Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology Volume 10‚ 2013 Project Management Principles Applied in Academic Research Projects Pollyana Notargiacomo Mustaro & Rogério Rossi Mackenzie Presbyterian University‚ São Paulo‚ SP‚ Brazil pollyana.mustaro@mackenzie.br rossirogerio@hotmail.com Abstract The achievement of academic research involves a series of steps and activities that must be managed in order to avoid delays‚ development problems (due to unforeseen risks) and even
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Functions of Project Management (Brief) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) consists of the nine management functions: Scope‚ Cost‚ Time‚ Human resource‚ Communication‚ Quality‚ Contract/procurement‚ Risk‚ Project integration‚ Managing Project Scope Project scope means that the aims‚ goals‚ objectives and donor of the project should be defined. Managing Project Cost How much funds are required to complete the activites and tasks of a project? Where will these funds come
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Sustainable procurement (or Green procurement) is a spending and investment process typically associated with public policy‚ although it is equally applicable to the private sector. It is linked to the wider agenda of sustainable development. Organizations practicing sustainable procurement meet their needs for goods‚ services‚ utilities and works not on a private cost-benefit analysis‚ but with a view to maximising net benefits for themselves and the wider world. In doing so they must incorporate
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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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was my Eagle project. It started of well‚ I managed to acquire enough donations to construct the planned amount of boardwalk and had found several volunteers. I planned to do my project in April to avoid bad weather during the winter. The first problem arose when my project benefactor wanted to change the type of decking used which caused the cost of the project to double. This resulted in the length of boardwalk being reduced to approximately one hundred feet. The day of my project arrived and
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Projects are composed of process. A process is “a series of action bringing about a result”. Project processes are performed by people and generally fall into one of two major categories: 1. Project management processes are concerned with describing and organizing the work of the project. 2. Product-oriented processes are concerned with specifying and creating the project product. These processes are known as project life cycle. It is important to note that many of the processes within project
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Hardware Replacement Project Steve Smithers How do the five major variables of project management—scope‚ time‚ cost‚ quality‚ and risk—relate to this scenario? Time – This would be the amount of time required to complete the project. Typically it is broken down into the time required to complete the components of the project. This is then broken down into the time required to complete each task contributing to the completion of the project Cost - Cost will typically be determined by the
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It was July 2002 and Theodore Streng‚ Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) of SIG Combibloc‚ the second biggest supplier of aseptic packages for food and beverages just tried to prioritize the aspects he was about to present at the meeting of the executive committee on strategic positioning. The key issue of this meeting was the benchmark report which compared SIG Combibloc to its main competitor Tetra Pak. The results of the study were striking: “Whereas both companies are head to head in
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FINAL PROJECT Presented to: Sir Asim Khan Sabri DEDICATION This report is dedicated to our parents and teachers who have inaulcated an untiring faith in us and have helped us in every aspect of life; including this report. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Praise be to Allah‚ the most Gracious and Merciful‚ who blessed us with the knowledge and wisdom
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A History of Thermodynamics Ingo Müller A History of Thermodynamics The Doctrine of Energy and Entropy ABC Professor Dr. Dr.h.c. Ingo Müller Thermodynamik Technische Universität Berlin 10623 Berlin Germany E-mail: ingo.mueller@alumni.tu-berlin.de Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933419 ISBN-10 3-540-46226-0 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-46226-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved‚ whether the whole or
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