...2/1/04 The Role of the Project Life Cycle (Life Span) in Project Management A literature review by R. Max Wideman (Updated February, 2004.) Introduction Patel and Morris have stated that "The life cycle is the only thing that uniquely distinguishes projects from non-projects".1 If that is true, then it would be valuable to examine just what role the so-called project life cycle plays in the conduct of project management. And, moreover, has this changed over the years as we improve our understanding of the complexities of project management. So, what is the project life cycle? According to the same source "The sequence of phases through which the project will evolve. It is absolutely fundamental to the management of projects . . . It will significantly affect how the project is structured. The basic life cycle follows a common generic sequence: Opportunity, Design & Development, Production, Hand-over, and Post-Project Evaluation. The exact wording varies between industries and organizations. There should be evaluation and approval points between phases often termed 'gates'."2 How does that make it different from normal operational corporate endeavors? For that we must understand the definition of project. According to Richard E. Westney: "A project can be defined as the work required to take an opportunity and convert it into an asset."3 In this sense, both the opportunity and asset are singular, with the implied use being for generating benefit – rather than consumed as a...
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...Capstone Project Management Plan – Spring 2014 Student Simohamed Roudani Instructor Mr. Sparling Date Delivered 02-09-2014 PALANNED USED KIND OF WORK THE REAL WORK HOW IT IS SUBMITED weeks DATES JAN-13 DAY Mon ACTIVITY Review course syllabus DELIVERABLE Email HRS 2 HRS 1 Going through the syllabus to see what I should know Talk the librarian Read the syllabus carefully email 1 JAN-14 JAN-15 JAN-16 JAN-17 Tue Wed Thu Fri Try to make the appointment with the library Post on the DT Post the response Pose the second response Via phone Internet Internet Internet 2 0.25 0.25 1 0.25 0.25 Set up the appointment Post my own thought about the course and introduction Response my colleges Response my colleges E-campus E-campus E-campus E-campus Discussion Discussion Discussion JAN-18 Sat Read How Full is Your Bucket BOOK 4 5 Reading Reading , and send an email to My instructor Email JAN-19 JAN-20 Sun Mon Day off school Post on the DT Internet 2 2 Discussion Post my own thought about the course and introduction E-campus 2 JAN-21 JAN-22 JAN-23 Tue Wed Thu Post the response Post the response Reading about Bloom`s Taxonomy Internet Internet Online 0.25 0.25 3 0.25 0.25 4 Discussion Discussion Research paper Response my colleges Response my colleges Searching online about taxonomy and getting references from the library to write the paper E-campus E-campus Online JAN-24 JAN-25...
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...Martial Arts Academy School Management System Project Title: Maas Ms Project Charter Business Case THE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT TITLE: MAAS MS PROJECT CHARTER BUSINESS CASE VERSION 1 MARCH 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Description 3 Measurable Organization Value: MOV3 Deliverable Structure Chart Use-Case Diagram Scope Change Procedure Comparison of Alternatives 3 Skills, Knowledge & Roles5 Roles and Responsibilities6 Meeting Schedule7 Team Communication8 Team Rules and Expectations8 Signatures10 Project Description: MAAS MS The Martial Arts Academy has hired Bella Tech Solutions to design a system to help automate their business operations, improve student retention, and increase revenue. The academy has found that their paper-based process for school enrollment, class entry, and skill progression to become more difficult to manage. For example, instructors have found it difficult to keep track of the classes that students have actually registered for and attended. Also, they have observed an opportunity to maintain an accurate account of the student skill level and progression. Bella Tech Solutions has been tasked with the job of creating a system to automate all of their paper based processes that will directly increase the Martial Arts Academy monthly revenue. The name of the project is MAAS MS, which stands for “Martial Arts Academy School Management System” (pronounced Mac Miss);...
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...THE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT TITLE: MAAS MS PROJECT CHARTER BUSINESS CASE VERSION 1 MARCH 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Description 3 Measurable Organization Value: MOV3 Deliverable Structure Chart Use-Case Diagram Scope Change Procedure Comparison of Alternatives 3 Skills, Knowledge & Roles5 Roles and Responsibilities6 Meeting Schedule7 Team Communication8 Team Rules and Expectations8 Signatures10 Project Description: MAAS MS The Martial Arts Academy has hired Bella Tech Solutions to design a system to help automate their business operations, improve student retention, and increase revenue. The academy has found that their paper-based process for school enrollment, class entry, and skill progression to become more difficult to manage. For example, instructors have found it difficult to keep track of the classes that students have actually registered for and attended. Also, they have observed an opportunity to maintain an accurate account of the student skill level and progression. Bella Tech Solutions has been tasked with the job of creating a system to automate all of their paper based processes that will directly increase the Martial Arts Academy monthly revenue. The name of the project is MAAS MS, which stands for “Martial Arts Academy School Management System” (pronounced Mac Miss); represents the project team assembled by Bella Tech Solutions to create...
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...Department of Engineering & Technology Course Syllabus-Fall Semester, 2015 TMGT 510 01E (81497) Course Title: Management of Technology in Organizations (CIP: 1506120019) Three (3) semester credit hours. Course Dates: August 31, 2015 to December 18, 2015 This section of TMGT 510 01E will meet each Wednesday of the fall 2015 semester on the Commerce, Texas campus in room AGIT 217. Attendance is mandatory and will be recorded. The class will meet from 1:30pm until 2:45pm. Professor: Dr. Jerry D. Parish, CSTM Contact Information: Office Location: Charles J. Austin Engineering & Technology Building Email Address: jerry.parish@tamuc.edu Contact Telephone: 903-886-5474 Virtual Office Hours: Online Office Hours: Monday-Thursday/Times online will vary each day. On-campus office visits are available by appointment only. Call 903-886-5474 to schedule an on-campus appointment. You will be required to present a valid and current TAMUC student ID at the time of your scheduled on-campus appointment. General Course Information Course Description: Examination of cutting-edge engineering and technology concepts, tools and technologies that apply to contemporary technology-intensive organizations. Course may include active study of organizational structures, effective management processes and controls, ethical practices, project evaluation, technology-oriented teams, innovation and environmental quality. Extensive reading, researching the body...
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...Cesar A. Salomon Grantham University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to talk about the different types and styles of communications and why it is important to an organization. Communication So let’s begin this paper with the types of communications in an organization. There are basically only two of them: Verbal Communication and Non-Verbal Communication. Verbal Communication is simply put is communication between management and all other personnel within an organization whether it be by word of mouth, over the telephone or email or other types of correspondence such as memos or fliers. Weekly meetings is one of the main staple of passing along information to your employees. They are told when projects are coming up, given praise when a job has been done well and complemented. Given grief when the job was not completed on time or there were other problems that arose that could have been prevented. Writing an email to everyone, especially when personnel are in other locations. This ensures that everyone gets it, and you have a soft copy kept on your computer. Speaking with your employees over the telephone works just the same as a meeting or an email, because they hear it directly from you. Then you have Non-Verbal Communication which is another way of saying grapevine or what you hear around the office. Where information is being passed along but it hasn’t been confirmed by management. This can lead to misinformation, but it could be helpful. Such as...
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...and demands on their limited time. Once time is lost you cannot get it back, time cannot be stopped, slowed, or sped up. However, if you become such a fanatic on managing your time you may waste too much time organizing and managing yourself. Complex time management can also become frustrating and cause you to revert back to old ways of no time management at all. Time must be managed effectively. This involves analyzing how you spend your time and then implementing a few methods to get the most out of your time. “Leaders with strong time management and organizational skills are able to role model powerful techniques for their team members, making everyone more productive” (Bilinski, 2012). * Putting off and worrying about projects or tasks. * Procrastination. * Unrealistic time estimates for tasks. * Poor organization. Organize Your Workspace: “Leaders need an organized workspace in order to run successful companies” (Brookins). Throw away unneeded items in your work area that just cause more visual clutter. Items such as additional paper, post-its, notes, etc… just lying around can cause unorganized anxiety. When you have a well-organized desk it is easier to sit down and finish a task or work on a project. Only get out the things you need to work on something and then clean the slate when you are done to start the next task. Organizing notes or reminders in a calendar or on a board can help clear desk clutter and keep you on track. Also, it is a good idea to...
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...overspend on software licenses, service-level agreements, email server, and wasted on paper and ink. There are also the incontrollable projects which would widen the project budget. If company can stop wasting money on these issues, a certain amount of money can be used in a different way which will make the IT department shine. 1. Dusty software licenses U.S. companies are paying billions the software that was never adopted or for employees they no longer have. Over half of enterprise applications are underutilized, and within 25% to more than 75% of the paid licenses was never used. The difference between a 2,000-name-license and a 1,500-name-license can easily be $500,000. For many companies, it tends to be a one-time event to collect information on the software they are paying for, but instead, it should be a continual process so that you won’t pay extra for the software or license that are no longer needed. 2. The paper chase U.S. office workers are consuming an average of 10,000 pages per person every year, and about half of the paper ends up as trash. U.S. corporations spend $120 billion per year on papers and inks. Filling paper, copying it, mailing it, storing it, and finding it again can add up to more than 30 times the original cost of printing. A paperless office is not very likely to happen in many companies, but a less-paper office is possible. So company should save more trees, and therefore, cutting the paper cost. 3. Gold-plated service-level agreements Many...
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...[pic] REQUEST-NEW-PAPER SEARCH SOFTWARE EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS VLSI WIRELESS RF ALL PAPERS free research papers-computer science-cloud computing [pic] cloud computing 2012-cloud computing cloud computing-year-2011 cloud computing-2 best-papers-EEE cloud computing data storage in cloud computing data-compression-in-cloud-computing Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. Cloud computing provides computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the services. Parallels to this concept can be drawn with the electricity grid, where end-users consume power without needing to understand the component devices or infrastructure required to provide the service. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on Internet protocols, and it typically involves provisioning of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet. This frequently takes the form of web-based tools or applications that users can access and use...
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...Course Project Epsilon: Portfolio Management Plan Instructor: Stanley Mefford Oct 24, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Epsilon’s Strategic Plan 3 Strategic Capacity Plan 4 Portfolio Management Process 6 Project Selection Criteria 7 Program Management Plan 8 Quality 9 Scope 10 Internal Teams 10 External Teams 11 Scheduling 11 Conflict Resolution Plan 12 Change Management Plan 13 Resource Utilization 15 Conclusion 16 Resources 17 Introduction Deploying over 40 billion emails annually, Epsilon is ranked as the top database marketing services provider and is the world’s leading multi-channel marketing and technology organization (Palmer, 2012). Epsilon works with over 2,000 global clients that represent industries across many markets including financial services, customer packaged goods, retail, travel and pharmaceutical markets. Some of Epsilon’s service offerings include: database technology, email services, and reporting/analytics. As a leader in the market, an impressive 26 of the Fortune 100 companies trust them to provide marketing services (Epsilon, 2012). Since 2009, Epsilon had been experiencing unprecedented growth. In 2011, Direct Marketing News reported that Epsilon’s 2010 global revenues increased 19% as compared to the previous year and was expected to double its revenues (Gordon & Washkuck, 2011). From the outside, forecasts couldn’t be brighter for the company. Internally, however, it was a different story...
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...PM587 TEAM INSIGHT PAPER By I. xxxxx Instructor: Professor x x xxxxx Our group consisted of x xxxxx, x xxxxx, x xxxx and myself. Our task, as team members, involved the application of the tools and techniques of multi-project/program management. As part of the process, we were to deal with the analysis and establishment of project management systems based on the structure of the project and organization. We were also expected to expend some effort to observe and analyze our own team’s group process and group dynamics, and within that scope address such areas as team member roles and responsibilities, delegation, decision making, leadership, conflict resolution, etc. The Team Paper was to be approached in two parts: Part I presented us with the challenge of designing a Portfolio Management process by which our Strategic Business Unit (SBU) would make decisions on what projects would fit into its current portfolio. Part II followed with the inclusion of an important new project bringing a twist to the existing portfolio process. Using the portfolio management process we had proposed, we were to determine whether to proceed with the additional project as well identify the impact on the rest of the program. At the first meeting, just the two of us in attendance, we decided on xxxx xxxxx – a family owned xxxx ” store” – founded in 19xx. Having the project split into parts for submission could have helped to prioritize our work from...
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...PROJECT COMMUNICATION PLAN AND PROGRESS MEETING AGENDA PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OF KIOKO GROUP INCORPORATION, HOUSTON TX TOPIC: CREATE SYSTEM DATABASE FOR TRACKING COMPANY OPERATION VEHICLES MILEAGE BY (PROJECT MANAGER) ------------------------------------------------- Create Database for Tracking of KIOKO Group Operation Vehicles Mileage Communication Plan Overview The purpose of a Communications Plan is to document the key elements of a communications strategy, including: * Frequency (Schedule) * Method of Delivery * Recipients * Format * Owner The communication channel as regards in this project will be as following: * Formal * Verbal and Written * As contain in the project communication plan Communication Plan: This document outlines the plan of communication for KIOKO Group project team and contractor. WHAT | WHEN | WHERE | OWNER | ATTENDEES | Status Meeting | Every WeekFriday12 Noon | Conference Room | Project Manager | Project Team, Contractor and KIOKO Group Automation logistics Head | Progress Meeting | Every two WeekMonday10am | RM 302 | Contractor | Project Team and KIOKO Group logistics Head | WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | WHAT | DUE WHEN | METHOD OF DELIVERY | SENDER | RECEIVER | Meeting Minutes | 2 days after the meeting | EMAIL | Designated Staff | All participants | Action Item Log | 4 days after the PMO Status meeting | EMAIL | Designated...
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...Research Studies–Proposal Requests Risk Management Section Research Topics BACKGROUND and PURPOSE The Joint CAS/CIA/SOA Risk Management Section Research Team was formed in 2005 to pursue research of interest to risk management professionals. Since its founding, the team has initiated and completed several research projects that have helped to propel Risk Management knowledge forward and set the framework for future efforts. In keeping with its desire to add to the risk management body of knowledge, the team is interested this year in receiving proposals for research on a number of specific topics. The specific topics are enumerated in the Research Objective section of this document with the intention to formally initiate projects on 3–4 of the topics this year. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE To advance knowledge in risk management, the Joint CAS/CIA/SOA Risk Management Team would like to receive proposals related to the following topics. The description of each of the topics has deliberately been written to be brief and open-ended in order to give potential proposers sufficient latitude in the development of the proposal: 1. An analysis and/or proposals of methodologies that can be used for validating models and providing effective model risk management. Considerations in addition to model validation may include sound development, implementation, and appropriate use, governance, and control mechanisms, board and senior management oversight, policies, and an appropriate incentive...
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...Effective Communication Paper Nishele Burnett HCS 325 February 1, 2016 Dr. Hanna Matatyaho Effective Communication Paper An organization model is simply the framework of the organization which includes line of authority, system of tasks, communication channels, reporting relationships, and work flow that connects the various parts of the organization. The model of the organization is motivated by the goals of the business and establishes the way in which business activities are carried out. Health insurance companies is an example of an organization structure. In particular, this paper will discuss the organization structure of Johns Hopkins Health Care LLC, and the ways in which information is shared within the organization. I will also examine the most effective and ineffective ways to share that information. Which Organizational Model Best Describes Your Organization? Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC (JHHC) is more in detail of a functional structure, which is a structure that organizations utilize to group employees according to a specialized set of roles or tasks. The JHHC organizational model consists of a president, and several vice presidents. Each vice president is responsible for heading different parts of the organization, which includes operations, utilization management, human resources, compliance, and the list goes on. For each vice president, there is a director that is responsible for overseeing the overall operation of the department, and who also...
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...Business Case Northern Exposure November 18th 2013 Word Count: 4945 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 1.1. Issue 2 1.2. Recommendation 2 1.3. Implementation Considerations 2 2. Problem Definition 3 2.1. Problem Statement 3 2.2. Organizational Impact of the Proposed Project 3 2.3. Recommended Implementation Approach 3 3. Project Proposal 3 3.1. Project Description 3 3.2. Goals and Objectives 4 3.3. Project Performance 4 3.4. Project Assumptions 4 3.5. Project Constraints 5 3.6. Key Project Resources 5 4. Alternatives Analysis 5 5. Cost Benefit Analysis 6 6. Approvals 7 Process Analysis and Redesign Step 1: See Exhibit A and B. Step 2: Problems and Sources 1. Lack of administered IT processes. Information is not being properly updated, which is resulting in an overall increase in costs. Information that is crucial for the company’s success is not being kept up-to date. None of the ordering information is being stored on any hard drive; they are only known by memory. The recipes are kept in books and are not backed up anywhere else, which is inefficient for the rest of the kitchen staff. None of the new information being obtained from creating the customized menus is being saved. As a result, order amounts are being incorrectly estimated for both food and beverages. Drink purchases are being kept track of manually, which could generate inaccurate results for sales and inventory forecasting...
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