Chapter 1 Review Question 1. Define a project. What are five characteristics that help differentiate projects from other function carried out in the daily operations of the organization? A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result. Five characteristics: 1. An established objective. 2. A defined life span with a beginning and an end. 3. Usually‚ the involvement of several department and professionals. 4. Typically‚ doing something that has never
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The Project Charter Project Name: Ellis Household Home Improvement Project Project Manager: Project Tracking Number: EHHI 001 Date: April 2‚ 2013 Project Justification: This project will address the severe design flaws and the renovation needed to make the Ellis Household a more comfortable living place. The severe lack of quality materials has shown through in our first couple months here and we need to change that. The house needs to be renovated‚ but to save money we will only
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Airport (DIA) Automated Baggage Handling Project Project Charter Lisa Romero March 11‚ 2011 Version 2.0 Table of Contents 1.0 Revision History 2 2.0 Statement of Purpose 2 3.0 Project Information 3 4.0 Project Overview 3 4.1 Overview of the Organization 3 4.2 Current Situation and Problem/Opportunity Statement 3 4.3 Project Objectives 3 5.0 Roles and Responsibilities 4 6.0 Project Constraints 4 7.0 Assumptions 4
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Project Plan Forecast "A project monitoring system involves determining what data to collect; how‚ when‚ and who will collect the data; analysis of the data; and reporting current progress. Gray and Larson (2006)." A communications plan. addressing how progress will be reported to the various project sponsors and executives "When giving a status report to superiors‚ project managers must present the most positive image possible without stretching the truth. They should adapt their communication
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Programme Diploma Project Management Name of Paper DPM103 Facilitator Dennis Crewe-Brown Assignment No. 2 Unit Standard No. (If Applicable) N/A Total No. of pages (including cover) 9 Submission Date 12/11/2012 Date received by facilitator Date returned to student ____________________________________________ DPM103 CASE STUDY 2 THE NIGHTINGALE PROJECT BY JARRED THOMAS 2012004738 NIGHTINGALE PROJECT - A 1. Will
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Project plan for opening an upscale fashion boutique General introduction and description of project This is a project for opening an upscale fashion boutique‚ the duration of the project is 2012/4/15—2012/6/30. The boutique is located on Orchard road‚ the decorations of the boutique is important as it aims at the ladies from middle-class‚ it sells the the informal dress from Italy‚ and two female staffs are needed. The boutique must be equipped with a television to play the fashion shows from
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Short answer questions – write one or two paragraphs (no bullet points) 1. Project managers frequently face competing constraints. Identify these common constraints and describe approaches that project managers can use to make the trade-offs required to succeed The time constraint refers to the amount of time available to complete a project. The cost constraint refers to the budgeted amount available for the project. The scope constraint refers to what must be done to produce the project’s end result
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ch17-Project Management 1. Good project management is especially important with virtual teams. TRUE Virtual teams face challenges that make project management especially important. 2. One way that project management differs from management of more traditional activities is because of the limited lifetime of projects. TRUE Projects have lifetimes that are typically shorter than other business endeavors. 3. Once a project is approved and underway‚ project managers are only responsible for
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Project Tiger‚ launched in 1973-74‚ is one of our most successful conservation projects in recent times. The project aims at tiger conservation in specially constituted ’tiger reserves‚ which are representative of various bio- geographical regions within the country. Is committed to maintaining a viable population of tigers in the wild. An estimate of the population of tigers in India at the turn of the century‚ placed the figure of 40‚000. Subsequently‚ the first tiger census in India
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PROJECT CONTROL SYSTEMS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS OF A PROJECT Drivers Project Leadership Project Team Project Management Maturity Planning Monitoring & Control Nature of Project Obstacles Stakeholders Internal External Change Management Strategic Uncertainties WHAT IS NEEDED? Project Control Systems What is it? PROJECT CONTROL Desired Status (plans) Disturbances Project Mgr. Project Team Project Danger of Control :” scope creep” Measuring Device
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