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BUS 517 Week 1
- From the first e-Activity, determine three to five ways
the project management concepts described in the video relate to the
project life cycle from the textbook. Support your response.
From the second e-Activity, select
two business projects—one, a local project; the other, international. Next,
determine the current project life cycle for each project. Justify your
selection
(2) Select a project for the purpose of completing the writing
assignments of this course. Provide a rationale for your selection from an
organizational strategy standpoint. Next, respond to at least two posts of your
classmates, and comment on their project selection. Note: Ensure
that you can develop enough information to thoroughly cover the project topic.
Assume that your projects will have duration of 12 to 15 months with a
functionally allocated project team. Adhere to confidentiality standards if you
are discussing projects from your organization
BUS 517 Assignment 1 Project
Proposal
BUS 517 Week 2
“Elements of Projects” Please respond to the following:
- From the e-Activity, select a RFP project, and then
explain the project you selected by 1) summarizing the needs and the
request for action and 2) emphasizing the Statement of Work (SOW) through
the use of Appendix 2.1 from Chapter 2 of your textbook as a guide. Cite
the source and justify your response.
- As a project manager, determine two cultural
implications that could affect your project management. Speculate on
another two organizational factors that you should consider in order to
determine which project management structure you should use. Support your
response.
“Elements of Projects”
From the e-Activity, select a RFP
project, and then explain the project you selected by 1) summarizing the needs
and the request for action and 2) emphasizing the Statement of Work (SOW)
through the use of Appendix 2.1 from Chapter 2 of your textbook as a guide.
Cite the source and justify your response.
As a project manager, determine two
cultural implications that could affect your project management. Speculate on
another two organizational factors that you should consider in order to
determine which project management structure you should use. Support your
response.
“Project Organization” Please respond to the following:
- Take a position on the following statement: “It is
important for project managers to be ‘culture sensitive’ so that they can
develop appropriate strategies and responses and avoid violating key norms
that would jeopardize their effectiveness within the organization.”
Support your position.
- From the case of Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm in
Chapter 3 of the textbook, assume that you were the account manager Bruce
Palmer. Determine the key problem(s) with the organizational structure and
culture of the firm. Next, suggest the main steps that Palmer should have
taken to manage the matrix organization, and suggest what Sands, the
office manager who is responsible for assigning personnel to different
accounts, should do to support Palmer.
“Project Organization” Please respond to the following:
Take a position on the following
statement: “It is important for project managers to be ‘culture sensitive’
so that they can develop appropriate strategies and responses and avoid
violating key norms that would jeopardize their effectiveness within the
organization.” Support your position
BUS 517 Assignment 2 Project Charter
BUS 517 Week 3
“Project Scope and WBS” Please respond to the following:
- Select a project, and determine at least two aspects of
the project scope that might have the tendency to go out of scope and
potentially derail the project. Next, develop a WBS that contains the
three levels of detail and takes the two eventualities you determined into
account.
- Determine the main advantages of developing a WBS for
this project. Support your response.
“Project Scope and WBS” Please respond to the following:
Select a project, and determine at
least two aspects of the project scope that might have the tendency to go out
of scope and potentially derail the project. Next, develop a WBS that contains
the three levels of detail and takes the two eventualities you determined into
account.
“Case Study: Ghost Stories” Please respond to the following:
- Working in a strange and foreign culture while adhering
to the project management guidelines can present challenges. A project
manager must utilize information for project professionals working
overseas, as well as work on virtual projects involving colleagues from
different countries. From Chapter 15 of the textbook, describe the four
major issues surrounding the management of international projects. Next,
from the case study, determine which of the four issues that you
identified best describes the problem of Lofgrin, the project manager.
Support your response.
- From the case study, determine Lofgrin’s problem, and
recommend a strategy for Lofgrin to consider in order to resolve the
problem. Next, create a three-level WBS for the strategy that you
recommended. Justify your response.
“Case Study: Ghost Stories” Please respond to the following:
Working in a strange and foreign
culture while adhering to the project management guidelines can present
challenges. A project manager must utilize information for project
professionals working overseas, as well as work on virtual projects involving
colleagues from different countries. From Chapter 15 of the textbook, describe
the four major issues surrounding the management of international projects.
Next, from the case study, determine which of the four issues that you
identified best describes the problem of Lofgrin, the project manager. Support
your response.
From the case study, determine
Lofgrin’s problem, and recommend a strategy for Lofgrin to consider in order to
resolve the problem. Next, create a three-level WBS for the strategy that you
recommended. Justify your response.
BUS 517 Assignment 3 Project
Presentation
BUS 517 Week 4
“Estimating Time and Costs” Please respond to the following:
- It has been stated that managers recognize time, cost,
and resource estimates as critical if planning, executing, and monitoring
and controlling are to influence the success of the project. From the
e-Activity, select a guideline that project managers can follow to develop
useful and valuable work package estimates. Provide a rationale for your
selection.
- The factors that influence the quality of estimates
depend on the type of project. Refer to your Week 3 Assignment 1, and
determine at least two factors that have an impact on the time and cost
estimate aspects of a project. Support your answer.
“Case Study: Sharp Printing, AG” Please respond to the following:
- In the case study, Lauren used the brainstorming
technique to generate ideas and gather the project requirements. Suggest
at least three other group creativity techniques that she could use in
order to increase the chances of the project’s success. Provide a
rationale to support your response.
- From the case study, recommend at least two estimating
techniques for Sharp Printing’s mission-critical project. Provide a
rationale for your recommendations.
BUS 517 Midterm Exam Answers
(1) Which of these is not part of the “technical dimension” of
project management?
(2) Which of the following activities is not considered a
project?
(3) From among the following activities, which is the best
example of a project?
(4) Which of the following constraints is not typically found
in managing projects?
(5) In which of the following stages is it determined what the
project will entail, when it will be scheduled, whom it will benefit, and what
the budget will be?
(6) Integration of all project processes and practices to
improve Project Management is due to
(7) A professional organization for project management
specialists is the
(8) The waste on failed projects and cost overruns is estimated
in the neighborhood of
(9) Project selection criteria are typically classified as:
(10) Which of the follow is not one of the commonly heard
comments of project managers?
(11) Which of the following questions does the organization’s
mission statement answer?
(12) A major project proposal form will likely include all of
the following except:
(13) Which of the following would not be classified as an
organizational threat?
(14) A project screening matrix typically contains all of the
following except:
(15) Which of the following terms is often used to denote a
project that a powerful, high-ranking official is advocating?
(16) Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of
effective objectives?
(17) All are negotiated issues except:
(18) Kim is reviewing a proposed project. The scope of the
project is narrow with a lot of in-depth expertise required and it will take a
short period of time to complete. The best choice for organizing the project is
________ organization
(19) The Organizational Culture Diagnosis Worksheet classifies
cultural characteristics into all of the following except:
(20) Organizational culture is best explained as organizational
(21) Which of the following combinations represents the extremes
of project organization?
(22) The Macintosh development team at Apple is a good example
of what kind of project structure?
(23) Projectitis is most likely to occur in the _______
organization structure.
(24) The project manager has the responsibility to answer which
of the following questions?
(25) Which of the following cultural characteristics relates to
the degree to which management focuses on outcomes rather than on techniques
and processes used to achieve those results?
Midterm Part 2
(1) Research shows the most frequently mentioned barrier to
project success is
(2) Scott has just been given a project that has a specific
target date. After discussion with top management he finds that while the date
is important the cost is more important and a slip in delivery would be
acceptable if required to meet the cost targets. The target date is best
classified as
(3) “To construct a high-quality, custom home within five
months at costs not to exceed $150,000″ is best classified as
(4) Which of the following is not one of the items that would
appear on a project scope checklist?
(5) The first step of project scope definition is to
(6) Which of the follow is least likely to be included in a
Work Package?
(7) The integration of project work packages within the
organization’s management structure is known as
(8) Creating an extranet website or an internal software
database system would be most closely associated with the
(9) Ed is looking over the actual results of projects and
comparing them to what was estimated. He notices that projects that took six
months or longer to complete were noticeably more off the estimates. Which of
the following factors is he recognizing?
(10) Learning curves are more likely to apply in situations
where most of the costs are
(11) People working on prototype development needing time to
interact with the design engineers after the design is completed is an example
of:
(12) Jose is forecasting project time and cost for constructing
a new building by multiplying the total square footage by a given dollar
amount. Which of the following methods is he using?
(13) A good starting point for developing time and cost
estimates is
(14) A manager getting further into a project and obtaining a
better understanding of what needs to be done to accomplish a project is an
example of:
(15) Resource shortages, in the form of people, equipment, or
materials, is a good example of
(16) The approach that begins with a top-down estimate for the
project and then refines estimates as the project is implemented is known as
______ method
(17) Which of the following is not one of the bottom-up
approaches to estimating project time and cost?
(18) The stages of culture shock include all of the following
except:
(19) When you begin to lose confidence in your abilities to
communicate and work effectively in the different culture, you are in which of
the following stages of culture shock?
(20) Which of the following is not contained in the Assessment
Matrix Project Site Selection?
(21) As a response to the events of September 11, 2001, the moving
of personnel, materials, and equipment across international borders has created
border congestion with increased costs and time. This is an example of which of
the following environmental factors?
(22) American project managers have earned a reputation abroad
for being very good at understanding technology but not good at understanding:
(23) A major difference between working in Mexico and working in
the United States is the perception of deadlines. This is referred to as:
(24) Communications difficulties because of different languages
are examples of which of the following environmental factors?
(25) The growing presence of the Russian Mafia has discouraged
many foreign firms from setting up operations in the former Soviet Union. This
is an example of which of the following environmental factors?
BUS 517 Week 5
Unscheduled Project Time” Please respond to the following:
- Define “slack” in the project management environment.
Next, as project manager, refer to Assignment 1 and give your opinion on
why “slack” is important to your project. Justify your response.
- Determine the key differences between free slack and
total slack in the project management environment. Provide an example or
scenario of each type of slack to further justify your response.
“Project Management Resourses” Please respond to the following:
- From the e-Activity, interpret the network computation
process, and discuss the key terminologies and examples that helped you
understand the network computation process.
- From the case study, determine the critical path for
the project, and indicate whether you recommend that G&E pursue the
contact in question. Justify your response.
BUS 517 Week 6
“Risk Management” Please respond to the following:
- History has shown that the chances of risk events
occurring and their respective costs increasing can change over the
project life cycle. As a project manager, select at least three risk
events as they apply to a hypothetical project, and explain how you would
address the risks you selected. Next, determine at least one strategy to
mitigate each risk occurrence.
- Differentiate between budget reserves and management
reserves. Cite examples to explain your points.
“What is Risk Management” Please respond to the following:
- From the e-Activity, select one project that you are
undertaking or you have completed. Determine at least two additional
analyses from the video that would help in facilitating the understanding
of the risk management as it relates to your selected project.
- The textbook emphasizes that “risk can never be
completely eliminated. It can only be managed”. From the e-Activity,
discuss how the video explains this statement. Next, analyze why the risk
management process is essential to a project’s success. Include an example
to support your response.
- From the e-Activity, select one project that you are
undertaking or you have completed. Determine at least two additional
analyses from the video that would help in facilitating the understanding
of the risk management as it relates to your selected project.
BUS 517 Week 7
“Resource Scheduling” Please respond to the following:
- Determine three most common problems associated with
multi-project resource scheduling. Next, analyze at least three ways in
which outsourcing project work alleviates those common problems that you
determined.
- From the e-Activity, the project charter is a plan or a
statement which shows the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders.
Analyze at least three ways in which the project charter can address the
types of resource constraints inherent in a business project.
“Reducing Project Duration” Please respond to the following:
- Determine two advantages and two disadvantages of
reducing project scope to accelerate a project. Justify your responses
with examples.
- Per conventional wisdom, shortening project duration
may come at the expense of overtime, the addition of personnel, and
acquiring more expensive equipment and / or materials. Sometimes, cost
savings can be generated by extending the duration of a project. Suggest
at least two additional options that can be used to cut costs. Provide a
rationale for your suggestion. Note: Make sure the options you
suggested are NOT covered in Chapter 9 of the textbook.
BUS 517 Week 8
“Being an Effective Project Manager” Please respond to the following:
- The PMBOK identifies some general management skills of
project managers, including skills on communication, organization and
planning, budgeting, conflict management, negotiation and influencing,
leadership, and team building and motivation. Give your opinion as to why
it is important for a project manager to build relationships before they
are needed for project success. Provide an example to support your
response.
- Take a position on whether project managers are
generalists or specialists. Justify your response with at least one
example.
“Ethical Project Management” Please respond to the following:
- From the first e-Activity, in the role of a project
manager for a midsized company, suggest three to five ways you would
communicate the PMI Code of Ethics to your project team during your weekly
status meetings.
- From the second e-Activity, determine at least four
leadership skills that would enhance your team effectiveness. Provide a
rationale to support your response.
“Outsourcing” Please respond to the following:
- Take a position on the following statement from Chapter
12 of the textbook: “Negotiating is an art.” Support your position with an
example.
- Provide at least three reasons why organizations outsource
project work. Next, determine the key advantages of outsourcing project
work.
“Performance Measurement” Please respond to the following:
- Analyze the key differences between Budget At
Completion (BAC) and Estimate At Completion (EAC). Discuss at least three
ways project managers use BAC and EAC to communicate project progress.
- Select a project on which you acted as the project
manager, and evaluate the project schedule and cost status using the
earned value as a performance measurement technique. Provide a rationale
to support your response.
BUS 517 Week 10
“Project Audit” Please respond to the following:
- Determine three major closure deliverables when
implementing closure and review for a business project. Explain each
deliverable with a corresponding example.
- Per conventional wisdom, during the project audit, much
time can be wasted if a formal method of project closure is not in place.
Explain a systematic method of information handling, and determine at
least three ethical responsibilities that the audits must follow.
“Project Completion” Please respond to the following:
- From the e-Activity, select at least two worksheets
that you think you can use for your project. Next, determine at least two
benefits of using these worksheets as you prepare to complete your
project.
Assume you are a project manager in
a midsized organization, and there is a new project member joining in your
team. Determine at least two major benefits of project management oversight to
the organization to the new project teammate. Provide a rationale for your
response
BUS 517 Week 11
“Improved Project Management” Please respond to the following:
- Your final project for this course is now complete
through Project Proposal, Project Charter, and Project Presentation. Share
what you can utilize in your real-world projects to enhance project
success.
- Describe the most important piece of knowledge that you
gained during this course.
“Career” Please respond to the following:
- Discuss what you have learned in this course that will
help you in your current or future career.
- It is believed that those starting in project
management should take advantage of every opportunity to develop and
expand their project management skills. Determine at least four ways that
this can be accomplished.
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