Chapter 1: 1. Define a project. What are five characteristics that help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization? A project is a complex‚ no routine‚ off-time effort limited by time‚ budget‚ resources‚ and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs • An established objective • A defined life span with a beginning and an end • Involvement of several departments • Doing something unique • Time‚ cost ‚ and performance
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1-Why are successful projects so important to Hewlett-Packard? Successful projects have increased odds for continued and better success. The success repeals teams use a system that can improve communication within a company. This systematic process can be repeated and improved and others can learn the process then train to develop "a learning organization". 2. How far should an evaluation team go in trying to quantify project contributions to the firm’s mission or goals? What is the role
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the societal forces that have contributed to the need for project management. Exponential expansion of human knowledge‚ increasing number of demands or global consumption‚ managing complex projects are societal forces that had contributed to the need for project management. Increase in the demand or the global consumption leads to the need of strong project management due to which it is leading to brainstorming for making the given project possible in a successful manner‚ this is ultimately leading
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new Indoor theme park project. The financial analysis of any project is very vital for any project since it gives an opportunity to better understand where on the project the project team is and what is needed to be done to improve the project. For example if based on the analysis it turns out to be that the project is behind the schedule and over the budget as a project manager one needs to inform the stakeholders about it and ask for taking corrective actions. If the project is behind the schedule
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Project scope is the parameter of the project. It defines what are the deliverables‚ requirements and expectations for the project and provides a baseline to exclude unrelated works. The project manager’s job is to ensure all necessary works for the project success are included. And this process is referring to as the project scope management. Project scope management involves six processes‚ which are planning scope management‚ collecting requirements‚ defining scope‚ creating WBS‚ validating scope
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Project Title: Department of Human Services E-mail Update Project Project Start Date: TBD Project End Date: TBD Project Sponsor and Project Manager: Peter Parker: Director of Office of Network Support is the project sponsor; the project manager assigned to the project is Lavina Barry. Business Need: Ohio Department of Health and Human Services (ODHS) has 15‚000 state and county agency employees in 88 counties in Ohio. ODHS has a network infrastructure that ranges to
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Project Planning & Implementation CONTRIBUTORS THE UNIVERSITY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONALS TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE. 1. Stephen Northam‚ MA‚ Faculty Member‚ University of Phoenix. 2. Kenneth Sardoni‚ MCIS‚ Faculty Member‚ University of Phoenix. 3. Blair Smith‚ MBA‚ Associate Dean‚ College of Information Systems and Technology. 4. Claudia Avila‚ BSBA‚ Curriculum Development Manager‚ College of Information Systems and Technology. 5.
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Project - temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result Program -group of related projects managed in a coordinated way Project management -the application of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements Knowledge areas-key competencies project managers should develop Project portfolio management -involves organizing and managing projects and programs as a portfolio of investments Project management tools and techniques-assist
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______________________________________________________________________________ Orange Creek‚ Inc. NSA Capstone Project Charter ______________________________________________________________________________ Prepared By: Noel Wilson Date of Publication: March 26‚ 2014 Revision History Version Date Author(s) Revision Notes 1.0 3/26/14 Noel Wilson No revisions Table of Contents Project Description 3 Project Objectives 3 Project Scope 3 In Scope: 3 Out of Scope: 3 Deliverables Produced: 3 Stakeholders:
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Introduction Writing the project plan provides a structured framework for thinking about how the project will be conducted. A significant value of writing a project plan is the process rather than the outcome. It forces the players to think through their approach and make decisions about how to proceed. A project plan can be formal‚ as stakeholders and supporters approve documents and procedures used to guide both project execution and project control. Overall‚ project plans create a system of document
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