ETM 502 Project Management Assignments
ETM 502 Project Management Assignments
(Project Management by Gray & Larson, 5th Edition)
Spring 2014
Number Assigned/Due Date Chapter Assignment
1) 12/03/2014-24/03/2014 Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5 RQ.4
RQ.2, Ex.7.
RQ.3, Ex.4 & Case Orion Systems (A)
RQ.3, Ex.1
Ex.3
Ch. 1 – RQ.4
The technical and sociocultural dimensions of project management are two sides to the same coin. Explain.
The technical and socio-cultural dimensions of the modern project management are two different but complementary necessities of each other. The technical side facilitates to understand scope, define the requirements, shape the boundaries, and allocate the technical resources of a project in an effective way. The socio-cultural side is the rest part of a successful project management discipline. It simplifies the communication between the technical team and customer, motivates team members to collaborate, and helps to figure out creative solutions to unexpected problems. To summarize, a successful project manager must be competent enough in both dimensions of project management to success in all stages and to deal with every possible issues she could face during a project.
Ch. 2 – RQ.2
Explain the role projects play in the strategic management process.
The strategic management process has four significant activities. Those are review and define the mission, set goals and objectives, create strategies and -last but the most important one- implement and go alive via projects. Projects are the execution of strategies and ideas achieved in previous activities of strategic management process. It is the most crucial and compelling part of strategic management process because it takes most of the management effort.
Ch. 2 – Ex.7.
a. Current rates of the projects:
Project 1: 68
Project 2: 57
Project 3: 99
Project 4: 85
Project 5: 107
Highest rate: Project 5
Lowest rate: Project 2
b. Re-calculated rates of projects after the rate of
(Project Management by Gray & Larson, 5th Edition)
Spring 2014
Number Assigned/Due Date Chapter Assignment
1) 12/03/2014-24/03/2014 Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5 RQ.4
RQ.2, Ex.7.
RQ.3, Ex.4 & Case Orion Systems (A)
RQ.3, Ex.1
Ex.3
Ch. 1 – RQ.4
The technical and sociocultural dimensions of project management are two sides to the same coin. Explain.
The technical and socio-cultural dimensions of the modern project management are two different but complementary necessities of each other. The technical side facilitates to understand scope, define the requirements, shape the boundaries, and allocate the technical resources of a project in an effective way. The socio-cultural side is the rest part of a successful project management discipline. It simplifies the communication between the technical team and customer, motivates team members to collaborate, and helps to figure out creative solutions to unexpected problems. To summarize, a successful project manager must be competent enough in both dimensions of project management to success in all stages and to deal with every possible issues she could face during a project.
Ch. 2 – RQ.2
Explain the role projects play in the strategic management process.
The strategic management process has four significant activities. Those are review and define the mission, set goals and objectives, create strategies and -last but the most important one- implement and go alive via projects. Projects are the execution of strategies and ideas achieved in previous activities of strategic management process. It is the most crucial and compelling part of strategic management process because it takes most of the management effort.
Ch. 2 – Ex.7.
a. Current rates of the projects:
Project 1: 68
Project 2: 57
Project 3: 99
Project 4: 85
Project 5: 107
Highest rate: Project 5
Lowest rate: Project 2
b. Re-calculated rates of projects after the rate of