...MGT/437 Project Management Paper In the vastly changing business world, many organizations have found that it is important to implement project management into the organizational strategy. Environmental conditions like a hike in salaries, lack of borrowing power, increasing prices for raw materials, stockholder pressure, and inflation are contributors to the environmental condition. Executives in the past have ease the impact of environmental conditions by implementing cost reduction programs but have found that obtaining better control and better use of the organizations resources, and looking internally for solutions works best in solving organizational problems. What is a Project? A project is any planned set of interrelated tasks identifiable and essential pieces of a job serving as a unit of work that differentiates between the various components of a project. The interrelated tasks involved means completion within a fixed time, and maintained within the costs of an organizations materials, resources, time, and utility consumption, risks, and forgone opportunities of production and delivery of a good or service. A project requires functions lines of the organization to be multifunctional in successful completion of a project. What are the Basic Phases of the Project lifecycle and their purposes? The project lifecycle includes five basic phases. The first is the defining or conceptualization of a project phase. The objective of this phase...
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...Continental Computer Corporation Executive Summary Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Problem Statement 4 3. Proposed Solution 6 3.1. Structural Change 6 3.2. Research and Development 7 3.3. Stakeholder Management 10 3.3.1 Organisational Levels 11 3.3.2 Communicating with Stakeholders 13 3.3.3 Stakeholder Engagement 14 3.4 Project Lifecycle Management 15 3.4.1 Initiation and Concept Phase 16 3.4.2 Design and Development Phase 17 3.4.3 Execution and Implementation Phase 17 3.4.4 Closure and Termination Phase 17 3.5 Project Management Methodologies 17 3.5.1 Policy & Procedural Issues 18 3.5.2 Guidelines per life cycle phase 18 4. Conclusion 19 5. Glossary 19 6. Bibliography 20 List of Figures Figure 1 - CCC Interdivisional Structure 7 Figure 2 - Project Stakeholders 12 Figure 3 - Project Lifecycle 17 List of Tables Table 1 - Summary of R&D Problems 10 Table 2 - Glossary of Terms 20 1. Introduction The Continental Computer Corporation (CCC) has a number of Structural and Human Resources issues evidenced by the way its three divisions operate and interact with each other, corporate headquarters and customers. The team has been tasked with evaluating the problems and proposing solutions to issues CCC faces. The workings of Lampco, Eton and Ridge division have been investigated and a number of changes have bene proposed. Many of complaints noted in the case study were symptoms of underlying...
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... August 10, 2011 INTRODUCTION This is a compilation of data lifecycle models and concepts assembled in part to fulfill Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Community for Data Integration Data Management Best Practices needs. It is intended to be a living document, which will evolve as new information is discovered. CONTENTS 1. Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Lifecycle Model 2. Ellyn Montgomery, USGS, Data Lifecycle Diagram 3. FGDC Stages of the Geospatial Data Lifecycle pursuant to OMB Circular A–16 4. University of Oxford Research Data Management Chart 5. NOAA Environmental Data Life Cycle Functions 6. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Framework 7. USGS Scientific Information Management Workshop Vocabulary 8. Peter Fox Lifecycle Diagrams 9. National Science Foundation 10. NDIIPP Preserving Our Digital Heritage 11. What Researchers Want 12. EPA Project Life Cycle 13. IWGDD’s Digital Data Life Cycle Model 14. Scientific Data Management Plan Guidance 15. Linear Data Life Cycle 16. Generic Science Data Lifecycle 17. Cassandra Ladino Hybrid Data Lifecycle Model 18. Ray Obuch Data Management – A Lifecycle Approach 19. USGS Data Management Plan Framework (DMPf) – Smith, Tessler, and McHale 20. BLM Data Management Handbook 21. ARL Joint Task Force on Library Support for E-Science ...
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...Leadership and management are two terms that are commonly used to mean the same thing, however they have slight but different meanings. According to Kathy Schwalbe leaders are “focused on long-term goals and the big-picture objectives while inspiring others to reach those goals”, and managers “deal with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals”. (Schwalbe, 2014) Simply put this means that a leader inspires people to meet goals and a manager deals with meeting goals. With that in mind a project manager has to be both, they work on setting the goals of a project and run the day-to-day details to meet a goal. To do this a project manager has to inspire the team members to meet the set goals. The concept of a systems approach is “a holistic and analytical approach to solving complex problems.” (Schwalbe, 2014) This uses a systems philosophy to view things as a system that is connected. It uses system analysis to analyze a problem as related to the system as a whole. This allows a problem to be addressed while keeping the entire system in mind for the best outcome for the entire organization. Software Development Life Cycle is a series of steps, or phases, that provide a model for the development and lifecycle management of an application or piece of software. (VERACODE, 2014) It includes two broad models the predictive life cycle and the adaptive software development (ADS) life cycle model. The predictive life cycle model means that the schedule and cost can...
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...The IT Manager’s Guide to ITIL v3 an IT Management eBook contents] [ The IT Manager's Guide to ITIL v3 This content was adapted from Internet.com's bITa Planet, CIO Update, and ITSM Watch Web sites. Contributors: Jennifer Zaino, Mike Tainter, Martin Likier, Drew Robb, Augusto Perazzo, Glen Willis, and Troy DuMoulin 2 5 2 ITIL Version 3 is All Business Drew Robb Bridging the Gap Between IT and Business Augusto Perazzo and Glen Willis 9 5 9 Q&A with Robert Stroud, Member of the ITIL Advisory Group Jennifer Zaino 12 15 The Evolution of Service Management Philosophy Troy DuMoulin Key Differences Between ITIL v2 and v3 Mike Tainter and Martin Likier 12 15 The IT Manager's Guide to ITIL v3, an Internet.com IT Management eBook. © 2008, Jupitermedia Corp. 1 [ The IT Manager's Guide to ITIL v3 ] ITIL Version 3 is All Business By Drew Robb Shrek III” was better. So were "Rocky III" and "Mission Impossible III." But while ITIL III is no blockbuster, it is getting decent ratings from the IT community overall. In particular, it is earning kudos for attempting to bridge the chasm between IT and the various business units within organizations. IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) made its debut in 1989 and since then has become the de facto standard for IT service management best practices. Since the release of v2 at the start of the millennium, there have been new business regulations and mandates, technology advancements, and general shifts in how IT is valued. In light of...
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...Software Develpoment Models Elizabeth Hicks Strayer University IT 106 Dr. Hines June 3, 2013 Software Development Models A software lifecycle model is a standardized format for planning, organizing, and running a new development project. Hundreds of different kinds of models are known and used. Some of these include waterfall, code and fix, spiral, rapid prototyping, unified process, agile methods extreme programming, and COTS. Many are minor variations on just a small number of basic models. It is important to survey the main types of model and to consider how to choose between them. A lifecycle model is a description of the sequence of activities carried out in an SE project, and the relative order of these activities. . By changing the lifecycle model we can improve and/or trade off development speed, product quality, project visibility, administrative overhead, risk exposure, and customer relations. Here is a quick overview along with some advantages and disadvantages of five different lifecycles. The waterfall model is the classic life cycle model. It is widely known, understood, and used. In some respect the waterfall is the “common sense” approach. It was introduced by Royce in 1970. Advantages include that they are easy to understand and implement, that they are widely used and known, and that it reinforces good habits: define-before-design, and design-before-code. It identifies deliverables and milestones, its document driven, and works well on mature products...
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...Values All the members in a project team bring with them a set of predetermined values, which are a direct result of their heritage, personal experience, and beliefs. The project manager (PM) should utilize these values to create a team environment that leads to project success. There are eight (8) team values that I believe are the most important for team members. My list of values includes: 1.Honesty, Openness and Frankness. Each team member must be honest, open, and frank during status review meetings, so the PM can successfully manage the project. This transparency builds trust and respect and maximizes team performance, says Wong (2007). 2.Responsibility. According to PMI (2008), the PM has the overall responsibility for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of the project. As such, the project manager is held accountable if the project does not progress throughout its various lifecycle stages. It is worth adopting this value to follow-through and meet project deadlines. 3.Preparedness. The PM must be prepared to lead the management efforts (e.g., scope, time, budget, etc.) of the project. Visiting the lesson learned logs of previous projects run within the company will illustrate this value. 4.Commitment to quality of work. The team must follow a “quality-first” approach in terms of the work they do. A behavior I believe will exemplify this value is a group commitment to project excellence. After all, a team’s...
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...Deming in two ways * A product that conforms to a set of standards, * A product that meets consumer wants and needs. Once standards have been identified, in order to provide a "quality" product, suppliers need to assure that products are manufactured in a manner such that they conform to the quality standards. Quality management is the totality of functions involved in the determination and achievement of quality (includes quality assurance and quality control). [Source: ASQ Statistics Division, Glossary & Tables for Statistical Quality Control, 1983]. The concept of quality management is the foundation for effective management and successful leadership. Programs like Total Quality Management, Six-sigma are practiced by many companies to implement best quality management practices. In my opinion, quality does not belong to just one level within the organization, it needs to be built in every level of the company and become the goal of the company. (Krakau, 2012) Quality in IT development Industry As we have understood the philosophical meaning of quality, I would like to continue the research to focus on the impact of quality management in the IT development...
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...MIS Project Management at First National Bank Lessons Learned Report Prepared by: Group B 09-12-2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Project Overview 4 3. Contributing Factors to Failure 5 3.1. Project Proposal Lifecycle 5 3.2. Planning and Communications 6 3.3. Risk Management 6 3.4. Stakeholder Involvement 7 4. Recommendations 9 4.1. Inter-Departmental / Stakeholders Conflict Management 9 4.2. Effective Planning and Communications Strategy 11 4.3. Shorter proposal lifecycle 11 4.4. Introduction of Risk Management mechanism 12 5. Conclusion 12 6. Bibliography 13 Introduction “Collecting and analyzing successes and failures is a valuable tool to improving performance. This information, once captured, can be used to streamline future projects and ensure a successful launch for the next project or team. Everyone benefits by reviewing past activities and decisions to learn what worked, what didn’t, what can be changed, and what must be managed”. The following Lessons Learned report has been concluded by applying the formal project management knowledge to case study of MIS project at First National Bank. This document will depict project management failures and their causes and use them to generate recommendations by identifying new approaches/improvements. The first part of the report is an overview of the project and analysis of its factual background information. Project stakeholders will be...
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...Agile Project Management White Paper 2 Agile Project Management Contents Foreword by Richard Pharro, CEO, APMG-International Introducing Agile Project Management Relationship with DSDM Atern and Key Differences Comparing Agile Project Management with other agile methodologies Benefits of Agile Project Management Agile Project Management and PRINCE2 – one or the other, or both? Qualifications & Training About APMG-International About the DSDM Consortium 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 11 3 Foreword from Richard Pharro, CEO, APMG-International Agile Project Management provides an approach that offers agility but retains the concepts of a project, project delivery and project management. It works alongside more formal project management approaches such as PRINCE2® and complements quality processes such as ISO90001 and CMMI. Agile Project Management enables organizations to gain the benefits of an agile approach without introducing unnecessary risks. This ensures ‘going agile’ becomes a measured and balanced change, keeping what is good in the current organization and retaining existing good practices around project management and delivery whilst gaining the benefits of a more agile way of working. Providing a flexible yet controlled process that can be used to deliver solutions, Agile Project Management combines effective use of people’s knowledge together with techniques such as iterative development and modelling to achieve tight project delivery timescales....
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...* Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 The meaning of “project” 2 3 Project stakeholders 4 4 Meaning of project management 5 5 Factors influence on project 5 6 Project management theory 6 7 Project Management Tools and Technique 7 7.1 Cost benefit analysis (CBA) 7 7.2 Gantt chart 8 7.3 Work breakdown structure (WBS) 9 8 Project management software (PMS) 10 9 TQM 11 10 Critical Path Method (CPM) 11 11 Management by Objectives 11 12 Conclusion 12 13 References 12 14 Bibliography 13 Appendix A : Nine Project Management Areas 14 Appendix B : Project lifecycle 17 Appendix C :Common project Management tools and Techniques 19 OVERVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND CONCEPTS IN A HOSPITALITY & TOURISM ORGANIZATION Introduction Project management (PM) facilitates to a structured approach to managing projects for project managers. PM reduces risk and provides assurance by providing tools at the same time environment to plan, observe, track, and deal with schedules, quality as well as resource.PM can be applied into both soft and hard projects such as personnel projects, IT, construction, finance, sports, and event planning, HR etc. Project management gives advantages like; a. Better control of financial, physical, and human resources b. Improved customer relations c. Shorter development times d. Lower costs e. Higher quality and increased reliability f. Higher profit margins ...
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...you’re unsure RISK SLIDE 6 Project Selection Method - Expert/Executive Opinion: founders vision (apple: keeping it unwraps, mainly company dictates product oppose to customer dictating) Slide 8 Q-Sort: 5 categories by the end with best of list for 5 categories: top, good, fair… Many times ignore bottom ideas Decision Tree: use selection factor based on yes/no Usually only one converges at the end Profile model: one side have projects listed, other side state all the requirements and if project meets them or not Slide 9 Accounting Models: create market with great products, allow these models to be circumvented Slide:10 Selecting projects is like selecting stocks Some people are indecisive because they always want to look into more information to make the decision Need to make the decision when you feel you know enough info (obtain a certain confidence level) Delay in opportunity also a risk Slide 11 When new to company projects are assigned to you Overtime, after proving yourself, you’ll be able to select Best managers develop people’s strengths, bc naturals will always be better than those weak in the area. Why develop the weakness of others, let them shine Develop the strengths to the point where you don’t have to worry about the weaknesses (Tiger Woods is horrible in the sand trap, so he hits it away from them so avoid them) If project not visible, promote it and market it internally so it gains visibility Projects in trouble, you either succeed...
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...life cycle. Requirements- This phase is the main focus of the project managers and stake holders. Design-The software system design is produced from the results of the requirements phase. Implementation-Code is produced from the deliverables of the design phase during implementation, and this is the longest phase of the software development life cycle. Testing-During testing, the implementation is tested against the requirements to make sure that the product is actually solving the needs addressed and gathered during the requirements phase. (CIO.2002). Waterfall Model-This is the most common and classic of life cycle models, also referred to as a linear-sequential life cycle model. It is very simple to understand and use. In a waterfall model, each phase must be completed in its entirety before the next phase can begin. At the end of each phase, a review takes place to determine if the project is on the right path and whether or not to continue or discard the project. Unlike what I mentioned in the general model, phases do not overlap in a waterfall model. (DOJ,2003). Advantages- Simple and easy to use. Easy to manage due to the rigidity of the model – each phase has specific deliverables and a review process. Phases are processed and completed one at a time. Works well for smaller projects where requirements are very well understood. Disadvantages - Adjusting scope during the life cycle can kill a project. No working software is produced until late during the life cycle...
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...University of Phoenix MGT/437: Project Management Project Management Paper November 4, 2012 Project Management Paper Introduction Many would say that the United States is a great place to live. This country gives people choices and many crave the independence of owning their own business. However, owning a business is not as easy as it sounds, it takes hard work and strategic planning. To manage a business you have to have a sound direction in what expertise you would like to tackle. Project management can play an integral role in implementing these plans and attaining these goals. This system is “one of the integral parts of the contemporary management system due to its ability to make sure that the goals set in the beginning of a project correspond exactly to the goals that were achieved later on. It goes without saying that the primarily aim of any project is a certain definite result. Since a project can be applied to various spheres of activity of a company, it automatically gets a wide range of usage (Reynolds, 2009).” The primary purpose of this document is to achieve an enhanced perceptive of project management and to provide information on key elements that is the core of most officially run projects. This document will answer three general questions necessary in the construction of project management. These questions are: What is project management? What are the basic phases of the project lifecycle and their purposes? Why is it important for...
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...Business Project Management | BTEC L3 Diploma/Ext. Dipl. - Business | | Salindu Sadishan | 7/1/15 | Task 1 This task provides evidence for assessment criteria: P1, P2 and P3 A project is said to be a planned set of interrelated tasks, to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations. There are three basic types of business project. The first is the strategic project. This type of project is focused on achieving objectives determined during the business planning or strategic process. A second type is the operational project. These are projects that are initiated for business reasons other than achieving a strategic objective. For example, a general ledger may have become obsolete. So a business project is initiated in order to implement a new release of the general ledger. The third type is the repeating or operationalized project. These projects run so frequently that much of the regular project planning can be repeated. http://www.pmhut.com/what-is-a-business-project Project Life Cycle Origination Someone proposes an idea worth pursuing and solicits support for the idea in the project origination phase. Costs and staffing needs are minimal at this stage. The project gets sent to a committee for evaluation, and if the idea is selected further commitment to the project progresses, including budget and preliminary needs. If there is a long delay in the project life cycle, it is typically in the origination phase, as...
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