INSE 6230– Total Quality Project Management Fall 2013‚ Instructor: Dr. Chun Wang Assignment 1 Part 1 Short Answer Questions Chapter 1 1. Why is there a new or renewed interest in the field of project management? Project management is very important for a good business because it provides the project managers to aim for the success of the project. The computer hardware‚ software and networks have radically changed the work environment. Timing is the important factor in the business
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Many failed projects today can be attributed to poor or total neglect of quality standards through lack of Quality control. Quality control‚ when implemented in a project‚ helps in yielding profit because the output is usually of great standard whereas when omitted‚ unavoidable losses are incurred. A project is said to be complete when the output not only conforms to pre-defined requirements but also to quality standards of the category it falls in. e.g. Standard for Quality Management Systems
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[pic] Project Quality Metrics Template This Project Quality Metrics Template is free for you to copy and use on your project and within your organization. We hope that you find this template useful and welcome your comments. Public distribution of this document is only permitted from the Project Management Docs official website at: www.ProjectManagementDocs.com Quality Metrics Company Name Street Address City‚ State Zip Code Date Table of Contents Introduction
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Time-phased project work is the basis for project cost control. Work package duration is used to develop the project network. Further‚ the time-phased budgets for work packages are timetabled to establish fiscal measures for each phase throughout the project. The time-phased budgets are to emulate the real cash needs of the budget‚ which will be used for project cost control. This information is useful to estimate cash outflows. The project manager’s attention is on when the costs are to occur‚ when
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QUALITY ISSUES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction There are a number of issues surrounding the general area of “quality” in project management. You will need to be aware of some of the requirements of PRINCE (or PRINCE2) as well as the more general aspects of the ISO 9000 and 14000 series. 2. Quality requirements as part of PRINCE PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) was revised from PRINCE in 1996 and is the accepted standard for the control of projects in the computing
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PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT Project managers coordinate all of the other knowledge areas throughout projects life cycle. Many new project managers have trouble looking at the “big picture” and want to focus on too many details. Project integration management is not the same thing as software integration. PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT PROCESSES Develop the project charter Develop the preliminary project scope statement Develop the project management plan Direct and manage project execution
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must ensure that all parts are within tolerance before shipment to the customer‚ what is the effect on the cost of quality to the customer? Cost of quality is the cost associated with the quality of a work product. As defined by Crosby in his "Quality Is Free"‚ Cost Of Quality (COQ) has two main components: Cost Of Conformance and *Cost Of Non-Conformance. Another view is that cost of quality is the amount of money a business loses because its product or service is not done right in the first place
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How a Project Management Office Boosts Hospital Quality By Thomas Guglielmo The overriding mission of the quality assurance and patient safety body in a hospital environment is to advance learning and system-wide improvements throughout the healthcare center and its clinics. The challenge is to keep on top of the many individual quality initiatives running at any one time‚ while also ensuring that the appropriate care standards are observed. All hospitals are expected to adhere to a set of core
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What is project management‚ and what are its main objectives? What is the relationship between tasks and events‚ or milestones? What is a work breakdown structure? How do you create one? What are task patterns‚ and how can you recognize them? Compare the advantages and disadvantages of Gantt and PERT/CPM charts. Define the following terms: best-case estimate‚ probable-case estimate‚ and worst- case estimate‚ and describe how project managers use these concepts. How does a project manager calculate
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building a strong business case to be communicated and shared with the Project stakeholders/sponsors and Team members is of extreme importance. This is a task with extreme strategic value‚ as it will be linked to motivation for the entire team. When the team members know that the project is based on a solid business case‚ it serves to justify the utility and value of the project for the sponsors and the organization. Having project based on a strong business case will help to identify objectives‚ milestones
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