The case Project Context: AtekPC founded in 1984‚ has grown to become a mid-sized U.S PC maker‚ with 2100 employees‚ $1.9m revenues in 2006. With the transition of PC industry from a growth market to that of a maturing market‚ AtekPC was experiencing tremendous cost pressure and changing management urgency. In order to positioning the organization for the future‚ John Strider‚ CIO for AtekPC‚ had strong convictions that the PMO-light model1was the way to go. PMO issues involved at AtekPC
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Running head: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT IT Project Management Assessment Samii-Yumchin Enkhjargal Strayer University IT Project Management - CIS 517 Dr. Johnnie E.Drake INTRODUCTION Over the past few years‚ project managers and project management has grown tremendous growth. Project management has evolved over the past several years from an activity in an organization to a discipline in its own right. Many professional bodies
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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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Project Management E-Mail OPS/571 Recommendation for Piper Industries Corporation Project Management Dear Project Manager: After reviewing the information that was provided in a previous email regarding the three projects coded‚ Juniper‚ Palomino and Stargazer‚ I believe it will be more beneficial for the company to use the Palomino project. In my personal analysis‚ with the Juniper project‚ there is just too much low risk with completion on time‚ and with the Stargazer Project‚ although forecasted
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Contamination Cleanup Project: Lessons Learned Project Management‚ APS 1001H Fall 2011 University of Toronto Fall 2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary iii Introduction‚ Background on the Rocky Flats Site Cleanup 1 Project Management Lessons Learned 3 Time‚ Cost and Performance Management 3 Risk Management & Planning 5 Quality Management 8 Knowledge Management 9 Communications Management 10 Human Resources Management 11 Regulation Management 13 Conclusions
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disparities in project management. All successful project managers are not always the most successful leaders. Many of us probably have experienced interacting with such project managers wondering how these managers were able to meet their project goals without having the ability to motivate people and develop a cohesive team. The answer is that these managers were lucky enough to have team members who were passionate about their jobs and delivered the results‚ which helped the project managers to be
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management Study online at quizlet.com/_b4d9c 11. 9. 9 Project Management Knowledge Areas Figure 1-2 Project Management Framework Knowledge areas describe the key competencies that project managers must develop 4 core knowledge areas lead to specific project objectives (scope‚ time‚ cost‚ and quality) 4 facilitating knowledge areas are the means through which the project objectives are achieved (human resources‚ communication‚ risk‚ and
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Project Management Plan Epic EHR Implementation Table of Contents Executive Summary Due to recent changes in the laws governing documentation and control of Health Records‚ Clinic A has secured the services of DeVry EHR Implementation Team A to oversee the installation of the EPIC EHR System. Clinic A is a relatively small office in a larger conglomerate and is being used as a proving ground for the implementation of EPIC EHR‚ as well as‚ the implementation team itself
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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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Project Management: Article Review Week Six Nicholas Lieteau‚ Jolene Cain‚ Theresa Butler‚ Suzane Wolf-Pierce PM/571 04/29/2013 Ray Fernandez Project Management: Article Review Week Six Introduction Many companies are facing the fact that project management is essential to their organizational and business needs. This article will relate how companies can utilize principles within their organization during the initial project management phase. Article Review The article addresses
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