...Assignment Service Request SR-HT-001 (Huffman Trucking Benefits Election System) Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper describing the considerations necessary to address the possible security requirements and the possible risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems being requested by the Service Request, SR-HT-001 for Huffman Trucking Company. Week 3 Individual Assignment Security Monitoring Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper describing the security monitoring activities that should be conducted in an organization with both internal IT (payroll, human resources, inventory, general ledger, and so on) and e-commerce (Internet sales and marketing) applications. The paper will include the rationale supporting each monitoring activity you propose and any recommended course of action to be taken when a significant risk is identified. Week 4 Individual Assignment Outsourcing Risks Prepare a 3- to 5-page paper that identifies the possible risks to an organization in each of the following outsourcing situations: a) the use of an external service provider for your data storage; b) the use of an enterprise service provider for processing information systems applications such as a payroll, human resources, or sales order taking; c) the use of a vendor to support your desktop computers; and d) the use of a vendor to provide network support. The paper will include a risk mitigation strategy for each situation. One mitigation strategy, because of personnel and facility limitations, cannot be proposed...
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...Important ................................................................. 2 When to Use Logical Framework Analysis......................................................................... 3 How to Develop and Use Logical Framework Analysis .................................................... 3 1. Conduct Situation Analysis and Identify Key Stakeholders .......................................................3 2. Develop Action Plan: Goals, Objectives/Results, and Activities ...............................................4 3. Develop Monitoring Plan: Indicators and Methods/Sources of Verification...............................4 4. Summarize Work in the Logframe Matrix ..................................................................................4 Example ................................................................................................................................. 6 References............................................................................................................................. 8 This document is intended as a resource to support the implementation of the WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management. Logical framework analysis is a tool that can be used to help meet several steps of these standards; each project or programme team will have to determine whether this tool and associated guidance makes sense for them. This document may change over time; the most recent version can be accessed at: https://intranet.panda...
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...Project Management in the OSCE A Manual for Programme and Project Managers Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Development, Coordination and Design This manual is designed and developed by the OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Centre, Programming and Evaluation Support Unit (CPC/PESU). Main Author: Sebnem Lust, Programme and Project Evaluation Officer Co-Authors: Laura Vai, Head of Programming and Evaluation Support Unit Sean McGreevy, Project Co-ordination Officer Editor: Keith Jinks Designer: Nona Reuter Published by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE Secretariat CPC/PESU Wallnerstrasse 6 1010 Vienna Austria Telephone: +43 1 514 36 6122 Fax: +43 1 514 36 6996 www.osce.org Email: pcc-at@osce.org © 2010 OSCE ISBN: 978-92-9234-301-9 Rights and Permissions: All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may be freely used and copied for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any such reproduction is accompanied by an acknowledgement of the OSCE as the source. ii Acknowledgements This manual contains comprehensive guidance on how the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe applies the Project Cycle Management method and the Logical Framework Approach to its project work, as well as essential information on the political, programmatic, regulatory and information technology aspects of project management. The manual’s purpose is to ensure coherence, consistency and transparency...
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...Unit 19: Developing Teams in Business Unit code: T/502/5450 QCF Level 3: BTEC National Credit value: 10 Guided learning hours: 60 Aim and purpose The aim of this unit is for learners to understand the importance of effective team working to an organisation’s success, and to develop skills and knowledge for working in team situations both as a team leader and a team member. Unit introduction People working together in teams, this can benefit organisations greatly and help them to achieve their goals. A motivated workforce is more likely to be efficient and can contribute to the long-term profitability of the business. If team members cooperate, they can inspire each other. This helps the team to solve problems and identifies the individual skills within the team. The work can be allocated within the team so that the complementary skills of team members can be used to best effect. A team is a group of people working together to achieve common objectives, willing to commit to ensuring that the team objectives are achieved. In this unit learners will explore the benefits of team development and teamworking. They will examine the skills required by different team members and how an effective team leader can motivate and develop individuals within teams. Sometimes when people work in teams, they have their own types of communication, which can affect others...
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...clearly defined activities and tasks • These activities and tasks must have a projected starting time, duration and ending time In many situations managers assume the responsibility for ensuring that projects meet their stated objectives within the time and cost that were originally determined more often than not these projects are so large and or/complex that the manager cannot possibly keep all the information pertaining to the plan, schedule and progress of the project in his or her head and use tools (project management software) to assist. The management of projects involves three phases: 1. Planning 2. Scheduling 3. Controlling Planning -This phase includes setting of goals, defining the project identifying your resources both human and otherwise and team organization. Scheduling – This phase assigns resources to specific activities. In that it relates people money and supplies to specific activities and relates activities to each other. Controlling – This phase involves monitoring of resources cost quality and budgets. It also includes the revision or changing of plans and shifting of resources to meet time and cost demands. Additional Characteristics of a project are: 1. There will be cost associated with the project and with the detailed activities when summarized will be termed the project cost. 2. There will be activities that must be completed before other activities can be carried out 3. There will be activities that will...
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...Table of Content 1. Introduction 2 2. Project Management 3 2.1 Definition of Project Management 3 2.2 Advantages and Disadvantages in Project Management 5 2.3 Success Factors in Projects 6 2.4 Control Project Progress 7 3. Project Risk Management 8 3.1 The Risk Management Process 8 3.2 Definition of Risk 10 3.3 Managing Risk 10 3.4 Identify Risks 11 3.5 Risk Quantification 14 3.6 Plan Risk Response / Methods 14 3.7 Risk Monitoring 18 4. The Organization of an International Conference in Paris, France 19 4.1 Project Identification 19 4.2 Classified the Project 20 4.3 Identification of Risks and measures to minimize the risk 21 5. Conclusion 23 6. List of Illustrations 24 1. Introduction The planned International Conference – “Launching Strategy of a new product”, reported to our management and sales persons is a new Project and has to be well organized and effectively realized. To ensure that the project leads to a suitable performance and to improve project success, a Risk Management Plan needs to be developed very early in the planning stage. For the project success, it is essential that potential risks are identified, categorized and evaluated. This seminar paper focuses on the relationship between the project organization and the application of risk management and the importance of implementing a Risk Management system to achieve the project objectives. This paper is subdivided into three...
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... Table of Contents Question 1 2 Step 1: Identify the Facts 2 Step 2: Key Issue Identification 3 Step 3: Alternative Courses of Action 3 Step 4: Evaluate Alternatives 3 Step 5: Select Best Solution 4 Question 2 4 Initial Contract 4 Contract Re-Opening Evaluation 5 Conclusion 5 Question 3 6 Roles and Responsibilities 6 Type of Structure 7 Accountability 7 Project Ownership 7 Controls, Measurement and Monitoring 7 Business Strategy Alignment 8 Independent Scrutiny of Projects 8 Conclusion 8 Question 4 9 References 10 Question 1 In order to analyse the situation identified in the case study, a number of steps can be followed: Step 1: Identify the Facts * The North American Financial Corporation(NAFC) was founded in 1850 and has a large presence in Canada’s financial markets * NAFC’s IT systems are managed by their own subsidiary, the IT Management Company(ITMC) which has 2 main IT Development groups; the first is an internal maintenance and development group, the second is a consulting group. * NAFC adopted an aggressive expansion strategy and in 2001, acquired a security brokerage firm known as Blixton which allowed for the creation of a new subsidiary known as NAF-Insur. * The acquisition of Blixton sparked the need to redevelop the Mortgage Loan Management (MLM) systems of NAFC, in order to handle increased activity and market demands. * The MLM system is of a high strategic value to NAFC. * The best solution...
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...Guidelines for Programme Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Table of contents KEY TERMS 1. BASIC PRINCIPLES 1.1. Development cooperation as part of foreign policy • • • • • 1.1.1 Increasing coordination and coherence 1.1.2 Strategic planning sets the framework 1.1.3 Cooperation has various forms 1.1.4 Policies require action 1.1.5 Finland as a partner 1.2. Towards a common language • • • 1.2.1 An integrated approach improves learning 1.2.2 Project cycle - the life of a development intervention 1.2.3 Level of participation varies 1. 3. Achieving sustainable development • • • • • • • • 1.3.1 Policies must match 1.3.2 Better value for money 1.3.3 Institutional capacity makes a difference 1.3.4 People-centered development emphasises socio-cultural aspects 1.3.5 Participation enhances ownership 1.3.6 Gender equality and participatory development 1.3.7 Environment - not only ecology 1.3.8 Technology must meet the needs 2. PROJECT DESIGN 2. Situation analysis - the cornerstone of project planning • • • • 2.1.1 Background studies and the analysis of stakeholders 2.1.2 Problem analysis - key to the project’s framework 2.1.3 Objectives reflect an ideal future 2.1.4 Strategic choices begin by fixing the project purpose 2.2. Planning with logic • • • • • • • • 2.2.1 Logical framework is a practical tool 2.2.2 Intervention logic states the strategy 2.2.3 Assumptions must hold 2.2.4 Indicators make the plan concrete 2.2.5 Approach describes how 2.2.6 Organisation determines roles...
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...Journal of Arti cial Intelligence Research 7 (1997) 83-124 Submitted 6/97; published 9/97 Towards Flexible Teamwork Milind Tambe Information Sciences Institute and Computer Science Department University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA tambe@isi.edu Many AI researchers are today striving to build agent teams for complex, dynamic multi-agent domains, with intended applications in arenas such as education, training, entertainment, information integration, and collective robotics. Unfortunately, uncertainties in these complex, dynamic domains obstruct coherent teamwork. In particular, team members often encounter di ering, incomplete, and possibly inconsistent views of their environment. Furthermore, team members can unexpectedly fail in ful lling responsibilities or discover unexpected opportunities. Highly exible coordination and communication is key in addressing such uncertainties. Simply tting individual agents with precomputed coordination plans will not do, for their in exibility can cause severe failures in teamwork, and their domain-speci city hinders reusability. Our central hypothesis is that the key to such exibility and reusability is providing agents with general models of teamwork. Agents exploit such models to autonomously reason about coordination and communication, providing requisite exibility. Furthermore, the models enable reuse across domains, both saving implementation e ort and enforcing consistency. This...
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...Assessment Activity 1 Management is the coordination of people and processes with the effective utilisation of human material resources to achieve an organisation's objectives. They draw on supplies, time, money, people and equipment. To ensure that their performance and behaviours fit with the organisation's expectations and that the work they do actively contributes to goal achievement, managers must be very clear about the organisation's goals and must be able to communicate these goals to the employees who will work toward achievement. The difference between leaders and managers can be summarised as managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing. To achieve organisational goals those who act in management roles should also be good leaders. Yet leadership and people with strong leadership skills will no only be found in management positions. Many people within an organisation will be leaders and some will take on leadership roles as required, in specific situations. Assessment Activity 2 Staff will not respect the manager and will not cooperate or work as hard as they should be. Credibility, a clear sense of where they are going The ability to delegate effectively and share power, Support for employees while they do important work, Someone who goes further than simply treating people as a means to an end, Clarity of communication and consistency Respect on both a personal and work-based level ...
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...Course Syllabus College of Information Systems & Technology CMGT/442 Version 4 Information Systems Risk Management Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course identifies and defines the types of risks that information systems professionals need to consider during the development and implementation of computer based information systems. This course will survey remedies and prevention techniques available to address the risk areas present. Organizational policies and current regulatory considerations will also be examined relative to development, implementation, and use of computer based information systems. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Cooper, D. F., Grey, S., Raymond, G., & Walker, P. (2005). Project risk management guidelines: Managing risk in large projects and complex procurements. Hoboken...
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...manager would like you to manage one of the teams in this new department. Your manager has put together the team you will be managing. Your new team consists of the members of your current Learning Team. To be successful in the new market segment, your team must efficiently accomplish the goals set by the company. Your manager, therefore, would like you to develop a leadership approach for each team member on your team based on the theories of leadership and each member’s individual personalities. Write a memo to your manager of no more than 1,400 words in which you explain how you plan to successfully lead your team. Include the following: Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, based on the personality assessment. Evaluate the situation in terms of urgency, culture, and so forth. Determine leadership approaches, based on individuals and the situation. Highlight the principles you have applied from various leadership theories. Format your memo consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment 2- Your Learning Team is a team of managers of a customer call center for timeshare vacations. Discuss, with your team, the types of control measures you would use to see how efficient and effective an employee is. Discuss, with your team, the measures you would use to evaluate the entire call center. Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your discussion. 3 QUIZ The control process assumes that ________...
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... Project Planning – Human Capital Paper Team A-Home Builders has mapped out all of the phases and milestones to be met during the different building stages of the project. The project manager will report to the executive manager during the first milestone of the project which is the building of the first deck. The first deck is the focus point of how all the remaining decks will be built. This includes cost, time, manpower and any changes that will be needed. The executive manager along with the project manager put a plan in force to discuss communication management, the team selection process, project revisions and performance monitoring and how the two of them could remain on top of these decisions. Communication Management The project manager is responsible for communicating with the customers, the team members, and management. A project manager who communicates effectively can expect team members to understand the project and the roles in the project completion process more thoroughly than a project manager who does not communicate. John McKenzie is the project manager for Team A-Home Builders is responsible for communicating performance evaluation results to the executive manager of Team A-Home Builders. The project manager of Team...
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...Project Part One Risk Management Draft Jarvis Thomas ITT Technical Institute IS 3110 Risk Management in Information Technology Security 16 October 2014 Table of Contents Document Purpose 3 Definition 3 Risk Management Approach 3 Risk Tolerance 4 Risk Management Tasks 4 Document Purpose The Risk Management Plan describes how risk management will be structured and performed on the project to ensure risk are being managed and controlled at acceptable levels. Risk in a project environment cannot be totally eliminated. The objective of a risk management process is to minimize the impact of unplanned incidents on the project by identifying and addressing potential risks before significant negative consequences occur. The Risk Management Plan also becomes a subset of the Project Management Plan. Definition Definition of Risk Management: the formal process by which risks factors are systematically identified, assessed, and responded to. Risk management concentrates on identifying and controlling areas or events that have a potential of causing unwanted change. (Note that opportunities, also known as positive risk, should also be managed/exploited. This document is focused on mitigating negative risk, rather than maximizing positive risk.) Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations |Risk |A potential...
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...CAC/RCP 1-1969, Rev. 4-2003 - Annex Page 21 HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (HACCP) SYSTEM AND GUIDELINES FOR ITS APPLICATION Annex to CAC/RCP 1-1969 (Rev. 4 - 2003) PREAMBLE The first section of this document sets out the principles of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The second section provides general guidance for the application of the system while recognizing that the details of application may vary depending on the circumstances of the food operation.2 The HACCP system, which is science based and systematic, identifies specific hazards and measures for their control to ensure the safety of food. HACCP is a tool to assess hazards and establish control systems that focus on prevention rather than relying mainly on end-product testing. Any HACCP system is capable of accommodating change, such as advances in equipment design, processing procedures or technological developments. HACCP can be applied throughout the food chain from primary production to final consumption and its implementation should be guided by scientific evidence of risks to human health. As well as enhancing food safety, implementation of HACCP can provide other significant benefits. In addition, the application of HACCP systems can aid inspection by regulatory authorities and promote international trade by increasing confidence in food safety. The successful application of HACCP requires the full commitment and involvement...
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