Achieving Project Goals Simulation Paper Week 2 University of Phoenix – MGT/437 Project Management Facilitator – Robert Lee July 22‚ 2008 Title: Achieving project goals simulation. Subject: The effects on how different decisions can affect the outcome of a project and the need to do research that way the decisions make can be good for the project. Executive Summary: The project goals simulation was very interesting. The simulation showed that if the manager was not well educated
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Project Management Carlos F. Amaral 01-07-2013 1. Discuss the primary function of a project plan. According to the Project Management Book of Knowledge‚ the project plan is "...a formal‚ approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions‚ facilitate communication among stakeholders‚ and document approved scope‚ cost‚ and schedule baselines
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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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1 University of Sunderland BA (Honours) Business Management Subject : SIM 335 Managing Projects 1 2 Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Project management process 3 2.1 Concerns 4 2.2 Stages 4 2.3 Processes 5 2.4 Leadership 6 2.5 Administrative 6 3. Schedules 6 3.1 Network diagram 4. Managing the life cycle 7 4.1 Phase 1 - Feasibility study 8 4.2 Phase 2 - Planning stage 9 4.3 Phase 3 - Execution stage 9 4.4 Phase
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SCOPE MANAGEMENT Planning is critical phase in a project life cycle. Although that is the case project control is pivotal and it goes through the project phase. Without proper project control in any project‚ failure possibilities are fairly high in such project. The intention of scope management is to define and outline the intention of any project. Scope management is defined by the PMBOK as; ‘..... the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required‚ and only the work
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Manage Projects Assignment 1: Part 1: Question 1: Introduction to project management: * Welcome * Introduce self A project is: * A set of planned and managed activities carried out for a specific length of time * has a defined start and end date * Achieves a specific objective within the specified quality and performance criteria * Products and services that is agreed with the project clients and the stakeholders * Funded and directed by the primary sponsor and/or
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[pic] Topic 1: Define project What is a project? A project is the defined set of planned and managed activities carried out for a period of time — with a defined start and end date. A project is designed to yield a set of products or services as agreed with the project clients and stakeholders. It has a lifecycle which is the process by which the project is undertaken. Five features that differentiate projects from ordinary work are that they:
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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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Project Specification and Scheduling: Case Study Report on the Pan African Transport Fleet Renewal Project Projects get talked about quite a lot these days. Per Dennis (Lock‚ 2007)projects date back before the 1900’s when project planning tools like the Gantt charts were in use. In the1950s when computer use became pretty expansive‚ project planning and scheduling tools were developed. Projects differ in size‚ scope‚ cost and time. There are now big international projects requiring millions of
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importance of initiating projects that add value to an organization 2. Discuss the background of ResNet at Northwest Airlines 3. Distinguish among the three major projects involved in ResNet 4. Appreciate the importance of top management support on ResNet 5. Discuss key decisions made early in the project by the project manager 6. Relate some of the early events in ResNet to concepts described in previous chapters 7. Discuss some of the major events early in the project that helped set the stage
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