PROJECT MANAGEMENT What is a Project? According to the Project Management Institute (PMI) ‚ a project is any work that happens only once‚ has a clear beginning and end‚ and is intended to create a unique product or knowledge. It may involve only one person‚ or thousands. It may last several days‚ or many years. It may be undertaken by a single organization‚ or by an alliance of several stakeholders. A project may be as simple as organizing a one-day event or as complex as constructing a dam on
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In today’s job market‚ project management is becoming a major practice in today’s work force. In this paper‚ I will describe what a project is and its life cycle using examples of a project I am currently working on. Then‚ describe how this project assists our organizations to accomplish our company goals and the positive and negatives of the Oracle project at Diebold‚ Incorporated. Let’s start by looking at what is a project. A project is a complex‚ unique one-time effort that is limited by
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Project Management Institute A Guide to the Project MAnAGeMent Body of KnowledGe (PMBOK® Guide)—Fourth Edition An American National Standard ANSI/PMI 99-001-2008 ISBN: 978-1-933890-51-7 Published by: Project Management Institute‚ Inc. 14 Campus Boulevard Newtown Square‚ Pennsylvania 19073-3299 USA. Phone: +610-356-4600 Fax: +610-356-4647 E-mail: customercare@pmi.org Internet: www.PMI.org/Marketplace ©2008 Project Management Institute‚ Inc. All rights reserved. “PMI”‚ the PMI logo‚ “PMP”‚ the
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Description of the Project q This business plan will outline the opening of a new Dairy Queen franchise on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Dairy Queen is a thriving national franchise with great name recognition. This project plan will discuss the construction requirements‚ franchise fees and timeline needed before operation can begin. The Euclid Corridor is a section of Euclid Avenue on the eastern side of Cleveland. Currently a streetscape project is taking place to beautify the corridor
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Section 1 Project Management Summary Chapter 4 and 5 A project charter is an article that contains specific information or data in order to authorize the project by the approval of stakeholders. This document needs to be including all the needs and expectations of the stakeholders in order for them to improve them. When the charter is approved the project is initiated and the project manager needs to be appointed. A charter needs to include main information about the project that needs to
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00 7/9/02 10:24 Page i Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development 00 7/9/02 10:24 Page iii Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development Third edition 00 7/9/02 10:24 Page iv © 2002 The Chartered Institute of Building Blackwell Publishing Ltd Editorial Offices: Osney Mead‚ Oxford OX2 0EL‚ UK Tel: +44 (0)1865 206206 Blackwell Science‚ Inc.‚ 350 Main Street‚ Malden‚ MA 02148-5018‚ USA
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MBA/MIS Project Management Chapters 1 and 2 Project Management Challenges Strategies and Project Selections 1. Two new software projects are proposed to a young‚ start-up company. The Alpha project will cost $150‚000 to develop and is expected to have annual net cash flow of $40‚000. The Beta project will cost $200‚000 to develop and is expected to have annual net cash flow of $50‚000. The company is very concerned about their cash flow. Using the payback period‚ which project is better
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Chapter 04 Defining the Project Multiple Choice Questions 1. The method used to collect information to use through all phases of the project life cycle is called A. Responsibility matrix B. Organization breakdown structure C. Work breakdown structure D. Priority matrix E. Work package 2. Jose is looking at a document that outlines the specific tasks and subtasks required to complete the writing of a technical support manual. The method that was probably used to develop the document
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their capacity for conceptualizing the concepts and practical application of project management and life cycle phases. This paper is the compilation of three successive papers submitted and revised by Team A that includes the project proposal paper‚ the project planning technical paper‚ and the project human capital paper. In the final phase of the project lifecycle the implementation process of terminating the project will be presented in such a way that the input will be based on observations in
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The first indication of an ethical issue in development is when Dr. Petrov asks Dr. Hawkins to donate soon-to-expire or expired medications to Project Assist. A clear interpersonal tension is developing between Dr. Petrov and the pharmacist‚ especially since medications for the project is in short supply and the pharmacy disposes of them anyway. Furthermore‚ the pharmacist and doctor are aware of hospital policies and FDA laws in regards to the disposal and donation of drugs. Dr. Hawkins is in an
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