CHAPTER 1 What Is a Project? Things are not always what they seem. — Phaedrus‚ Roman writer and fabulist CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: N Define a project N List a project’s characteristics N Distinguish a project from a program‚ activity‚ and task N Understand the three parameters that constrain a project N Know the importance of defining and using a project classification rule N Understand the issues around scope creep‚ hope creep‚ effort creep
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Not Limited To: Appointment Management • Calendar Managing • Appointment Scheduling • Setting Reservations • Business Meetings • Personal TasksSales & Marketing • Qualify Inquiries to Leads • Qualify Leads to High Priority • Compare RFQs/RFPs • Prospect/Customer Follow-up • List Generation/Management • Telemarketing • Interactive Marketing • Requests for Point of Sales Materials • Requests for Samples • General Sales Correspondence Transcription • Dictating • Meetings/Calls/Interviews
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2008 → John Dragasevich (president)‚ small water filtration company based out of Toronto‚ Ontario‚ considering expansion‚ increasingly strict regulations on wastewater management implemented by government‚ invest in new technology (membrane biological reactors)? Industry: → increased demand for water and water treatment‚ trend expected to continue → market projections reaching $348 billion → demand growing for safe drinking water in developing countries → sustainability challenges and advancements
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PROBLEMS OF PRONOUNCIATION FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER WHAT IS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER? Non-native English speaker result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non-native users of any language tend to carry the intonation‚ phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. They may also create innovative pronunciations for English sounds not found in the speaker’s first language. Current English speech recognition systems are commonly
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Northern Drilling Problem definition Peter Bremner‚ general manager of Northern Drilling Inc. (Northern)‚ is facing a decision on whether to submit a proposal to Mond Nichkel Company (Mond). If he decides to propose‚ he has to decide the following. 1). Invest equipments (drill‚ skipper/bulldozer‚ etc) or not 2). Offering price 3). How to secure drillers Criteria selection To make a decision about above problem‚ I have set the following criteria. 1). Business expansion strategy 2). Net
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Recommendations for Silver Ships to gain a competitive advantage in the Military and Workboat Industry 1. Focus on the Gulf of Mexico a. As stated in Exhibit 4‚ Silver Ships has had quite a few buyers focused around the Gulf of Mexico. b. Alabama is in the middle of the US shoreline for the Gulf of Mexico. c. Silver Ships can use the International Workboat Show stated in Exhibit 3 to draw more customers from all around the Gulf. i. They have already have had previous
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Safjasl;dfjasl;fsjldfsdf;asasffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff- ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff document is a written or drawn representation of thoughts. Originating from the Latin Documentum meaning lesson - the verb doceō means to teach‚ and is pronounced similarly‚ in the past it was usually used as a term for a written proof used as evidence. In the computer age‚ a document is usually used to describe a primarily textual file‚ along with its structure and
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Case Study IV-4 : IT Infrastructure Outsourcing At Schaffer Situation: Schaffer Corporation is a manufacturer‚ which began by making small farm machines‚ but now has spread to make diverse machines. Originally founded by Frederick W. Schaffer during 1877‚ it was his three son-in-laws who led the corporation to new product lines and divisions within the company. These divisions were called the Colbert division‚ the Kinzer division‚ and the Reitzel division; each of which has its own manufacturing
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Abstract: The existing business paradigm of data analytics is set for a transformation. Today‚ companies are experimenting to replicate the “Outsourced data analytics” model to “Crowdsourced data analytics”. Companies like Kaggle‚ Crowdanalytix and others are hitting the headlines of top analytics blogs across the globe. The reason is that the new business model promises a drastic decrease in the cost of analytics for companies long with the flexibility to get the problem solved anytime with much
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1. Do you think Bharti should enter the outsourcing agreements outlined by Gupta? What do you see as advantages and disadvantages of such agreements? Bharti is proposing outsourcing that would hand over responsibility for the buildup‚ maintenance‚ and servicing their telecom network to Nokia‚ Siemens‚ and Ericsson. They would also outsource the buildup‚ maintenance‚ and servicing of their core IT infrastructure to IBM. I definitely believe Bharti should enter the outsourcing agreements outlined
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