...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 6: Integration and Reflection Essay May 2014 Term July 24, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a reflective essay addressing the following items: 1. Descriptions of how you feel you improved your knowledge, skills, abilities, and yourself in this session through this course. 2. Evaluation of the work you did during the session for the class and explanations of ways you could have performed better. 3. Topics you have identified that you did not understand or were not successful in trying to implement and suggestions you may have about how to improve the course material on those topics. 4. Ways you might measure the future effects of what you have learned in this course or your future progress/improvement. 5. State whether you achieved the course outcomes Integration and Reflection Final Essay As I started this course I came into it with a basic understanding of project management, but not much experience with system acquisition and system development concepts. As the course progressed I saw my knowledge increase in all of these areas, including the areas I had already had some hands-on experience with. The new portal design also helped tremendously as we could all form various discussions among ourselves and feed off each other for knowledge and experience. Now that we’ve come to the conclusion of this course it’s time to take a look back and reflect...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 4: Project Planning, Scheduling, Budgeting & Risk Management Session Long Project May 2014 Term July 06, 2014 Assignment: Utilizing your assigned software and upon review of your previous steps so far, develop a more specific series of steps and plot them out relative to each other. Once complete, prepare a 2-3 page report summarizing your activities in the previous two steps– action definition and plan design Allocating and Distributing Resources in our Project Plan utilizing Basecamp Project Management Software For this assignment instead of utilizing our software to move in a new direction we’re tasked with taking a step back in order to allocate analyze our work we’ve done so far and then add some more detail by allocating and distributing our resources. This ties in directly with our Module objective of project planning, scheduling, budgeting and risk management. My assigned software is Basecamp and provides great assistance in developing an effective design plan. Previously, I had identified the people who will be involved in this design process and the beginnings of an implementation plan. To add a few specifics to the early phases I’ll need to re-evaluate and update this section and apply the lessons learned as the project moves through the life cycle process. In identifying the staff requirements and how well be able to obtain the necessary...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 3: IT Project Roles, Responsibilities and Staffing Case Assignment May 2014 Term June 22, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a 4-5 page paper discussing the question: “Discuss how an IT Manager could Create and Maintain a Successful and Winning Project Team” Discuss how an IT Manager could Create and Maintain a Successful and Winning Project Team At the center of an IT Manager and Project Manager’s focus are teams, because without people and teams there would be no projects getting done or advancement in the latest technology. Successful team development has its own dynamics that must be harnessed if the IT Manager is to make the organization successful. This can introduce change, which in and of itself introduces uncertainty, anxiety and stress which must be tackled head-on to produce a winning project team (Webster, 2011). While there is no concrete way to guarantee a project success, there are ways and best practices that you can use to improve the chances of success. These can be from examining lessons learned from a past project which may reveal any valuable information that could help and may ensure a projects success as well as create an environment that allows the project team to thrive. Some of the best practices can be learned from a project failed due to it being rushed or not planned properly. The IT Manager, project manager and project team are all...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 2: IT Organizations, Projects and Project Life Cycles Case Assignment May 2014 Term June 08, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a 4-6 page paper addressing the following issue with a special focus on the project of a Household Move: “Discuss Various Stages in the Project Life Cycle Based on the Type of IT Organization Structure You Have Seen” Discuss Various Stages in the Project Life Cycle Based on the Type of IT Organization Structure You Have Seen (Household Move) For this assignment we are asked to review a few very well-respected project lifecycle guides and synthesize our own personal experience of the project lifecycle in terms of planning a household move. Throughout this module we have examined various different accepted different stages in managing our programs, such as those presented by the NYS Project Management Guidebook, Barron & Barron as well as Johnathan Carr. These are all discussed in some form or fashion on PMHut.com which is well-respected for providing project management information. Based on my own personal experience with project management I will use the phases as presented by Johnathan Carr primarily; however, I will also indicate the terms used by the other sources and how they correlate to the phase I am referring to. These phases are: Concept Phase, Planning Phase, Development Phase, Implementation Phase and Closeout Phase...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 5: IT Operations, Controls, Reporting and Maintenance Case Assignment May 2014 Term July 20, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a 4-6 page paper following the point/counterpoint model in addressing the following topic: “Discuss and recommend how to maintain effective accountability in project management” Discuss and recommend how to maintain effective accountability in project management Being able to deliver and complete a project on schedule, on budget and meet or exceed the expectations of the stakeholders is not just a dream, but is something every project manager aims to achieve (Barron & Barron, 2011). However, in order to achieve these results it clearly requires active participation from everyone on the team and clear communication skills. Most project managers, if not all of them will tell you that communication is the most important aspect of their job and if not done properly then accountability is not likely to happen. While this key aspect is true, there are also other components of project management cycle that are often ignored that also take away from maintaining effective accountability. For this assignment we’ll discuss ways for the project manager to maintain this control and how accountability feeds into the overall success of the project. We’ll also cover some counterpoints to the arguments to see that even when the project manager plays...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 1: IT Systems Planning and Acquisition Case Assignment May 2014 Term May 25, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a 4-6 page paper addressing the following issue: “Review the Challenges in IT System Planning and Discuss in Detail the Problem of Scope Creep” Review the Challenges in IT System Planning and Discuss in Detail the Problem of Scope Creep The overall goal of any project manager is to successfully deliver the project they are overseeing to the customer on time and within the budget that was allotted. This is a lofty goal when you consider that an overwhelming majority of projects do not meet this criteria. To put a figure to that, Claudia Vandermitt in her 2011 article on Managing Scope Creep makes a note to mention that only 32% of all projects were successful in completing on time and on budget. That is quite a shocking percentage, but when you think about how fast IT technology is advancing and creating solutions that encompass the whole enterprise then you can start to get a better picture of the internal and external factors that a project manager needs to plan for to make things not spiral out of control. This is what is going to set the backdrop of this assignment and here I will expand upon and analyze these concepts. For this assignment I’ll start out by discussing the challenges faced in IT systems planning and things the project manager will...
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...KAPIL SHARMA AND ASHUTOSH MUTSADDI Configuring SAP ERP Sales and Distribution ® SERIOUS SKILLS. Configuring SAP ERP Sales and Distribution ® Kapil Sharma Ashutosh Mutsaddi Acquisitions Editor: Agatha Kim Development Editor: Laurene Sorensen Technical Editor: Dheeraj Oswal Production Editor: Liz Britten Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett Editorial Manager: Pete Gaughan Production Manager: Tim Tate Vice President and Executive Group Publisher: Richard Swadley Vice President and Publisher: Neil Edde Book Designer: Franz Baumhackl Compositor: Craig Johnson, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Proofreader: Word One, New York Indexer: Ted Laux Project Coordinator, Cover: Lynsey Stanford Cover Designer: Ryan Sneed Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-470-40473-7 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken,...
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...Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning Hartmut Stadtler ´ Christoph Kilger (Eds.) Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning Concepts, Models, Software and Case Studies Third Edition With 173 Figures and 56 Tables 12 Professor Dr. Hartmut Stadtler FG Produktion und Supply Chain Management FB Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften TU Darmstadt Hochschulstraûe 1 64289 Darmstadt Germany stadtler@bwl.tu-darmstadt.de Dr. Christoph Kilger j&m Management Consulting AG Kaiserringforum Willy-Brandt-Platz 5 68161 Mannheim Germany christoph.kilger@jnm.de Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Control Number: 2004110194 ISBN 3-540-22065-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-43450-X 2nd edition Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com ° Springer Berlin ´ Heidelberg 2000, 2002, 2005 Printed...
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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii The team that wrote this redbook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Become a published author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Comments welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Part 1. SOA overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1. Introduction to SOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Service-oriented architecture - a business view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1.1 What is a...
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...Marketing Channel Strategy This page intentionally left blank Eighth Edition Marketing Channel Strategy Robert W. Palmatier University of Washington’s Foster School of Business Louis W. Stern Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management Adel I. El-Ansary University of North Florida’s Coggin College of Business Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montréal Toronto Delhi Mexico City São Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editor in Chief: Stephanie Wall Acquisitions Editor: Mark Gaffney Program Manager Team Lead: Ashley Santora Program Manager: Jennifer M. Collins Director of Marketing: Maggie Moylen Executive Marketing Manager: Anne Fahlgren Project Manager Team Lead: Judy Leale Project Manager: Thomas Benfatti Operations Specialist: Nancy Maneri Cover Designer: Suzanne Behnke Creative Director: Jayne Conte Digital Production Project Manager: Lisa Rinaldi Full Service Vendor: Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd. Full Service Project Manager: Anandakrishnan Natarajan/Integra Software Services Printer/Binder: Courier/Westford Cover Printer: Lehigh-Phoenix Text Font: 10/12, ITC Garamond Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within text (or on page xix). Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice...
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...INSIDE Wipro in Brief Customer Focus Financial Highlights Chairman's Letter to the Stakeholders CEO's Letter to the Stakeholders CFO's Letter to the Stakeholders Board of Directors Sustainability Highlights 2012-13 Management Discussion & Analysis Directors Report Corporate Governance Report Business Responsibility Report Standalone Financial Statements Consolidated Financial Statements Consolidated Financial Statements under IFRS Glossary 2 4 8 10 12 14 16 22 24 41 55 85 106 147 183 231 This Annual Report is printed on 100% recycled paper as certified by the UK-based National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) and France - based Association des Producteurs et des Utilisateurs des papiers et cartons Recycles (APUR). Certain statements in this annual report concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration...
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