project. It has four subdivisions, where the frst sub division dwells on the strategic use of ICTs in projects, then a brief synopsis on the theoretical approach to ICT Strategic Project Management, which provides foundation for a detailed dis- cussion on the roles of key players in ICT strategic project management, characteristics of ICT-compliant projects, and the steps taken to strategically manage ICT-based projects. The chapter is wrapped up with a disposition on the impetus of strategically managing communication in an ICT-based project. INTRODUCTION Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are introducing several digital modes of managing projects every day. Depending on how Project managers strategically plan and utilise ICTs can prove them to be either productive or counter- productive to the project. Pearlson and Saunders (2009, p. 323) basically define strategy as a co- ordinated set of actions orchestrated to fulfil the project’s objectives, purposes and goals. It sets a limit on what the project will seek to accomplish. For a project to have an effective ICT strategy, it should have a well laid out plan of coordinating its activities to achieve the projects goal and mission. A project in this aspect is basically an endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result (Schwalbe, 2014, p. 4). Projects are differ- ent from operations because operations continue but projects end when their objectives have been reached or the project has been terminated. ICT Strategic planning generally involves forming long-term objectives and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of an ICT based project. Not only strengths and weaknesses are analysed but even opportunities and threats of the project. Robert Stalone Buwule Kyambogo University, Uganda