2012 1. What is the role of a project manager? What are the suggested skills for the information technology project managers? How are the skills for IT/IS project manager different from those of other project managers? Answer – The role of the project manager is very important for the success of the project as he will be responsible for the start and end of the project. Project manager may have different job titles but it also depends on the organization and project. Project manager should
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4-1 Give some examples of each of the three “occasions for decision” cited by Chester Barnard. Explain in your own words why Barnard thought the third category was most important. 1) Required by superior authority 2) Requested by subordinates 3) Self-initiated The third category is the most important because it gives the executive the opportunity to demonstrate his or her initiative and self motivation. They have the ability to make a difference through decisions that were not required
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| Move the Pyramid Project | | MUMMYMOVERS | project proposal | | MOVE THE PYRAMID PROJECT Table of Contents Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Management Proposal 5 Management Approach 5 Organizational Chart 6 Scope Statement: 6 Project Justification: 6 Requirements: 6 Deliverables: 6 Project Success Criteria: 7 Project Team Members: 7 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 8 MSP Activities‚ Sequencing & Dependencies 8 MSP Schedule‚ Network & Critical
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“Projectification of the organisational world has resulted in apparent agreement that projects and project management are an efficient means of implementing organisational strategy.”(Haniff & Fernie 2009) | C11SP STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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is a comprehensive approach that focuses primarily on transformational factors that affect change. These transformational factors include the external environment‚ mission and strategy‚ leadership‚ and organizational culture (Akin‚ Dunford & Palmer‚ 2009). The Burke-Litwin model takes a top down approach where change should start at the top of the organization and flow down to the bottom. The primary transformational factor affecting both Sears and J.C. Penney was the external environment. Each
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Project Management Office (PMO): A Project Management Office (PMO) is a group or department within a business‚ agency or enterprise that defines and maintains standards for project management within the organization. The primary goal of a PMO is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies‚ processes and methods. A PMO generally bases its project management principles‚ practices and processes on some kind of industry standard methodology such as PMBOK (Project
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT NOTES 1. Define ‘Project’. What are the main characteristics that identify and differentiate projects? Do you think that the specialized project management techniques can be applied effectively to non-engineering areas of organizational functions? Explain your answer with suitable examples. Project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create unique product or service. Project is also defined as a unique set of coordinated and inter-related and inter-related activities
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ASSIGNMENTS PROJECT MANAGEMENT Subject Name & Code : Study Centre : Permanent Enrollment Number (PEN) : Student Name : Project Management INSTRUCTIONS 1. Students are required to submit three assignments ASSIGNMENT Assignment A Assignment B Assignment C DETAILS Five Subjective Questions Three Subjective Questions + Case Study Forty Nine Objective Questions MARKS 10 10 10 2. Total weightage given to these assignments is 30. 3. All questions are required to be attempted. 4. The evaluated assignments
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in producing the two products. The following information is also available. Page 1 of 7 (i) Budgeted sales Product Price P 18‚000 65 Q (ii) Qty 20‚000 80 Materials used: X P 3 6 Q 5 4 6 Quantify used: Y 3 Unit used: There were the following stocks: Product: Opening Closing P Q 3‚000 2‚000 1‚500 2‚500 5‚000 2‚000 6‚000 3‚000 Materials: X Y Required: Prepare the following budgets: (i)
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE The Project Management Institute (PMI) website offers information that lets the user know how important project management is to the user. PMI is a project management firm that gives its consumers the tools and services that they need to complete and organize projects to produce the best result. The website is laid out to allow the user to see current projects‚ seminars offered‚ industry news and past projects. The content found on the following links of the website
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