WARREN MCFARLAN MARK KEIL JOHN HUPP The AtekPC Project Management Office A rain had started in the early evening of March 3‚ 2007‚ and the streets of Metropolis were cold and grey where the AtekPC headquarters were located. As John Strider‚ CIO for AtekPC‚ packed up his briefcase at the end of the day‚ his thoughts returned to the new Project Management Office (PMO) that he had approved several months ago. During his tenure of over twenty years at AtekPC‚ Strider had never witnessed the kinds of
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to the study of PMOs Monique Aubry *‚ Brian Hobbs 1‚ Denis Thuillier Received 3 August 2007; accepted 9 August 2007 2 ` ´ ´ ´ Universite du Quebec a Montreal Business School‚ Department of Management and Technology‚ Montreal (Quebec)‚ Canada‚ H3C 3P8 Abstract This paper aims at providing a grounded theoretical foundation on which to base a better understanding of organisational project management. This paper delivers empirical evidence that project management offices (PMOs) and organisational
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IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A DEBUT? They say‚ when you reach the age of eighteen‚ you will be on the legal age. You are free to decide everything that you want; free to go on adults places and be who you wanted to be. It is also in this age that every teenagers long for. That is why; having a debut is one way of celebrating this occasion. But is it really necessary for us to have this? For my own perspective‚ having a debut on your legal day is something that is not necessary in our
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The AtekPC Project Management Office: Situation: John Strider the CEO of AtekPC is faced with pressure that is facing the PC industry as a result of the industry transition. Strider had in the past thought of a Project Management Office which if implemented would of great benefit to AtekPC in the long run. He however did not want to implement this idea in a rush because he had concerns of the effect it would have if they tried to push hard with the idea. There were questions on how PMO Program
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the staple of the PMO‚ which tend to slow things up. This does not have to be the case. The PMO does not have to only operate in environments with a pure waterfall lifecycle. It can easily operate well within incremental lifecycles such as agile. Each lifecycle is different but they all still require governance‚ controls and quality of standards to be maintained which is managed by the PMO. With this in mind‚ it begs the question‚ “What are the challenges faced by the PMO when working with Project
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This question has been floating around the air for years now‚ The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945 of August 6. This devastating bomb killed around 135‚00. There was also a second bomb that hit Nagasaki on August 9th that killed approximately 50‚000. But the question remained was this necessary? In my opinion YES! Dropping the bomb was very necessary‚ it was also reasonable considering the fact that US lost a total of more than 418‚000 both military and innocent civilians
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Was slavery a necessary evil in the constitution? In short‚ yes‚ at the time I think it was. Slavery wasn’t how it is now. It wasn’t looked at as a heinous act in that time period. In fact‚ it was as common as say‚ owning a hair dryer. I think that’s a good analogy‚ as harsh as it sounds. Slaves were thought of nothing more than property. How preposterous would it sound if the government told us we were no longer allowed to use hair dryers? As far as I see‚ there were three major reasons that
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Atomic Bomb Position Paper Was the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? No‚ it was not. Neither of the two cities were military targets. Both cities had more civilians than troops. This would also mean that we broke the rules of war. We bombed innocent civilians. This‚ according to multiple documents of war‚ is illegal. Especially since the towns had no means of defending themselves. Bombing these towns also started the Cold war arms race. Everyone wanted the atomic bomb
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1. What is the purpose and mission of a PMO? As according to the AtekPC Project Management Office case‚ the purpose1 of a PMO is to fulfill the need for greater discipline in managing IT projects. Moreover‚ it establishes or enhances project management skills‚ process‚ and governance structures within an organization (Applegate Pg. 462). The director of Application Development‚ Richard Steinberg‚ described AtekPC’s PMO’s purpose as a “methodology” for managing projects with standardized practices
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History Term PaperThe Civil War‚ also known as‚ "The War Between the States" ‚ was necessary‚ made many positive steps for the great nation to unify again and to incorporate slaves as citizens of that nation. The South refused to compromise about slavery and they decided to create their own establishment‚ The Confederate States of America. President Abraham Lincoln ’s goal coming into the war was to unify all the states and to relieve African-Americans (World Book). I agree with both of those statements
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