Project Management Project management is the discipline of planning‚ organizing‚ securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Some Facts! One fifth (1/5) of the world’s GDP (U.S. $12 trillion) is being spent on Projects. With projects being mandated on such large scales – a shortage of 6 million skilled project professionals is expected by 2013. It’s the only profession where the income levels continued to rise despite the
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1. What are the reasons the author advances the project management to be considered an "accidental profession?" The twelve guidelines are presented in no particular order. Order them by level of importance and explain your reasoning 2. Where would you place yourself in Figure 2? 3. A few of the guidelines are related to the need to understand the reason for the project in the first place. Which guidelines would you place in this category? Why is this so crucial? 4. Why
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or renewed interest in the field of project management? IT is growing at a rapid rate and with that growth demands people to manage this growth. People I think are more trained to be project managers and also there is new software that helps tremendously with the management part of the tasks. So demand is up‚ skilled workers are up‚ and the cost benefit is there for this renewed interest. 2. What is a project‚ and what are its main attributes? How is a project different from what most people do
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Project Proposal Our initial Statement of Need showed the City of Lompoc having many neighborhoods without parks. There were no neighborhood parks where the children of the community could congregate and have picnics and barbeques. The Lompoc city Council decided to budget for the landscaping and construction of two community parks. One would be located on the North East and one located on the South East side of the city. Providing the additional city parks would enable communities from both
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Unit /Module | Project Management | Assessment | Individual Assignment | Lecturer | Bandujeewa Samaranayake | Student Name | | ID | Date Handed Over | | Date Due | | Initial Submission Date | 15/03/2012 | Re-Submission Date | | Students to tick if attempted | Grading Opportunities | Criteria Met ? | Assessor Feedback | | | Initially | On Re- Submission | | | P1 | | | | | P2 | | | | | P3 | | | | | P4 | | | | | M1 | | | | | M2 | | | |
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Strayer University IT Project Management Assessment CIS 517 1. Summarizes how the project manager or team exhibited exceptional and ethical project management practices. Often‚ the project manager (PM) is faced with an issue that is not easily resolved by theory or the knowledge acquired from formal training. These types of problems are usually not of a technical nature and more often tend to be ethical or human resource issues (Stare‚ 2011). The satisfactory answer is often
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Project Termination 1 Project Termination Types of terminations How and why projects terminate Typical termination activities Need for a project history 2 All Things Come to an End ... Termination – impact on technical success – Impact on other areas – Plan and execute termination with care 3 When Do Projects Terminate? Upon successful completion‚ – or . . . When the organization is no longer willing to invest 4 Most Common Reasons Projects Terminate
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Assignment 2 1. The 7 benefits in importance for reducing user resistance to IT-based change: 1. Cast a vision for shared project objectives that will attract‚ inspire‚ and motivate the project team – a PM that can inspire the project team‚ can help users understand the purpose and usefulness of IT-based changes 2. Communicate more effectively – a PM needs to be able to transmit the ideas clearly and effectively 3. Leverage emotional information to make better decisions – emotional information
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contained in the Project Charter? b) What phase is the Project Scope produced? What are some of the items contained in this document? c) What phase is the WBS produced? A; a) The project charter is the planning team’s concise statement of core goals‚ values‚ and intent in order to provide the ultimate policy direction for everything that comes next. Items contained in project charter are; 1. Project title should be concise and create a vision for the end result of the project. 2. Purpose summarizes
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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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