...phase of my human observation project. I got the idea for my project after I received a phone call from a lady who misdialed and accidently called me rather than her son. When I answered the phone she seemed surprised to hear a woman’s voice and she was extremely polite. What should have been a thirty second phone call that ended with “wrong number” was in reality almost a three minute conversation. I realized that her calm, apologetic, happy tone in her voice, encouraged me to be remain calm and tell her that it was not an inconvenience at all when in reality I was in the middle of a math test. After we finished our conversation I realized I could use this honest mistake to influence my human observation project. Due to my current state it is hard for me to get out of the house without assistance, which makes it a little difficult to observe people. I decided to call random people from the phone book and observe their response to a misdialed phone call. Have you ever watched someone who was getting a phone call from an unknown phone number? Did they answer the phone? Were they frustrated or pleasant during the unexpected call. Research has demonstrated that people are more willing to return a phone call if the unknown caller is calm and polite, also if the call was received at a reasonable hour of the day. Furthermore, the receiver of the call will reflect the attitude of the caller. A receint poll showed that 70% of people will not answer a phone call if they do not know...
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...assignment works is we are all given the same question to answer and then we must respond to at least two of our student’s responses to the question. So I am going to post the questions, followed by the responses from two of my class mates, in which I need a 3 to 5 sentence response, written. You are completing what is highlighted in yellow. In all you will have done 4 responses, as well as answered the two questions, the response I need written is for the a and b responses already posted. 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...
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...Advance Project Management PM587, Week 3 quiz Keller Graduate School of Management Week 3 quiz covers material from Weeks 1 2 and 3 Grading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions, and comments from your instructor, are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 7/28/2012 Time Spent: 58 min , 25 secs Points Received: 72 / 80 (90%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Essay 4 N/A Grade Details - All Questions 1. Question : (TCO A) You work for company Bravo and have been asked to create a presentation for the Board of Directors to explain PPM. Your presentation is to include a comparison and contrast of project portfolio management, program management, and project management. The presentation should also include the benefits of PPM and why the company should implement this program. Below, in your own words, write the narrative for the presentation. Be sure to address all elements of the presentation. Student Answer: Bravo Board of Directors Presentation PPM A PPM stands for Project Portfolio management. It is a management process used to develop a series of projects that are grouped into a portfolio based upon similar strategic objectives of the organization. The Project Portfolio management does not actually manage the project; however the management group creates guidelines and processes, which are then enforced to select the proper projects that will allow the organization...
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...11/3/05 12:47 PM Page 158 CHAPTER 7 INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL BUDGETING 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 Overview 159 The NPV Rule for Judging Investments and Projects 159 The IRR Rule for Judging Investments 161 NPV or IRR, Which to Use? 162 The “Yes–No” Criterion: When Do IRR and NPV Give the Same Answer? 163 Do NPV and IRR Produce the Same Project Rankings? 164 Capital Budgeting Principle: Ignore Sunk Costs and Consider Only Marginal Cash Flows 168 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Effects of Taxes—Sally and Dave’s Condo Investment 169 Capital Budgeting and Salvage Values 176 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Cost of Foregone Opportunities 180 In-House Copying or Outsourcing? A Mini-case Illustrating Foregone Opportunity Costs 181 Accelerated Depreciation 184 Conclusion 185 Exercises 186 158 0195301501_158-192_ch7.qxd 11/3/05 12:47 PM Page 159 CHAPTER 7 Introduction to Capital Budgeting 159 OVERVIEW Capital budgeting is finance terminology for the process of deciding whether or not to undertake an investment project. There are two standard concepts used in capital budgeting: net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). Both of these concepts were introduced in Chapter 5; in this chapter we discuss their application to capital budgeting. Here are some of the topics covered: • Should you undertake a specific project? We call this the “yes–no” decision, and we show how both NPV and IRR answer this question...
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...Saint Leo University PSY325 Developmental Psychology Course Description: A survey of the major areas in human development with an equal emphasis placed on child, adolescent, and adult development. The course examines developmental changes over the entire life-span and the processes underlying these changes. All major areas are reviewed including biological, cognitive, language, personality, emotional, moral, social, and career development. This course is an upper level elective course in the major. It is a course that is highly desirable for students in Social Work, Education, Human Services, Pre-Med, and Pre-Nursing. The sub-discipline of Developmental Psychology also draws heavily upon almost every other field in psychology. Prerequisite: PSY121 Textbooks: Berk, L. E. (2014). Exploring lifespan development (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-205-95738-5 Course Objectives: Developmental Psychology is perhaps the most interdisciplinary field within psychology. It encompasses genetics, learning, physiological psychology, perception, cognitive psychology, intelligence, personality, gender issues, social influences, and psychological disorders. It uses a similar methodology as other fields but also utilizes some innovations specific to human development research. This course is a lifespan development course. That is, it will examine in detail how we develop physically, mentally, morally, and socially from the moment of conception through adulthood and old age...
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...Questions Name _________________ Answer the following questions (you may use MS Project Help): 1) What are the three base calendars included in MS Project and what are the default values of each? The three base calendars are Standard, Night Shift, and 24 Hours. Standard default values is all week days from 8 AM to 12 PM then 1 PM to 5 PM. Night Shift is All week days from 12 AM to 3 AM, 4 AM to 8 AM, and 11 PM to 12 AM. Plus Saturday from 12 AM to 3 AM, and 4 AM to 8 PM. 24 Hours is every day from 12 AM to 12 AM. 2) What is the difference between a base calendar and a resource calendar? A bade calendar is for everyone to use while a resource calendar is only for that resource that was assigned to. 3) Why schedule one project meeting after completion of the last task, Test System? Since we were working out the work days in the schedule, it lower the finish date on the project. But since the last project meeting was set to this date it could not be changed. So when we delete it, the project days lower down. 4) Give an example of when you would assign a 24-hour calendar to a resource. When we need that resource to work every day in the given time we need them to. For example a securities guard. 5) If you were doing a senior project, what would be the base calendar you would use for students working on the project and what adjustments would you make to it? If I was working on a senior project there is no set time on when they should...
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...TUGAS PERSONAL 1 (Minggu 1/ Sesi 1) IAN GUMILANG (1801491195) PART I 1. B. Time, cost, and quality and/or scope 2. 3. C. Meeting at least 75 percent of specification requirements 4. A. The project manager 5. A. Flexibility in the project’s end date PART II 1. Attributes that a project manager should have are : a. Show their worth b. Understand business strategy c. Overcome hurdles d. Improve team performance Yes an individual can be trained to become project manager, a. Make sure that they are suitably qualified and have the right character in the first place, if not get them trained up or get rid of them (It may sound harsh, but not everyone is capable or wants to be a PM, however some may just be attracted by the salary). If you don't get rid of the inappropriate people, they will soon drag your other PMs down - asking them questions, causing havoc that others need to clean up or loosing you business. b. On the job training is the best, but don't throw your best potential in the deep end, make sure you start them off with smaller projects with mentors and coaches. c. Make sure they have a personal development plan, you have some money to continually train them or provide them training opportunities - e.g a PM Library of good texts is a good and cheap starting point. d. Make sure that they share their good and bad experiences with each other - lunch and learns is another good example - you provide the free lunch, they learn...
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...Project Management Competencies in the Project Oriented Organization In the project-based organization, project management (pm) competences are not only required by individuals, but also by project teams and by organizations. As project management has to be considered as a core competence of the project-based organization (called in this document the project-oriented organization, POO), this competence has to be explicitly developed by the organization. Source: People in Project Management Copyright: Roland Gareis and Martina Huemann Copyright statement This white paper is a chapter taken from a Gower book and provided free of charge to visitors to the website of the National Centre for Project Management. You may download it freely from the website www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/ncpm/about.html. You may also share it with colleagues, either in printed or electronic form (via e-mail), as long as you include this copyright page, each time you do so. Please respect the copyright of the author and do not publish the material in any form (printed or electronic) or circulate the material to any e-mail network. For permission to include this document in a website, intranet or extranet, please visit the Gower website (www.gowerpub.com) and contact our e-marketing manager, Elaine Hill, through the website. Gower Publishing, Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hants, GU11 3HR, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1252 331551 e-mail: sales@gowerpublishing.com web: www.gowerpub.com 3 Project management competences...
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...following statements about Project Portfolio Management is NOT true? | | Your Answer: | | | The PPM process will force organizations to abandon the preparation of traditional business plans and analyses. | | | | | To keep from falling into the error of accepting faulty assumptions and data, everyone involved in PPM needs to ask hard questions before deciding. | | | | | PPM is still evolving. | | | | | PPM begins with a rational prioritization and selection procedure. | | | | 2. | Question: | (TCO A) Which of the following groups of people are not involved in the implementation of the PPM process? | | Your Answer: | | | Senior management | | | | | Functional managers of the IT department | | | | | Members of the PPM governance council | | | | | The project management office | | | | 3. | Question: | (TCO E) Which of the following is a step in the controlling process? | | Your Answer: | | | Motivating | | | | | Delegating | | | | | Evaluating | | | | | Staffing | | | | 4. | Question: | (TCO E) State the five effective group fundamentals that any team should follow. Taking TWO of the five fundamentals, briefly explain how the single-leader discipline manages that fundamental in comparison with the team discipline. | | Your Answer: | The five group fundamentals...
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...Articles - Asking effective focus group questions 11/6/12 10:18 PM Asking effective focus group questions Tags: Focus Group-Moderating Focus Groups Article ID: 19941203 Published: December 1994 Author: Naomi R. Henderson Article Abstract Focus groups are not helpful if the right questions aren’t asked. This article discusses asking effective focus group questions, including the key elements of good focus group research, the role and purpose of effective questions, question types, general questions to establish a base and the classic 10 questions for opening up areas for discussion. Editor's note: Naomi R. Henderson is CEO of RIVA Market Research, Bethesda, Md. In the soft brightness of fluorescent lights, eight respondents wait earnestly for the focus group session on catalog shopping to begin. Each of the eight receives more than 10 catalogs a month and spends more than $100 each month on items from those catalogs. The moderator gives a clear statement of purpose: "We're here tonight to talk about catalog shopping in general and to look at an idea for a new catalog." General guidelines for participation are given and disclosures are made about taping and one-way mirrors. Respondents introduce themselves, and the http://www.quirks.com/articles/a1994/19941203.aspx?searchID=256631957 Page 1 of 11 Articles - Asking effective focus group questions 11/6/12 10:18 PM moderator easily builds a genial, warm rapport with the respondents. The moderator...
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...EnvScienceFair_FINAL.qxd 12/18/00 4:33 PM United States Environmental Protection Agency 1EPA Page 3 EPA530-K-00-008 December 2000 www.epa.gov Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5305W) nce cie S Fair Fun Designing Environmental Science Projects EnvScienceFair_FINAL.qxd 12/18/00 4:33 PM Note for Page 4 Teachers: This booklet is intended to provide stud 6 to 8 with id ents in grade eas and reso s urces for deve mental scien loping enviro ce fair project ns, specifically reducing, reu in the areas sing, and recy of cling waste m Environmenta aterials. l terminolog y and topics are addresse in this bookle d without in-d t epth definitio under the ass n or discussio umption tha n, t students hav to these topic e been expose s already thro d ugh a classro mental scien om environce unit. Som e kinds of ex more time th periments re an others to quire yield results. cuss your inte Be sure to dis nded time fr ame when he lping students deci de on a proje ct. ts: den ote Stu N for men viron eas n wn e s id our o contain and gy , in et e using esign ookl on d t, this b ucing, re to decid ted imen r ar red eacher tailo ou st per t s on get y e fair ex project th your d how to acher To i o an ur te s for rk w cienc tal s ggestion ould wo like to d n ask yo riables, a h o ’d ca su and ing.You s ject you eds.You efining v ailable t v ...
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...Evans(Psychology)-3589-03.qxd 6/15/2007 6:23 PM Page 21 3 CHOOSING A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity, and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question; understand the vital role of the research proposal; be aware of the common pitfalls to be avoided in writing a successful proposal; and be able to write a logical and persuasive research proposal. Overview Chapter 3 deals with the practical issues of choosing an appropriate topic for your research project, and with the all important task of developing a research proposal. Section 3.1 deals with the practicalities of evaluating topics from your potential list, in order to choose the most appropriate for your project. Section 3.2 focuses on how to formulate a good research question. The role of the research question and different types of questions are dealt with in Section 3.3. Section 3.4 highlights the functional importance of the research proposal, which is often neglected by undergraduate students. The proposal acts as an exercise in thought, a reference point for supervision, and also as a motivational device. Section 3.5 deconstructs the...
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...more of an evaluation. 5) Details of Investigation Saturday, 11/21/2015 1:00 PM: Determined Keyword List: Bid AND fraud*,Bid OR fraud* ,Acuerdo* AND agree*,Acuerdo* OR agree*,Bid* AND money,Bid* OR Money,Sub*,profit, stipulation, account ,contract. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 03/22/05, 11/08/05* Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua, Mexico, 04/19/05*, 07/14/05 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 01/31/05, 06/08/05* Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 09/12/05 Laredo, TX, 02/10/05, 08/29/05, 10/04/05 Havens, New Mexico, 09/28/05*, 12/03/05 Tucson, Arizona, 02/28/05*, 05/27/05 Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California, Mexico, 03/06/05 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 01/05/05, 05/18/05 1:15 PM: Created Case File then added the provided floppy image file to begin my investigation. 1:20 PM: Added Keywords into the search 1:47 PM: was able to answer question 3. 2:19 PM: Setup of Case completed, and set Indexing option to full indexing. Then I was able to reIndexed the evidence. 2:47 PM: Began the eml files and addressbook.csv file to complete the moving. Then I was able to do a thorough search using my keywords. 2:50 PM: Completed the indepth Keyword search to then collect data to begin to compile the report. 3:20 PM: Filled out the Report Summary 6) Please type the answers to the...
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...management techniques to prioritize an organization’s projects against each other. This method is performed in the same way an investor would evaluate a stock portfolio for long-term value, risk, and balance. This process is ideal; enabling an organization to consider and bring about a portfolio of projects to appropriate resources and optimize investments against vital objectives (Robbins Gioia, 2013). Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is used to assist an organization to gain and evaluate details about all its current and upcoming projects. Each project can then be prioritized against others based on criteria such as resources, budget, strategic value and any other impactful elements concerning the organization (Greer, 2009). The advantages to practicing PPM is that is can give the organization a big picture perspective of where its resources are being allocated and how the project deliverables will impact the company goals. According to Robbins Gioia, the traditional approach of project management focuses on cost, prioritizes project time lines, manages and contains problems within the project scope, “and attempt to answer the question: Are we doing things right?” (Robbins Gioia, P. 1). Even with the best project manager (PM) yielding optimal results, that PM has no input on whether the managerial decision to initiate the project was a wise investment of company resources or not. His or her priority is to complete the project within the given constraints. “Portfolio management...
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...: Corporate Finance 25765 Thursday, September 26, 2013 1.5 Hours plus 10 Min. reading time 6:00 PM – 7:40 PM Section B B B Q. 1 2 3 Marks /9 /10.5 /10.5 /30 Section B Total START/END TIME : Please mark your section below with an X. Papers without a marked section will not be returned in class. Mon 6 pm Tue 12 pm Thu 12 pm Thu 3 pm Tue 6 pm Thu 6 pm INSTRUCTIONS Attempt all questions. Total marks 60 (Part A: 30 (12× 2.5) marks | Part B: 30 marks). This is a closed book exam. A formulae sheet is attached at pp. 11-13. A rough work page is at p. 14. Section A: Answer part A on the computer scanning sheet. Section B: Answer part B in the space provided below each question. CF | 25765 SAMPLE 2 SECTION A: 12 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (30 marks) Choose the best answer among the choices provided. 1. Based on the period of 1926 through 2008, _____ have tended to outperform other securities over the long-term. (A) U.S. Treasury bills (B) large company stocks (C) long-term corporate bonds (D) small company stocks (E) long-term government bonds 2. An analysis of what happens to the estimate of the net present value when you examine a number of different likely situations is called _____ analysis. (A) forecasting (B) scenario (C) sensitivity (D) simulation (E) break-even 3. Which of the following should be included in the analysis of a project? I. sunk costs II. opportunity costs III. erosion costs IV. incremental costs (A) I and II...
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