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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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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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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The Project Plan Project Name Constructing a school Managers Name Aleysha Smith‚ Valeria Leonova Project start date 20/10/2013 Project close date 20/02/2014 Table of Content Topics Page no Project Summary The project summary should address the following questions‚ in the following order: Project description
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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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IEE04 : Project management Feb 2013 A. Explain the following four major components of cost of project…………. aug12‚feb12 1. Material Cost 2. Utilities cost 3. Labor cost 4.Factory overhead cost Ans: 1. Material Cost: the most important element of cost‚ the material cost comprises of the cost f raw material‚ chemical‚ components and consumable stores required for production. It is a function of the quantities in which these materials are required and the prices payable for them. While estimating the
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Unit 303- Project Management Opening a Multi-Cuisine Restaurant Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3 DEFINING PHASE.................................................................................................. 3 1. Goals..........................................................................................................
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1. Discuss the reasons why IT projects fail. Although there are many contributing factors to project failure‚ there are six common factors. 1. Undeveloped Project Goals: Poor project planning will almost always lead to failure. One main reason for this failure is the inability to agree on the missions‚ goals‚ or objectives that the project is attempting to undertake. It is necessary that specific plans and requirements for the project are instituted in the development phase. Failure to do this
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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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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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