...Microsoft: Developing a Strategic Plan NETW583: Final Project By Jamie Fairchild 8/9/2014 Section I Microsoft is a company that was founded on simple principles, to provide people with technology that is accessible, and can allow people to personalize their computers to meet their own needs and preferences. When the company was founded in 1975, they had a simple goal, to put a computer on every desktop and in every home. It is this philosophy that has guided them to huge success over nearly forty years of technological innovation. Unlike its main competitor, Apple Corporation, who entered into both the hardware and software markets, Microsoft focused its attention on software, the programs that run the hardware. Since then, they have entered into many different markets, producing a vast array of products, beginning with operating systems, then moving into other areas. They developed a widely used productivity software, Microsoft Office, and have moved into other areas as well, developing the Microsoft Surface, a tablet aimed at getting a share of the skyrocketing tablet market. Their diversity and willingness to collaborate with other companies has made them the tech giant that they are today. Microsoft’s vision is to “create innovative technology that is accessible to everyone and that adapts to each person’s needs, enabling individuals to take full advantage of their capabilities.” Microsoft has always developed products that are for the everyday user. Their...
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...Develop an educational project that includes a specific outcome while teaching academic skills Make Your Own Project-Based Lesson Plan Gloria J. Edwards Educator and Curriculum Development Specialist Unlimited Learning, Inc. Copyright 2002 Mountain Plains Distance Learning Partnership Integrated Learning http://www.integratelearning.org Special funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Star Schools. Instructions based on the five-concept template created by Leecy Wise for Star School teachers, Cortez, CO, 2001-2002 Topic: Make Your Own Project-Based Lesson Plan Develop an educational project that includes a specific outcome while teaching academic skills. Identify Grade level or Group Here An integrated lesson plan covering # sessions of approximately # hours each. Your Name as Lesson Author Here The following passage is included in all Integrated Learning lesson plans: Lesson-Planning Approach Students do not learn from what you do, but from what you have them do. This is a template for creating project-based lessons. Examples and important information are set in text boxes, while the rest of the text can be used as lesson template. Text and headings that are part of the “Integrated Learning” lesson format are printed in color bands or bold text. For other examples of our project-based lesson plans, refer to our website www.integratelearning.org . Some learners perceive their “world” as a whole, where all things are interconnected and dependent...
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...CHAPTER DEVELOPING AN EVALUATION PLAN 4 As program staff start planning for program development and begin addressing the components of the logic model, they should keep in mind that as the logic model takes shape, the development of evaluation plans will follow soon after. The logic model can act as a guide to assist you in determining when your evaluation plan should be developed. As you identify the accomplishments and outcomes in your logic model, the next question to ask yourself is, “How will I determine if I met my accomplishments and reached the outcomes I identified?” The evaluation plan will provide a framework for why the evaluation is to be conducted, what is to be evaluated, and how the evaluation will be conducted. After you have assessed the community needs and determined what services/activities will be implemented to address those needs, the evaluation plan is the next step in your planning process. Empowerment Evaluation Before learning how to develop an evaluation plan, it is important to look at the purpose of conducting a program evaluation and understand the type of evaluation models available. This section of the chapter introduces the empowerment evaluation model and the benefits of using this model for program development and improvement. Gutierrez (1994) defines empowerment as the “process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals, families, and communities can take action to improve their situations” (p. 202)...
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...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.org/documents/folder.cfm?uFolderID=60979 Written by: Meg Gawler, ARTEMIS Services Edited by: Foundations...
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...of a project manager. Which skill do you think is most important? Why? Common skills of a project manager include: interpersonal skills, leadership skills and technical skills. Interpersonal skills include the skills needed to effectively communicate with others what needs to be done and the process that should be taken to get it done. Leadership skills are important because as the project manager is in charge of the project, they must be able to successfully lead their team from initiation to completion of the project as efficiently as possible. Technical skills are the skills needed to understand all aspects of the system that is to be created or modified and what it takes to make that happen. Common activities of a project manager include: leadership, management, customer relations, technical problem solving, conflict management, team management and risk and change management. I believe that the most important skill that a project manager must possess is leadership. I think that with the right team, the PM can get assistance on the interpersonal and technical aspects of the project. However without the proper leadership, even the best team will ultimately fail, or at least have many difficulties. Also, many of the activities that a project manager must do are leader/management based. 4. Describe the activities performed by the project manager during project planning. The activities performed by a project manager during project planning are: describing the project scope...
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...Information Systems Project Management Unit 3 Assignment 1 Kaplan University IT511 Professor Chad McAllister February 16, 2013 1. Explain project scope management in terms of its processes. Scope management is the process of defining and controlling the work that is or is not included in the project (Schwalbe, 2012). This outlines to the team and stakeholders the product that will be produced and the processes that will be used to produce that product. The project scope management consists of five processes: * Collect requirements- This process defines the specific details of a product’s functions and features. Defining the processes for creating the products is defined in this process and results in the following outputs: stakeholders’ requirements documentation, a requirements management plan and a requirements traceability matrix. * Define the scope- The project charter, requirements documents and organization process assets are the inputs that are needed to determine the project scope. This process has two outputs the project scope statement and updates to the project documents. * Create the WBS- This process involves decomposing the major deliverable on the project into manageable elements resulting in the WBS and dictionary, a scope baseline and updates to the project documents. * Verify the scope- This is the formalized acceptance of the scope statement by the stakeholders, customers and the project sponsor. If the scope statement is...
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...climate change Working with developing countries to tackle climate change Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union New freephone number: (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://ec.europa.eu). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007 ISBN 978-92-79-06576-7 © European Communities, 2007 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium Printed on recycled paper that has been awarded the EU eco-label for graphic paper (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel) EU action against climate change Working with developing countries to tackle climate change Introduction EU cooperation with developing countries on climate change Supporting adaptation and capacity building Providing clean and secure energy supplies Stimulating clean development through EU emissions trading Promoting sustainable forestry Assisting developing countries through climate research 5 10 14 17 20 22 24 Introduction As the world’s largest donor of development assistance, the European Union is strongly committed to supporting developing countries in the fight against...
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...developed Source Entities for Oracle, COBOL files and Target warehouse Entity for Oracle. * Involved in preparing Test Plans, Unit Testing, System Integration Testing, Implementation and Maintenance. * Extracted the data from different sources like COBOL Files, Flat files (delimited & fixed width) and Oracle. * Used the SQL Loader for extracting the data from Flat Files into Oracle. * Experience in PL/SQL programming, Developing Packages, stored procedures, Functions and Triggers. * Experience in developing business applications using Oracle 11g/10g/9i, Oracle Forms10g/9i, Reports10g/9i, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader and Open Interface. * Expertise in design, development of end user screens and reports using Oracle Developer/2000 (Forms, Reports) and other front-end tools. * Expert in writing Cursors and Handling Exceptions while developing the applications. * Experienced in Project planning and scheduling, System design, Functional Specification, Design specification, Coding and System test plan. * Data cleansing experience using PL/SQL. SQL coding and UNIX. * Using Informatica Designer designed and developed Source Entities for Oracle, COBOL files and Target warehouse Entity for Oracle. * Involved in preparing Test Plans, Unit Testing, System Integration Testing, Implementation and Maintenance. * Extracted the data from different sources...
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...Project Audit Checklist Project Name: ______________________________________________Audit Date(s): _____________________________ Project Manager: ______________________________ Project Auditor: __________________________________________ Project ManagementKnowledge Areas | Successes | Shortcomings | Comments and Recommendations | | | | | 1. Project Integration Management | | | | 2. Project Scope Management | | | | 3. Project Time Management | | | | 4. Project Cost Management | | | | 5. Project Quality Management | | | | 6. Project Human Resource Management | | | | 7. Project Communications Management | | | | 8. Project Risk Management | | | | 9. Project Procurement Management | | | | 10. Other Matters | | | | PROJECT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREAS Knowledge areas provide for a comprehensive checklist. PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT A subset of project management that includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly coordinated. It consists of: * Project plan development—integrating and coordinating all project plans to create a consistent, coherent document. * Project plan execution—carrying out the project plan by performing the activities included therein. * Integrated change control—coordinating changes across the entire project. PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT A subset of project management...
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...Challenges Project Management in Bangladesh : Positive Factors: 1. Growing economy, scope for fresh and new projects, need for infrastructural facilities. 2. Availability of resources. 3. Abundance of manpower. 4. Urge for development. 5. Adaptability of manpower vis-à-vis technologies. Negative Factors: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Poor & very inadequate technical bases. Inadequacy of research & trained manpower. Serious brain drain. Lack & inadequacy of infra-structural facilities. Corruption (resource utilization is only 40% effectively). Very poor project planning. Data bank lacking & highly inaccurate. Dearth of experienced & hardworking and honest entrepreneurs. Poor general economic conditions & low per capita income. Size of market & buying capacities. Uncongenial legal framework. Absence of good governance. Unfriendly administrative machinery. Irrational fiscal policy. Weak & ineffective capital market. Inefficient monitoring of banking structure & banking policy. Default culture. Absence of business ethics. Lack of political will. High political risk including instability. Precarious law & order situation. Bangladesh is classified as “high risk” country. Low savings - GDP ratio. Majority of the population lives below poverty level. Low literacy rate & lack of civic sense, patriotism, and sense of belongingness. Unhealthy distribution of income and concentration of most of the wealth of the...
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...Segmentation Strategy Project Strategic management analyzes the major initiatives taken by a company's top management on behalf of owners, involving resources and performance in internal and external environments. It entails specifying the organizations mission, vision and objectives, developing policies and plans, often in terms of projects and programs, which are designed to achieve these objectives, and then allocating resources to implement the policies and plans, projects and programs. A balanced scorecard is often used to evaluate the overall performance of the business and its progress towards objectives. Recent studies and leading management theorists have advocated that strategy needs to start with stakeholders expectations and use a modified balanced scorecard which includes all stakeholders. Initiating Process Group The Initiating Process Group consists of the processes that facilitate the formal authorization to start a new project or a project phase. Initiating processes are often done external to the project’s scope of control by the organization or by program or portfolio processes, which may blur the project boundaries for the initial project inputs. For example, before beginning the Initiation Process Group activities, the organization’s business needs or requirements are documented. The feasibility of the new undertaking may be established through a process of evaluating alternatives to pick the best one. Clear descriptions of the project objectives...
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...Information Technology Projects What is the current state of IT projects? What are key factors for successful IT projects? Hint: Refer to the summary of CHAO study IT Projects are showing higher success rates. Better project management tools & processes, smaller projects, improved communication among stakeholders, more skillful IT project managers What are four different approaches to improving the likelihood of success of IT projects? Hint: Understand the major characteristics of each approach. 1. Value-Driven Approach; Plain & Simple: IT Projects must provide value to the organization 2. Socio-technical Approach; It’s not just about the technology or building a better mouse trap 3. Project Management Approach; processes and infrastructure (Methodology), resources, expectations, competition, efficiency and effectiveness 4. Knowledge Management Approach, lessons learned, best practices & shared knowledge What is a project? And its attributes? Project: a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. Attributes: Time Frame, Purpose (to provide value!), Ownership, Resources (the triple constraint), Roles (Project Manager, Project Sponsor, SME (domain & technical)), Risk & Assumptions, Interdependent Tasks (progressive elaboration – steps & increments), Planned Organizational Change, Operate in Environments Larger than the Project Itself What are different roles in IT projects? Hint: Know the different...
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... According to the conventional project management approach, projects are successful if they meet time, budget, and performance goals . Yet studies show that most projects are late, over budget, and do not deliver their expected objectives. Furthermore, even after completion, many projects do not contribute to their company’s business success. After the initiation stage, the project is planned to an appropriate level of detail. The main purpose is to plan time, cost and resources adequately to estimate the work needed and to effectively manage risk during project execution. As with the Initiation process group, a failure to adequately plan greatly reduces the project's chances of successfully accomplishing its goals. Strategic Management by Neil Ritson,2006 Strategic Project planning generally consists of : * determining how to plan (e.g. by level of detail or rolling wave); * developing the scope statement; * selecting the planning team; * identifying deliverables and creating the work breakdown structure; * identifying the activities needed to complete those deliverables and networking the activities in their logical sequence; * estimating the resource requirements for the activities; * estimating time and cost for activities; * developing the schedule; * developing the budget; * risk planning; * gaining formal approval to begin work. Michael Stanleigh , “2010 PMO Global Study: How a Project Management Office Can Improve Organizational...
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...Eletromax Project Management By Name Instructor Institution Date of submission Eletromax Project Management Part 1 Importance of scope Statement to the Success of a project Given that the project plan is referred to as the foundation of a successful methodology of project management. Then many argue that scope statement of any given project is the breath of any successful methodology of project management. Scope statement is of great importance as it contains details relating to the project vision. It plays an important role of describing the goals of the project, keep a record of what a complete project will be like and finally the deliverables of the project. It is very unfortunate that most of the project stakeholders tend to pay little attention to the process of developing scope statement of a project in question. Another very alarming issue relating to scope statement is that, most of the project managers tend to be very dedicated in developing the scope statement of a project but rarely do they pay attention to the scope developed as they go about their duties of implementing the project plan. For the scope statement to be of great importance to the successful implementation of the project plan, the manager of the project needs to keep on referring to the scope statement so that he/she can ensure that the project implementation is in line with the initial vision and objectives (Edward 1975). The scope statement is used to define the project requirements...
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...2440161; Res: +2 01005400001 (Egypt) Email: ahmed.abdelalim@hotmail.com / abdelalim.ahmed@yahoo.com STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGER / STRATEGY & BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER Strong credentials in providing information and directions to promote organizational growth OBJECTIVE: Proactive decision maker, seeking to be a Senior Management Professional with a well established and globally reputed organization by utilizing the following strengths... ⇨ Possessing 12 years of expertise in marketing, strategic planning, business planning, commercial planning, project management, business process, performance management and team management. ⇨ Demonstrated exposure in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Service, Business Architecture, Governance Models, and eTOM & ITIL implementations. ⇨ Proficient in developing business cases, marketing plans, business proposals, governance models & frameworks, business plans and exploring new business management techniques and methodologies. ⇨ An efficient Team Leader, combining sound communication, interpersonal, mentoring, negotiating and problem solving skills with analytical & leadership capabilities to ensure operational excellence and strategic execution. Academics • Studying Strategic Marketing Management ‘‘Chartered Marketer’’ as part of the Continued Professional Development program (CPD) – United Kingdom, Chartered Institute of Marketing (in progress) • Master of Business Administration (Marketing)...
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