Project Management Bodies of Knowledge; Conjectures and Refutations Miles Shepherd and Roger Atkinson Bournemouth University Business School‚ UK Miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk Rogeratkinson@bournemouth.ac.uk Abstract: The traditional view of a profession is that of a discipline with a distinct set of skills and knowledge that define the area of practice and characteristics of the practitioners. This nature and area of practice of a profession is sometimes defined as its body of knowledge or „BoK‟.
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Project ManagementTop Down/Bottom Up methods Consensus methods Snr/middle managers’ guess total project time & cost Discussing/arguing to reach a decision on best guestimates Firms seeking greater precision: Delphi Method: Group decision process of chance of certain events occurring Exp. familiar with project use insight/exp. guessing project costs/times Ratio methods Macro methods use ratios to guess time & cost E.g. contractors using no. of sq. ft. to guess cost/time to build
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SAFETY MANAGEMENT 2511BPS ASSIGNMENT BY: ALEX SCHENK (s2802470) ASSIGNMENT QUESTION “Good safety management is more than just a legal and moral requirement. Around the world‚ there is growing recognition that safety management systems can improve the operating performance and profits of a Company as well as its safety defences.” ABSTRACT This essay discusses the main aspects of safety management systems and how they are being utilised in various industries around the world. It begins by defining
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(EST) Early start Time is the earliest time the activity can begin. (LST) Late start Time is the latest time the activity can begin and still allow the project to be completed on time. (EFT) Early finish Time is the earliest time the activity can end. (LFT) Late finish Time is the latest time the activity can end and still allow the project to be completed on time Diagram A: Activity-on-the-node diagram Timing of activities in the network diagram is determined by the following calculations
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Course Project 2 Keller Graduate School of Management PM592‚ Professor Marcus Williams‚ 20 February 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive summary 3 1. SCHEDULE #1 3 2. performance analysis 6 3. estimate at completion 7 4. control plan 10 5. revised estimate at completion 12 6. schedule #2 14 APPENDIX APPENDIX A – Schedule 1 APPENDIX B – Schedule 2 Executive Summary We are here to discuss the “Theme Park” project that we were set to complete. To date we are 40% complete with
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of the likely cost of the resources that will be required to complete all of the work of the project High level formulas are good for selecting a project but not for managing one. First step on budgeting: cost estimate is allocated to packages Second Step: budget of every package is distributed over the duration of the work project TBC: Total Budgeted Cost Analogous estimate: uses previous projects to predict the cost Parametric estimate: model is built using parameters to predict costs CBC:
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(Week 1) Course Project: Petrie’s Electronics How do information systems projects get started in organizations? * At the beginning of an information systems project‚ organizations create a systems development life cycle (SDLC) methodology that identifies a variety of phases of development for a project. The SDLC process begins with the “planning and selection” step that typically involves someone having an idea for an information system and what it should do. The company would then make decisions
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their prices‚ (Open enterprise server‚) states that Novell Cluster Services 1.7/1.8 for Netware 6.5 and Open Enterprise Server Cluster Server License is $12‚000. Ubuntu is the last of the vendors that I have price checked and according to (Server management‚)‚ Ubuntu charges $1‚200 per server per year. Each company provides us with costs that might seem a little excessive for our company. The services they provided will be worth the money we spend or invest in this purchase. Training and support
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Running Header: Where to Work? Home or Office Where to Work? Home or Office Ronnisha Mosley DeVry University – Keller Graduate School of Management Professor – Victoria Ashiru Managerial Decision-Making (MGMT530) June 23‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary The Indiana Family and Social Service Administration have incurred an increased workload due to a change in the policy manual caused from a lawsuit. Employees are required to work overtime
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Table of Contents Findings…………………………………………………………… 2 Issues………………………………………………………………. 2 Opportunities………………………………………………….. 3 Recommendations………………………………………….. 3 Next Steps………………………………………………………. 3 Project Schedule…………………………………………….. 4 Database Design…………………………………………….. 4 Data Modeling & Data Marts…………………………. 4 Database Selection…………………………………………. 5 ETL Selection………………………………………………….. 5 Data Mining…………………………………………………… 6 Conclusions………….………………………………………… 8 References…………………………………………………….
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