...Project Management Question 1: Search the web for ‘‘Effective Project Communications.’’ Summarize at least one website and compare it to what was presented in this chapter. What new insights did you gain from this website? Communication is vital in project management. Effective communication skills are one of the most important qualities a project manager can possess. There are many mediums of communication such as verbal or written. During the course of a project there should be internal and external correspondence between all team members. This website points out that it is not how much a project manager says but saying the right things to the right people. As the text suggests in chapter 12, effective and frequent personal communication is crucial to keeping the project moving and avoid surprises. There also needs to be opportunities for team collaboration. The site is in favor of meetings instead of separate conversations. This can reduce the time the team spends in sharing information by half. As the team size increases, the more time it takes to communicate to the entire team. The best communication comes if the project manager condenses or filters the information. (http://www.projectmanagementguide.org/project-management/effective-communication) Question 2: Search the web for ‘‘Effective Listening Skills.’’ Identify several helpful techniques that were not presented in this chapter. To effectively communicate, a project manager must also have good listening...
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...some good project management based software that we can use to organize and stay on track. There are many options out there but I was looking for something… well… free! I stumbled upon a freeware gem called Project Pier. Surprisingly, it was very easy to setup and the GUI was simple to pick up. It comes out of the package ready to help manage multiple projects all at once. You can set milestones, set tasks, create reports, create and track tickets, write and manage wiki pages, and it comes with all the standard administration/configuration. Adding users and managing them is a breeze. It also has many configurable items such as email notifications. You can create a milestone goal for your company or project to achieve and then create a task list where you assign different tasks to different users. Each user gets notified of there tasks and given the deadlines. As tasks are completed, you can actively see the % of completion of each milestone or task. Its a true treasure to be able to see the progress your company makes day to day. The ticketing system is very straight forward. You can open tickets in categories like bug reports, enhancement requests, or defect. Each ticket gets assigned severity levels and can email notify specific individuals who will then update and close the ticket when the issue or enhancement request has been attended to. Project Pier requires Apache with PHP and MySQL database. If you need assistance with the install of Project Pier, then...
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...The a and b responses are highlighted in turquoise this is what you are writing a response too. DO NOT FORGET TO ALSO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! 1. Take a tour of FastTrack Schedule 9's top features. See how you can use the leading easy-to-use project management software for planning, tracking, and visualizing project goals on a Mac or PC. For your discussion question, explain how three features of the FastTrack Schedule 9’s features will help you manage information systems projects. Be specific in relating the feature to the systems tasks you would want to achieve with it. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Link for fast track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5E7wfm-djg A) According to Valacich, George and Hoffer (2009), project management is an important aspect of the design of information systems and a crucial skill for a system analyst. The purpose of project management is to make sure that system development projects achieve consumer demands and are distributed within budget and also time constraints.FastTrack is software that helps projects managers to plan and manage project more effectively. It illustrates in a colorful way progress, assignments and progress goals. One of the most important features to project development is that this...
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...One Level: M Module Number: MMB026 Module Name: Project Management Credit Value: 15 Date Handed Out: Week Commencing 26th May 2014 Date Due In: Friday 18th July 2014 Section Two – Assignment Task Weighting = 100% of module mark Task: * To produce a case study report, reflecting on the development of a project plan. Learning outcomes Learning outcomes | Met in this assignment | 1. Evaluate the role of project management in a modern business environment | | 2. Demonstrate understanding of project planning, the relevance of an effective project management culture to support a successful project strategy. | | 3. Quantify and assess project parameters and resources, whether material, financial and human so as to achieve project objectives. | | 4. Evaluate the contribution of wider issues such as quality management and risk assessment in a project environment | | Re-sit: any students who fail this and as a consequence the module overall, will be asked to re-submit this element specifically addressing those areas identified as not being to the minimum pass standard required. Assessment Guidelines Applying your understanding of the theories covered in the lectures, seminars and your own research you are required to write a 3,000 word report. Your report should contain: * An evaluation of the role of project management in a modern business environment, through evaluating an existing project plan developed by the MBA students. This should include:...
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...Project Postmortem Roseline Prasad CMGT/410 CMGT/410 Project Planning & Implementation February 24, 2014 Instructor- Patricia Anderson Project Postmortem Morpho Detection Inc. Memorandum To: Mr. Palmer Date: February 24, 2014. Subject: Project Postmortem for New Hire Field Service Engineers (FSE) Dear Mr. Palmer, Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI) is pleased to announce the 2 day training is now over and would like to conduct a postmortem review. All MDI service personnel shall be trained by MDI before they are allowed to service the CTX machines. On the job training will be provided to all MDI service personnel to ensure satisfactory technical knowledge and to conduct ongoing refresher training. The benefits of training new FSE will be very helpful not only to Morpho Detection but to all our clients. The benefits are as follows: Field Service Engineers shall be responsible for • On-site response for emergency service calls. • Organize and coordinate preventive maintenance activities. • Maintain all the CTX units according to Morpho Detection’s standards. Ensure the quality of the maintenance work. • Field Service Engineers shall provide on-site technical support service to cover 24 x 7 support. MDI will set up a 24-hour hot-line to provide for the telephone technical support. Preventive Maintenance • MDI will conduct Preventive Maintenance in accordance with its standards and procedures. All Preventive Maintenance shall be carried out during...
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...04-23-14 Corwin Project I believe that West had hashed out a good working project plan and that he should have stood his ground. Some of my experience with the quality control was that they will measure a part and if it fails on the report they would not measure the second one even dough they procedure is to measure two parts in order to submit the PPAP to the customer. So my respond to that was the request to measure at least fife parts before confirming we are making a bad part. This is similar to the R&D at Corwin where West had just completed the first fife tests and was planning to make changes with the results obtained from those tests. Ray the representative form Peters Company had redirected the project and disregarded any previous testing. West did the right thing by reviewing the results and new matrix with the engineers. But he did not fallow thought with their recommendation. As a project manager the first thing I would have done is to inform my immediate supervisor on the redirection proposed by Ray and also what my action will be in response to Ray’s proposed direction. I would have incited Ray in to my office and lay out the project plan and the agreement signed by the companies. I would explain that of my responsibility and explain his propose of the being here. I am certain that Ray responsibility there only to observe provide support and inform back to Peters Company. His suggestions are more than welcome but ultimately Corwin Corporation is the...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 1: IT Systems Planning and Acquisition Session Long Project May 2014 Term May 25, 2014 Assignment: Try out your assigned project planning software and prepare a 2-3 paper addressing: * A summary description of the program, its structure and purpose * Its overall look and feel and apparent target audience * What the program does and does not give you * Your assessment of usability, relative advantage, utility and relevance to this course * Items you find worth noting to others * Your bottom-line evaluation A Hands-on Evaluation of Basecamp Project Management Software With all of the discussion so far with project planning and what steps we should be keeping in mind as we develop the project plan this assignment gives us the opportunity to get some hands-on experience with some of the project management software and applications available that can help make sense out of whole process. All of the tools we were given a choice of using operate in the cloud so there was no need to sit and try to install something on our computer, which is a huge benefit of all of these tools. The one that I will be evaluating is called Basecamp and as mentioned on the site itself they have helped over 285,000 companies finish more than an astounding 2 million projects just this past year. That gave me a lot of confidence that I could sit here and figure...
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...OPIM313 – Project Management Workshop 3 (Singer) Prepared by YEO WEI TING VICTORIA ISSAC ZHAI HAO XIAN (G2) 11 March 2015 Prepared for PROFESSOR PASCALE CRAMA 1. Save the file “Singer 1.mpp” on eLearn onto your hard drive. The file contains the data for the project, namely the activities with durations and dependencies, and the resources and their allocation. The following data is still missing: The project start date is on January 4, 2016 The dependency between activities p and q does not yet reflect the possible overlap between the two activities Cost of materials and other direct charges (fixed costs) Corporate Purchasing Department data Complete the project data, and examine the project completion date and project duration, the critical activities, the total project cost and the resource loadings. Identify which resources (departments) are overloaded. When you are done, save your file and create a backup version as well. - The project start date is on January 4, 2016 The dependency between activities p and q does not yet reflect the possible overlap between the two activities. By setting a Finish-To-Finish relationship with 3 weeks lag, the network diagram can show the overlap between two activities. So far no overlap between p and q The cost of materials and other direct charges (fixed costs) are as follows: - Corporate Purchasing Department data is as follows: We have created resource MT as maintenance and CP as corporate purchase. We have put them into...
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...statement (PE Figure 5-1). If you were an employee at Petrie’s Electronics, would you want to work on this project? Why or why not? ANS:Yes, because the project seems great . It will benefit the company and be fun and easy. There is a great team to support it as well. 2. If you were part of the management team at Petrie’s Electronics, would you approve the project outlined in the scope statement in PE Figure 5-1? What changes, if any, need to be made to the document? ANS:Yes. It has great information about the project and everyone backing it up. It shows what the purpose of the project is and it would benefit the company. There would be a good return on investment if the project works out. 3.ANS: Tangible costs :We think there would be hardware costs, labor costs, and operational costs. There will be employee training and building renovation costs too. Intangible costs: loss of customer goodwill, employee morale, and operational inefficiency. intangible benefits: There might be promotion of organizational learning and understanding, because they were in the project to learn. There might be improved processing efficiency, because they know the procedures more better. 4.ANS: We think it might be a high-risk project since the project size and structure are pretty large, and the user group don't seem very familiar with the development process. Since larger projects and little familiarity cause higher risks, We justify our answer. If we were a part of Jim's team, we might...
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...BA (Hons) Business Administration - Blended Learning Business and Commercial Awareness Coursework - 6FBS1261 Implementation Plan for the Operation Departmen Nicole Alexander Word count: 1495 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page no. Section 1- The Investment idea and the role of the Operation department 3 Section 2- How the investment idea will impact the Operation department 3 Section 3- Milestones and Time plan for the major operations activities 4 Section 4- Financial Overview for the Operations Section 6 Section 5- How the Operation implementation plan is linked with other departments 8 Section 6- Risks identification and Management 9 Section 7- Resource requirement by the operations department 10 Section 8- References 12 Section 1 The investment idea and the role of operations department The operation department stands as the foundation of the business operation, and how the company would be run and the ideal location for the business. The operations staff that would be involved is a few people since the business of upgrading two hotels that...
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...Batangas State University NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE Batangas City Beautification, Cleanliness, and Vegetable Garden March 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We thank Dr. Evangeline B. Gardiano, for her patience in teaching and guiding us to make this project a success. We wish to thank Hon. Guilbert B. Alea, the Barangay Chairman, and all the barangay officials of Barangay Alangilan, who provided us the location to execute this project Above all, we thank God. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. General Information A. Proponents B. Type of Project C. Project Site D. Beneficiaries E. Contact Person F. Duration/Time frame II. Project Description A. Rationale B. Objectives III. Project Management A. Management viability 1. Organizational structure 2. Services and assistance offered 3. Implementation schedule B. Social viability IV. Financial requirement and sources A. Sources of fund B. Program of expenditure V. Assessment of the project A. Findings B. Conclusions C. Recommendations VI. Appendices Letters Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Personal reflections of participants Pictures/photographs Training manual All other pertinent documents I. General Information A. Proponents Students: Bachelor of Industrial Technology – Instrumentation and Control Technology Students: Abrahan, Mark...
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...CPA (Critical Path Analysis) and its value on Strategy Implementation Critical Path Analysis (CPA) plays a very important role in the planning and implementation of an operations strategy. Its helps with planning the implementation of the operations strategy and is a mechanism to help manage and control improvements and/or the targets of performance objectives, the alignment of capabilities (changes in layout, machinery etc.) and the resources required underpinning the implementation exercise. The main outcome from CPA and its main value to implementing an operations strategy is that it identifies those tasks which cannot be delayed or take longer than their estimate without impacting the overall project, this being from a time perspective. Such tasks form the basis of the critical path and are the tasks crucial to the success of the implementation exercise. Karaca & Onargan (2007) describe that critical paths are not fixed and as changes and updates are made, a new critical path may emerge. CPA and its Application within an Operational Context Karaca & Onargan (2007) discuss as part of their article on the application of CPA in workflow schema of Marble Processing Plants, a number of benefits emerged upon completion of this exercise. Through the use of CPA network diagrams, the critical path of workflow for the new marble plant resulted in better production capacity and production timing. The study proves CPA can be used in the design of a new marble plant and...
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...System Software for Attendance Management System Employee Time Management System Attendance Management Software Employee Performance Management Systems Employee Health Management Systems Online Project Management Systems Employee Payroll and Attendance Management System | … www.freestudentprojects.com/vb-net-projects/employee-payroll-and-att Pls send me how to log this payroll management system and send me a Vb code? thanks Employee Attendance Monitoring System Project | 1000 Projects 1000projects.org/employee-attendance-monitoring-system-project.html Payroll Management System ASP.Net Project with Documentation and Source Code Payroll management system is the heart of any Human Resource System of an ... ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Projects - Classle https://www.classle.net/.../project_ideas/attendance-management-system Attendance management is the act of managing attendance or presence in a work setting to minimize loss due to employee downtime. Attendance control has … Attendance Management System | Free Student Projects www.freestudentprojects.com/.../attendance-management-system Attendance Management System. Project ID : 101220111325. The system records details such as arrival and departure of employees besides maintaining information ... Employee Management System - Student Project Code www.studentprojectcode.com/vbnetproject/employee-management-system Employee Management System software will manage the whole company Employee details like their attendance,salary details...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien had led for more than three years. The project had been one of the most important efforts in Teradyne’s 45-year-history. It had set out to create an entirely new semiconductor test-system platform. The resulting Ultra Flex system, designed to be flexible enough to allow customers to test a full range of semiconductor devices, was critical to the success of Teradyne’s new competitive strategy. The Jaguar project had marked a culmination of sorts in Teradyne’s eight-year effort to improve its product development process. The Jaguar team had used a number of project management practices, including intensive up-front project planning, formalized tools for tracking project progress, and a more structured development process. Most aspects of the Jaguar project went exceedingly well. All of the major hardware, for instance, had been developed in record time, and with minimal deviation from the plan. The product had met the vast majority of its target...
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...When trying to figure out what information system is right for your company you must know what steps to take first when doing so. Our organization needs to bring all executives to the table to ensure every work item is addressed for each department as appropriate and clear strategic goals are identified. Now we can come up with a plan that involves a lot of brainstorming that focuses on what our organization needs. Once that is done, all departments and stakeholders, due diligence must be performed to identify any problems areas that need to be resolved before a new system selection is implemented. The last step in this process is simply coming up with an appropriate plan for issue management that can help you resolve any problems that may arise and to help us stay on our feet making targeted progress toward goals for our organization. According to the website http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/plan-healthy-system-selection-process, Communication should start day 1. IT staff may advocate for a system that is easiest to manage from a technical standpoint (one that reduces risk of technical error, requires fewer end user staff, or needs less maintenance). Clinical staff may be purely focused on a system that has an interface that is easier to navigate though and is less time consuming compared to the user interfaces of other potential vendors. It is important to identify each department’s agendas and needs prior to beginning the system selection process so that they can be discussed...
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