Chapter 1: 1. Define a project. What are five characteristics that help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization? A project is a complex‚ no routine‚ off-time effort limited by time‚ budget‚ resources‚ and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs • An established objective • A defined life span with a beginning and an end • Involvement of several departments • Doing something unique • Time‚ cost ‚ and performance
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3: The Project Manager Multiple Choice 1. Identify the attribute that is NOT normally associated with the job of functional manager. a) The functional manager is usually a generalist in the area being managed. b) The functional manager is responsible for deciding what resources will be devoted to accomplishing the task. c) The functional manager is administratively responsible for deciding how something will be done. d) The functional manager is responsible for deciding who will do
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Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) – Does it really boosts the Sales? Gone are the days when customers use to easily lure away by the gimmicks of the marketing persons. Today the customers are cleverer and demanding than ever before. They cannot be easily caught in the snare of the companies’ ideological gimmicks as they used to be in the past. I would love to share with you a real life and an interesting anecdote which is about a sales promotion program of a well established and renowned cigarette
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SIM335 Managing Project essay SIM335 Managing Projects - Task 1 Question 1: Network diagram (activity on node) ‘The network diagram is defined as a graphical presentation of the project’s activities shows the planned sequence of work’ Burke (2003‚ p.131). It is also called as precedence diagramming method (PDM). ‘It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes or rectangles‚ which referred to as nodes‚ to represent activities and connects them with arrows that
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Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) is a quiet young boy who adores his loving mother (Serena Reeder)‚ and the two live a relatively comfortable life as his mother is a local drug dealer. She often has to leave him with his grandparents to be looked after while she takes care of her business. But after she is brutally murdered in an apparent drug deal gone wrong‚ Marcus heads down the wrong road himself. Forced to live with his grandparents full-time‚ they themselves having many children too‚ he finds
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CPM model was developed for making risk free Projects. CPM approach is deterministic. In CPM analysis we work with single time estimates. The main focus on VPM analysis is on variations in activity times as consequences of changes in resource assignments. The major focus of CPM analysis is on time cost relationships and it seeks a project schedule that minimizes total cost. Assumptions under lying CPM Analysis- 1. The costs associated with a project can be divided into two components. Direct costs
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Smokers Get a Raw Deal Stanley S. Scott Stanley S. Scott (1933-1992) was vice president and director of corporate affairs of Philip Morris Companies Inc. This essay originally appeared on December 29‚ 1984‚ on the op-ed page of the New York Times. The Civil Rights Act‚ the Voting Rights Act‚ and a host of antidiscrimination laws notwithstanding‚ millions of Americans are still forced to sit in the back of planes‚ trains‚ and buses. Many more are subject to segregation in public places
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The film “Get Rich or Die Tryin” tells about the life of 50 Cent one of Americas most popular and successful Hip-Hop stars. The Drama is directed by Jim Sheridan who was nominated six times for the Oscar before. Marcus (50 Cent) grew up in a tough New York neighborhood and was left alone after his mother was murdered when he was a kid. Marcus fell in with a crime boss and he had the opportunity to have a good live by selling drugs for him. As time goes by‚ Marcus has misgivings about his life as
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| PROJECT CHARTERHMIS Development Project Author: MBA MIS Group 2 Creation Date: 13/03/13 Last Revised: 13/03/13 Version: 1.0 | | | | | | | | * Table of Contents 2 Initiation 2 3 Project Charter Purpose 2 4 Synopsis 2 4.1 Content of the Project 3 5 Purpose / Business Need 3 6 Scope and Acceptance 4 6.1 Goals and Objectives 4 6.2 Project Deliverables 5 6.3 Project Estimated
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