Module: Fundamentals of Project Management Module Code: FPM12/1 Assignment number: 1 © Milpark Fundamentals of Project Management FPM12/1 Assignment 1 Year 12A / Page 1 Assignment Guidelines Guidelines for the successful submission of assignments Students are sometimes unsure as to what constitutes work of an acceptable standard when submitting an assignment. Naturally‚ programmes offered at different NQF Levels demand different types of responses. An NQF Level 4 or 5 qualification probably
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QUIZ 2 IN MGT05: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1) Which of the following statements regarding Bechtel is true? A) Its competitive advantage is project management. B) Bechtel was the construction contractor for the Hoover Dam. C) While helping to rebuild Iraq‚ Bechtel’s crews had to travel under armed escort. D) Bechtel’s procurement program is global in nature. E) All of the above are true. 2) Which of the following statements about Bechtel is true? A) Even though Bechtel
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PROJECT EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) AND CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM) Project Evaluation Review Technique and Critical Path Method (CPM) are scheduling techniques used to plan‚ schedule‚ budget and control the many activities associated with projects. Projects are usually very large‚ complex‚ custom products that consist of many interrelated activities to be performed either concurrently or sequentially. The planning horizon for PERT/CPM typically extends beyond the six-month time frame
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Project Risk and Procurement ------------------------------------------------- Risk Management ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Kevin Kane ------------------------------------------------- Assignment 2 Hanson Ifeatu Nnadi @00345526 Submission: 8th March 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Total number of pages: 12 Word count without references: 2664 ABSTRACT The aim of this paper
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Project Communication Management A failure to communicate is often the greatest threat to the success of any project‚ especially information technology projects. Communications is the lubricant that keeps a project running smoothly. Project communications management involves communication planning‚ information distribution‚ performance reporting‚ and stakeholder management. Communications planning involves determining the information and communication needs of the stakeholders. For example
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The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 is a South African comedy film which tells the story of Xi‚ a Bushman from the deep Kalahari Desert. He lived happily with his family and tribe because he thought the god provided them with plenty of things. The film contains various elements about cultural differences and intercultural communication concepts. In this essay‚ I aim to analyze the film in the light of the concepts of ethnocentrism and values. The literature review of the concepts will
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technologies to achieve business goals. The difference between crowdsourcing and ordinary outsourcing is that a task or problem is outsourced to an undefined public rather than a specific other body. In crowdsourcing a client initiates the activity and the work may be undertaken on an individual‚ as well as a group‚ basis. Crowdsourcing has potential to be a problem-solving mechanism for government and non-profit use. Crowdsourcing has its benefits‚ especially if the effort can be a collaborative one. With
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Project Cost Management Review pages 273‚ 274‚ and 275!!! EV PV AC EVM RP CV SV CPI SPI The Importance of Project Cost Management IT projects have a poor track record for meeting budget goals. The CHAOS studies found the average cost overrun (the additional percentage or dollar amount by which actual costs exceed estimates) ranged from 180 percent in 1994 to 56 percent in 2004; other studies found overruns to be 33-34 percent. What is Cost and Project Cost
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT What is a Project? According to the Project Management Institute (PMI) ‚ a project is any work that happens only once‚ has a clear beginning and end‚ and is intended to create a unique product or knowledge. It may involve only one person‚ or thousands. It may last several days‚ or many years. It may be undertaken by a single organization‚ or by an alliance of several stakeholders. A project may be as simple as organizing a one-day event or as complex as constructing a dam on
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“The Gods Must Be Crazy” This film tries to send a message on how globalization can negatively affect a culture such as the Sho tribe of the Kalahari Desert. The people of a technologically advance and “civilized” culture decide to casually discard an empty “Coca Cola” bottle from the window of an airplane. A member of the “primitive” Sho tribe witnesses this object falling from the skies and considers it a “gift from the gods”. In his mind this is an object to be worshiped and must have been
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