STUDY GUIDE EMPM5103 Principles of Project Management CENTRE FOR GRADUTE STUDIES STUDY GUIDE EMPM5103 Principles of Project Management First Edition (September 2011) Writer: Dr David Goh Publisher: Centre for Instructional Design & Technology Open University Malaysia First Published: September 2011 Copyright © Open University Malaysia (OUM) All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of
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Project Management Paper MGT/437 November 3‚ 2010 Project Management Paper A project can be a wide variety of activities. According to Kerzner‚ 2006‚ a project can be considered to be any series of activities and tasks that have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications‚ has defined start and end dates‚ has funding limits (if applicable)‚ consume human and nonhuman resources (i.e.‚ money‚ people‚ equipment)‚ and are multifunctional (i.e.‚ cut across several
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Planning 7 2.1 Problem Description 7 2.2 System Study 8 2.3 Feasibility Study 9 Chapter 3 Analysis
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MGT8022 PROJECT-BASED MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 3 MARK SHEET (Revision 2) Student name Fiza Akhtar Student number (00) 0061042483 It is recommended that you start writing your assignment on the last page of this document. Alternatively‚ you can attach your assignment to this mark sheet but be careful that formatting is the same for both documents before doing so. Assignments submitted without this mark sheet will lose marks. This mark sheet: provides students with details of the
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Project Management: Project management Project management is the discipline of planning‚ organizing‚ motivating‚ and controlling resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained‚ and often constrained by funding or deliverables) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives‚ typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS IM 3045: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL TASK 1 APPLICATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Project management principle determines its transferability across different industries. This study compared construction‚ information systems‚ and human resources‚ and accounting utilities industries with respect to typical project size‚ project management uncertainties‚ and qualifications of project managers. Results from the study found 80% of project management
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1. Discuss the reasons why IT projects fail. Although there are many contributing factors to project failure‚ there are six common factors. 1. Undeveloped Project Goals: Poor project planning will almost always lead to failure. One main reason for this failure is the inability to agree on the missions‚ goals‚ or objectives that the project is attempting to undertake. It is necessary that specific plans and requirements for the project are instituted in the development phase. Failure to do this
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Below is a project WBS with cost apportioned by percents. If the total project cost is estimated to be $600‚000‚ what are the estimated costs for the following deliverables? a. Design? $240‚000 = 40% * $600‚000 b. Programming? $120‚000 = 20% * $600‚000 c. In-house testing? $240‚000 = 40% * $600‚000 What weaknesses are inherent in this estimating approach? a. If total cost estimate is off‚ all other costs will be off. b. The breakdown of the project in terms of its
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Partial fulfillment for MS Operations and Project Management | 1-14-2012 | Name and briefly describe the primary goals of a project? According to Figure 1-1 of our text book‚ the three primary goals of a project are: 1) Performance: One has to ask themselves during a project if you have met the objectives of the project. Performance can be measured by evaluating the processes such as scope verification‚ quality planning‚ quality assurance‚ and quality control. The initial performance goals should
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SELECTED EXERCISES 2 Exercise 11 Project Tracking 2 Exercise 12 Risk Assessment 7 Exercise 13 Refining your project plan (using software) 9 Exercise 14 Initiating 11 Exercise 15 Planning 16 Exercise 16 Executing 18 Exercise 17 Controlling 21 QUESTION 2: THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY 25 1.. 25 2.. 27 3. 29 REFERENCE 38 APPENDIX - FLYDRAGON PROJECT PERT CHART 39 Figure List Figure 1 Calendars of Project FlyDragon 4 Figure 2 Tracking Gantt Chart of Project FlyDragon 6 Figure 4 ResNet
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