...Analyse the different project control and configuration management techniques and discuss the reasons why a particular technique was chosen for your project. There are several project control techniques that can be utilised during project execution so that potential problems can be identified and appropriate corrective action can be taken in a timely manner. This is very useful in analysing project performance and measuring regularly against the project management plan. One of the most commonly used project control techniques is Earned Value Management (EVM). It is a structured approach to planning, cost and performance measurement. The fundamental principle is that it integrates time, scope and cost objectives to provide a quantitative assessment of the present project status and its likely future performance. This method also highlights potential issues and can enable the Project Manager to make informed decisions to take corrective action(s). Before EVM can be effectively applied to projects, certain elements need to be in place first. ▪ Work Breakdown Structure / Organisation Breakdown Structures: The WBS and OBS define the work to be done on the project and who will do it. ▪ Baseline Plan / Budget: The time-phased budget for the project will provide the primary baseline against which progress and expenditure will be measured. ▪ Status Updates: Performance data relating to project costs and progress must be accurate and provided in a timely fashion...
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...Btec L3 Diploma/Ext. Dipl. - Business 28. Business Project Management 1. Assisting the project management Prepared by Caleb Joe Varghese Date: 23/07/15 Project Management for the startup of a gym and interior decoration company. Task 1A A project is an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. This could happen in various different circumstances and could include huge companies and ideas or smaller activities. It can also be explained as a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular aim. It should be understood that it is temporary and so has a defined starting and ending point and therefore a defined scope and resources. (Source:PMI.org) Now that we have clearly stated what a project is lets look into what project management is about. Dr Martin Barnes, APM President presents the definition as “Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives.” (Source:apm.org.uk) Projects are separate to business-as-usual activities, requiring people to come together temporarily to focus on specific project objectives. As a result, effective teamwork is central to successful projects. Project management is concerned with managing discrete packages of work to achieve objectives. The way the work is managed depends upon a wide variety of factors. The scale, significance...
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...ProjectMinds’ Quick Guide to Project Management By Manjeet Singh msingh@projectminds.com A different kind of copyright No rights reserved. All the parts of this book can be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise. You do not need the prior written permission or authorization of the author. Disclaimer The author of this book specifically disclaims all responsibility for any liability, loss or risk to any person or entity arising from the use of information contained in this book or its Word file. V1.3 Table of Contents Introduction 1 About the author 1 Chapter 1: Defining what a project is 2 Project success criteria 2 Why are organizations using project management? 3 Chapter 2: The project lifecycle 4 Initiating 4 Planning 4 Executing: 4 Controlling and monitoring 5 Closing: 5 Chapter 3: Project initiating process 6 The SOW (Statement of Work) 6 Chapter 4: Project planning process 8 The WBS 8 Network diagrams 10 The Gantt chart 10 Getting and estimating resource requirements 11 People first 11 Nonperson resources 12 Creating your project plan 13 Chapter 5: Project executing process 14 Managing & leading 14 Ensuring your team works...
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...1995. In next coming six months the company will have more than 35 project teams emerging new ideas across the entire product range. Pureswing desires to find dedicated engineers from within the organization and promote them as a project manager. Company feels that these individuals, having learned the company’s philosophy of competitive success, are best equipped to run new product introduction projects (Pinto, 2012). Essential Duties & Responsibilities • Capability of managing creative projects from conceptual ideas • Capability of developing and managing budgets and costs analysis • Having strong responsibility for delivering projects on time and within defined budget • Working abilities with innovative teams via assigning team members, high capability of describing tasks and project needs • Negotiation capabilities with existing vendors and selection ability for new vendors • High communication skills about technical information to design golf equipment • Identification and resolving capability of production problems (Billy Casper Golf , 2013) Desired Skills and Experience • Strong communication skills • Strong team building and management skills • A sense of humor in a fast paced environment • A “solutions attentive” proactive team work style • Committed to promoting a positive work environment and culture • Familiarity with Microsoft Project and track record of managing multiple projects in fast-paced environment • Strong use of AutoDesk version 13.01 software...
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...Assignment #2: “Project Motorcycles” Jesse Fontanez BUS 375 – Project Management Professor Lodge November 2, 2014 New, Improved, Faster, Motorcycle Project Plan The implementation stages of motorcycles larger than 1100 cc project is a true display of the defining moments that make a project a success or a failure. The implementation stage is defined as "motorcycle modifications being installed and made operational in a production environment. The phase is initiated after the motorcycles has been tested and accepted. This phase continues until the system is operating in production in accordance with the defined motorcycle requirements”. While all of the planning that takes place in preparation of the implementation phase is critical, I am of the opinion that the implementation itself is equally as important. When working through the process of defining the motorcycle and selecting the organizational personnel to create this motorcycle systems, the beginning stages become the most important part of the motorcycle project for this organization. A tremendous effort has to be exuded in planning and preparation for the motorcycle development and deployment. The start of the motorcycle implementation phase is indication that progress was being made and the motorcycles are well underway. Before analyzing the process of project planning in teams it is necessary to identify the differences between such terms as a group of people and a team...
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...INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this assignment is to: • Gain a better understanding of project management. • Understand why project management is needed and how it differs from other forms of management. • Identify the relevance of project management to the business and academic world of management. • Identify the role of a project manager. • Identify the purpose or relevance of a feasibility study in the project environment. • Identify all the stakeholders and identify their needs and expectations. Project management is seen as a rather modern discipline, however many of the greatest monuments in the world, e.g. Pyramids, Taj Mahal etc, could not have been formed without some form of project management. The art and science of project management has been used in many ways although it was not until the 20th century that businesses began to see the relevance and importance of this discipline. Its role in business began as external to the organisation, however in recent years more and more organisations have begun to use project management internally. Project management has become a vital part of many businesses and it is used in many different fields of study, from engineering, programming or IT development, research and development, product development, marketing etc. The aim of this assignment is to see how project management is defined, how it applies to the telecommunications business and how project managers and organisations can use project management to ensure stakeholders’...
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...Assignment 4: Project Motorcycles – The Comprehensive Project Plan Submitted By: Dhruv Jolly BUS 375 Dr. Mark C. Bojeun November 28, 2013 As a project manager, you’ll need to define Project Scope no matter what methodology you choose to use. Defining what is needed is the first step towards establishing a project timeline, setting project goals and allocating project resources. These steps will help you define the work that needs to be done – or in other words, define the Scope of the project (CIO, 2011). Scope is the summation of all deliverables required as a part of the project. This includes all products, services and results (Kerzner). The Scope here, is to successfully transition from manufacturing of ‘cruiser’ motorcycles, which have an engine or motor size ranging from 500 cc - 1,000 cc, to manufacturing of ‘touring’ motorcycles, which have an engine or motor size of 1,100 cc or larger. Project Scope, is the work that must be completed to achieve the final scope of the project, namely the products, services, and results. In this case, the Project Scope will include delivery of a larger engine or motor and transitioning from manufacturing ‘cruiser’ motorcycles, to ‘touring’ motorcycles. The Project Scope will list work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product or service, with the specified features and functions. It will include benefits of the product to target audience, such as, comfort while driving long distances on the ‘touring’ motorcycles, engine...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PERSPECTIVE, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION CASE STUDY REPORTS: 1. Team Problems 2. An Electronics Company CONTENTS Section Description Page 1 team problems 1 1.1 executive summary 1 1.2 INTRODUCTION 1 1.3 PROBLEM ANALYSIS 2 1.4 HANDLING CONFLICT 3 1.4.1 Avoiding or Withdrawing 3 1.4.2 Competing or Forcing 3 1.4.3 Accommodating or Smoothing 4 1.4.4 Compromising 4 1.4.5 Collaborating, Confronting, or Problem Solving 4 1.5 PROBLEM SOLVING 4 1.6 PREVENTING CONFLICT 5 1.7 CONCLUSION 6 team problems \ 1 executive summary A case study was presented involving a problem within a project team responsible for designing hardware and software systems. Symptoms of the problem were marked by a delay in the project schedule causing the team to be set back by a month. The working environment had also been adversely affected by the conflict. The case study made mention of the fact that the Project Manager had an open-door policy and conducted weekly project team meetings. In spite of this fact, the Project Manager was unaware of the setback to the schedule although he was conscious of the fact that one of the Project Team Leaders was under a due amount of stress as a...
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...Week 7 Course Project Assignments Deliverable #1: Discuss the organizational structure and how this may have helped the project. The Organizational structure for my project can be classified as a projectized-type organization. The team members in the project are picked from the outside world (like selecting from another team) and for all intensive purposes are hired for this project only and do not knowingly have duties outside this project. The project manager in this situation also has complete control over the team member as it relates to this project and they are only needed for this project. The project was helped by this due to how things were streamlined and made directive. The project manager had control over all aspects of the project and the people working though them. Tasks that needed to be crashed could be with planning aspects available to the project manager as well. Deliverable #2: Discuss how you did on this project and any lessons learned for you. Self reflection – What did you learn? This was my first true class on project management and I found that there are so many aspects to a project that need to be accounted for. There were aspects to both the software and the actual project manager duties that I needed to get more in tune with and feel I was able to make some great strides but there is more to review. I will likely read the class book again and continue to repeat the lectures as I learn from repetition and actual working though things...
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...Project Management: Assignment 1 Question One The author describes a project manager as an ‘accidental profession’ for two reasons: - there are no specific programs or courses, to train a project manager, nor even within companies who are specialized in project management. - people normally do not wish to be a project management, as it isn’t a well defined career, and above all, it doesn’t have a defined path within an organization Globally, all different branches of management (finance, marketing, sales, etc.) have a specific planned role within their company, as they work in their division, they have specific duties, following the global company’s main goals. Instead, project managers are called upon to lead, plan and control on a particular task, based on a specific necessity of the company to create or implement a plan of action, working with and coordinating all different branches of the company. Looking at the twelve points a project manager must consider and remember while doing his work, I think the most important one is the number one: understand the context of project management. This because before taking any action and starting doing a project, it is fundamental to understand what it has to be done, and what is the focus objective to be accomplished, in order to make a precise work. I would rank at number two, at same level, lead from the front and build and maintain a cohesive team, as it is very important to establish the roles and to have a cohesive...
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...Week 2 Assignment: Understanding Effective Money Management Assessment A, Part 1: Creating a Personal Financial Statement - Assets | 1 point | Car: Bluebook value $1250.00Cash: $378.00Savings Accounts: $826.00 | Assessment A, Part 2: Creating a Personal Financial Statement - Debts | 1 point | Rent: $750.00Electric/ Gas bill: $131.75Cable/ internet/ Phone bill: $80.42Credit Card: $31.00Cell phone bill: $72.37 | Assessment A, Part 3: Identify Money Management Tool | 1 point | Explain to Monica how the money management tools were identified. | Students should explain how they evaluated various cash management products and services. | Assessment A, Part 4: Creating a Personal Financial Statement – Steps | 1 point | Drag the steps listed on the right into their correct sequences on the left. When done click the Send button | Step 1: I got all my financial stuff together – bills, loans, bank statements, etc. | Step 2: I balance my checkbook. | Step 3: I decided what were my assets and what were my debts. | Step 4: I enter my assets in the program. | Step 5: I enter my debts in the program. | Step 6: The program gave me a Net worth figure at the end. | Assessment B: Creating a Monthly Cash Flow Statement ...
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...Diagnostic Algebra Assessment Definitions Categories Equality Symbol Misconception Graphing Misconception Definition Concept of a Variable Misconception Equality Symbol Misconception As algebra teachers, we all know how frustrating it can be to teach a particular concept and to have a percentage of our students not get it. We try different approaches and activities but to no avail. These students just do not seem to grasp the concept. Often, we blame the students for not trying hard enough. Worse yet, others blame us for not teaching students well enough. Students often learn the equality symbol misconception when they begin learning mathematics. Rather than understanding that the equal sign indicates equivalence between the expressions on the left side and the right side of an equation, students interpret the equal sign as meaning “do something” or the sign before the answer. This problem is exacerbated by many adults solving problems in the following way: 5 × 4 + 3 = ? 5 × 4 = 20 + 3 = 23 Students may also have difficulty understanding statements like 7 = 3 + 4 or 5 = 5, since these do not involve a problem on the left and an answer on the right. Falkner presented the following problem to 6th grade classes: 8 + 4 = [] + 5 All 145 students gave the answer of 12 or 17. It can be assumed that students got 12 since 8 + 4 = 12. The 17 may be from those who continued the problem: 12 + 5 = 17. Students with this misconception may also have difficulty with the idea that adding...
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...Team B Calorie Count Tool PRG/211 May 5, 2014 Team B Calorie Count Tool PROBLEM STATEMENT Team B was asked to develop a program which would calculate the user’s daily intake of calories and measure those calories against the overall calories expended. The core purpose of this program will do two primary functions. First, it will record the user intake of calories as acquired through meals throughout the day. Second, the user will record caloric output associated with physical activity. This information will be calculated together to determine the caloric surplus or deficit for the user. In order for the program to execute accurately, and provide customized results, the user will be required to input personal data to include gender, age, weight, and height. This additional information is essential to determine the user’s default caloric burn rate, otherwise known as the basal metabolic rate (BMR). The BMR and the calories burned as a result of physical activity will be calculated against the intake of calories to determine the overall success for the user. As the program is executed it must: * Record user name, age, height, weight to enable more accurate calculations * Record the users specific caloric values entered for each meal * Record the user activity and caloric burn values for that activity * Calculate the basal metabolic rate (BMR) for the individual * Subtotal the total caloric values for the day * Combine the physical activity and...
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...Problem Solving with Computing Homework - WEEK 2 [30 points] This is a review of some of the material from Chapter 2 and lectures from class. No credit for answers that are copies or near verbatim transcripts – please use your own words1 and document sources where appropriate. 1 This will apply to all assignments in this class. Answer the following questions: Chapter 2 1. Short Answers [1 point each, 2 points total] 1. What does a professional programmer usually do first to gain an understanding of a problem? The first thing that a professional programmer usually do first to gain an understanding of a program is to closely relate customer (Interview ) to inquire or gather information about the problem. 2. What two things must you normally specify in a variable declaration? The two things normally specified in a variable declaration are the variable type and identifier. 2. Algorithms / Pseudocode [1 point each, 5 points total] 1. Design an algorithm that prompts the user to enter his or her height and stores the user’s input in a variable named height. Declare height Display “Enter Your Height” Input Height Display “Height” 2. Write assignment statements that perform the following operations with the variables a and b. - Adds 2 to a and stores the result in b. - Subtracts 8 from b and stores the result in a Set b=2+a Set a=b-8 3. Write a pseudocode statement that declares the variable cost so it can hold real numbers. Floating Point-Variable...
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...11108944 Name: ASHWINI KUMAR Roll No. : RE3R02B32 PART- A 1. Ans :- (a) unary and ternary operator Unary operator:- It pecedes an operand . The operand (the value on which the operator operates ) of the unary operator must have arithmetic or pointer type and the result is the value of the argument. Example:- If a=5 then +a means 5 If a=0 then +a means 0. If a=-4 then +a means -4. Ternary operator:- It precedes an operand. The operand of the unary operator must have arithmetic type and the result is the negation of the operand’s value. Example:- If a=5 then –a means -5 If a=0 then –a means 0 If a=-4 then –a means 4. (b) Assignment and equalto operator Assignment operator:- Equal to operator: An assignment operator assigns value In this we put the To a variable. value as it is. Example – Example- a*=5 means a=5*5. Int a; a=5 means a is initialized with 5 if(a==5) { return true; } return false; (c) Expression and statement Expression:- An expression is any valid combination of operators , constants , and variables. Example:- ...
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