...Summary of the Project part 3 is regarding the use of a Kernel & Recommended Software Management Plan for Linux, the need to install anti-virus software on Linux servers, & how to manage critical and noncritical security-related updates. Regarding the Kernel used to support the Linux based infrastructure is to use one of the vendors available (Red Hat, Novell, or Canonical/Unbuntu). Of these there were only two (Red Hat & Unbuntu) that are ready for enterprise systems and do a great job with customization. No matter what is chosen (open-source or vendor distribution), the first thing that needs to be done is to update the security. It cannot be stress enough that you must not implement security updates to a “live” network. Any security updates that are sent out by authorized personnel to use on the live network, must first be thoroughly tested inside a virtual “test’ environment. It is mentioned that the stock kernel option (open-source) is not recommended due to the amount of information that is needed to sort through in order for the specific needs of the industry (organization). Because of the work-load involved in sorting through system software that is used, and not all of the system software that is used will be listed. This is a complete waste of time and resources. The second thing mentioned is for a software management plan. It is recommended to use RPM as the software management tool, which forms the core of administration on most systems. The...
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...NT1310 : Project Page 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION As the project manager for the Cable Planning team, you will manage the creation of the cable plan for the new building that will be built, with construction set to begin in six weeks. The deliverables for the entire Cable Plan will consist of an Executive Summary, a PowerPoint Presentation and an Excel Spreadsheet. You will develop different parts of each of these in three parts. The final organization should contain these elements: The Executive Summary: o Project Introduction o Standa rds and Codes Cable Standards and Codes Building Standards and Codes o Project Materials o Copper Cable, Tools, and Test Equipment o Fiber - Optic Cable, Tools, and Test Equipment o Fiber - Optic Design Considerations o Basement Server Complex Design o First Floor Design o Security and Safety o Component Cost, Picture, and source The Excel Spreadsheet: Component Names Component Descriptions Component Costs Total Project Costs The PowerPoint Presentation: Introductory Slide Component Slides with Component Name, Quantity Needed, Description, Price, Picture, and Reference (where to buy the component) Description of the Basement Telecommunications and Network Server Space Network Equipment Required for the Server Farm Cable Plant Design for the Basement NT1310 : Project Page 2 Standard Floor Desig n for Computers and Network Equipment Cable Plant for the Standard Floor Course Objectives Tested: ...
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...Task You will draft a premium rate recommendation report to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. In preparing this report, you should set it out such that it contains the following sections : 1. Executive Summary. The executive summary should be no more than 200 words and explains the overall recommendations. By reading the executive summary, one may be able to capture the most important points from the report, without necessarily knowing the details. 2. Background of the Project. This part should explain briefly the nature of the project as well as its objectives in the context of the company’s objectives. 3. Product Portfolio Summary. This part should describe the product and also the portfolio which is being studied. Explain the key statistics of the portfolio. 4. Pricing Spreadsheet Model Summary. This part describes briefly the structure of the model being used to perform this exercise. 5. Results Summary. The results should comprise the key figures to completing the project and addressing the key issues you would expect the Board and the Executive Committee to have in their decision making process. This part should make use of some tables and figures. 6. Recommendation. You should present your findings and recommendations given the results, with reference to various factors including (but not necessarily all) the economy, the competitors, the policyholders, company financial and capital needs as appropriate. You will be marked according to the following...
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...Tips for Writing an Executive Summary An Executive Summary summarizes the key points of a lengthy research report or publication. Although research reports are often highly technical in nature, the goal of an Executive Summary is to communicate in a simple manner so that the information can be understood by all readers, regardless of their knowledge or expertise. The Executive Summary is used by managers to understand the broader policy context of research and make decisions about changes to policies, programs, or investment decisions. Typically, an Executive Summary is 3-6 pages in length. A longer summary is often used when it contains charts or other illustrations. The Executive Summary should be organized according to the following categories – Project Summary, Background, Process, Finding and Conclusions and Recommendations for Action. Following is a description of the type of information to consider for each of these categories. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of the type of information that is appropriate to convey—these are examples to help you think about key items that should be communicated. PROJECT SUMMARY What is the research project and why was it conducted? • Provide a brief (2-3 sentence) description of the project. • What is the problem or issue? • What is the purpose of the research? BACKGROUND What is the history of the research? • Did a specific event or issue provide the impetus for the research? • Is this a second...
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...Student Project Activity – Week 1 A. Week 1: Section 1.0 Executive Summary B. TCOs Addressed: TCO 10: Given a description of a new business, new product, service or project develop, present and defend the budget. C. Project Activity Overview – Scenario / Summary: You have been asked to create a budget proposal for one of these businesses: Papa Geo’s Restaurant, The Cutting Edge Landscaping, or Wireless World Electronics Retail Store. This week you will begin working on the proposal by drafting the Executive Summary. Use the Budget Proposal Template.docx. D. Deliverables: Save the first paragraph of Section 1.0 Executive Summary Draft as YourName_Project_WK1.docx and upload to the Week 1 Project Dropbox. E. Project Tasks: Task 1: | Download the Budget Proposal Template.docx from DocSharing. | Task 2: | Download the Course Project Description.docx. from DocSharing. | Task 3: | Review the three different business scenarios. | Task 4: | Select the business for which you will create a budget proposal. | Task 5: | Draft the first paragraph of the Section 1.0 Executive Summary. | Task 6: | Save the Draft and submit to the dropbox. | F. Grading Criteria | Description | Suggested Points | The business is briefly described in one paragraph. | 3 | The business description is in your own words. | 3 | The business description appears in the Executive Summary section...
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...communication 1. What is communication? Communication is defined as giving, receiving or exchanging information, opinions or ideas so that the message is completely understood by everybody involved. 2. List problems in communication Status & role: one way communication in hierarchy Cultural difference: technical and medical jargons or Google work environment Choice of communication: using the wrong medium(phone) to communicate Length of communication Use of language: grammar, vocabulary Disabilities: hearing and sight Known or unknown receiver Individual perception/ attitudes/ personalities: racial difference / labeling people according to their looks, false perception Atmosphere/noise/distraction Clarity of message Lack of feedback 3. What is written communication? Why is it Important compared to oral communication? (4 marks) Written communication is a form of communication written using symbols between people or groups. It is important for - For record purpose - Legal issues - For reference purpose - Purpose of clarity (pictures, authority, etc) - To be formal 4. What are the good practices that increase the effectiveness of communication? (4 marks) Ways to improve effective communication - Continually practice writing in the language - write with a clear purpose that meets the needs of the reader - decide what you want to say and put this in a logical and suitable sequence - Use words, sentences, paragraphs and layout to convey your meaning concisely, courteously...
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...copy and use on your project and within your organization. We hope that you find this template useful and welcome your comments. Public distribution of this document is only permitted from the Project Management Docs official website at: www.ProjectManagementDocs.com Business Case Inventory Tie Out Tony’s Car quest 7820 Featherstone Drive Raleigh, NC 27615 March 30, 2015 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 1.1. Issue 2 1.2. Anticipated Outcomes 2 1.3. Recommendation 3 1.4. Justification 3 2. Business Case Analysis Team 4 3. Problem Definition 4 3.1. Problem Statement 4 3.2. Organizational Impact 5 3.3. Technology Migration 5 5. Strategic Alignment 9 6. Cost Benefit Analysis 10 7. Alternatives Analysis 11 8. Approvals 11 Executive Summary This section should provide general information on the issues surrounding the business problem and the proposed project or initiative created to address it. Usually, this section is completed last after all other sections of the business case have been written. This is because the executive summary is exactly that, a summary of the detail that is provided in subsequent sections of the document. This business case outlines how the Web Platform (WP) Project will address current business concerns, the benefits of the project, and recommendations and justification of the project. The business case also discusses detailed project goals, performance measures...
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...Course Project Part 3 Project592 CP - 3 2/22/2015 Dexter O. Shambley THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Schedule 0 Schedule 1 Performance Analysis Estimate at Completion Cost and Schedule Control Plan Revised Estimate at completion Schedule 2 Conclusion Executive Summary The new indoor theme park project is initially planned for duration of 180 Days with a start date of Apr 14, 2008. The actual initial planned cost was $4,846,920. The theme park attraction includes Ferris wheel, Bowling alley, Climbing wall, Carousel, Go Cart and mini golf. The project is broken into 3 levels and has various tasks. The final walk through is scheduled on Dec 18, 2008 with a grand opening on Dec 19th. The report is prepared to analyze the schedule and cost of the Indoor theme park project. The provided project information/data was used to create the project schedule which represents the project at a specific point during implementation. The Microsoft Project is used to serve as the tool to perform the project monitoring and control. The MS Project was also used to calculate the Earned Value Analysis. The output of the analysis, combined with a control plan, will be used to support the continuation of the project. The indoor theme park project is almost 5 months since inception and only 40% of the tasks are complete. The Actual cost is not provided so we can assume that costs are in control so we are not...
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...Ecommerce Team Project: This class provides the theoretical foundations necessary for understanding Ecommerce, how it is being conducted and managed, and what the major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks are in terms of assessing opportunities in the marketplace and managing everyday commerce. In order for the marketing student to grasp the complexities of these issues in the real business world, each student will be assigned to a special project group that will design and create an integrated Ecommerce business plan for a newly developed online company. Each team will be assigned a specific type of online business model. Project Concept: Each special project group will function as a marketing design team that will meet on several occasions to determine project requirements. Each group will be responsible for creating the appropriate Ecommerce business model, as part of the integrated Ecommerce marketing plan. Strategic market planning is a process directed towards making decisions with tomorrow in mind. As such, strategic market planning is a means of preparing for future decisions so that a firm can rapidly and economically, start and move forward with as little disruption to the business as possible. Proper strategic market planning can provide considerable benefits to start up firms, especially those firms requiring substantial financial backing or are involved in highly turbulent or changing environments online. Proper strategic market planning can act as a...
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...Improvement Project | Date Due: | 1st April 2015 | Date Submitted: | 1st April 2015 | Lecturer Name: | Mary Walmssley | Tutor Name | Norman Sim | ------------------------------------------------- I hereby certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my personal study and/or research and that I have acknowledged all material and sources used in the preparation of this assignment. I also certify that the assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students or authors. ------------------------------------------------- Student Name/ No: | Signature | Poh Wei Ke 11866516 | __________________ | Receipt Stamp * Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Brief Background 4 2. Goal and Objectives 5 3. Project Scope 6 4. Work Breakdown Structure 7 5. Project Schedule 8 Gantt chart 10 6. Budget summary 12 7. Risk Analysis 14 8. Various Stake holders 15 * Executive Summary Home improvement programme (HIP) was announced by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). This was a new programme to replace main upgrading programme (MUP). HIP is a programme that help owner of the flat to resolve common issues that most aging flat are facing spallign concrete. As this a government programme there is a funds for Singapore citizen (SC) and Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) households to receive subsidy. The subsidy are divided in two part full...
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...JOINT FIELD PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Your major and final project for both Organizational Behavior and Management Communication will be a field-based project pursued by your group, involving field research (interviews, focus groups, data collection, etc.), and culminating in a formal report and an oral presentation (by the team) to your client (optional) and your classmates and professors. Objectives The objectives of this assignment are: 1. To provide you the opportunity to apply the theory and processes you are learning to actual practice, with the structure and guidance provided by your professors, and with the support of your group and other classmates. 2. To provide you with substantive, real-world material on which you will base a final report that will include your problem or issue identification, findings and recommendations for change, including or followed by your theoretical defense of the merit of your recommendations (see below); and a final oral presentation based on the report. Description of Field Project Working in your groups, decide on a project or problem area in some organization to which you believe you can gain entrance (probably one of your own). The project or problem must be one that reflects your expertise as a behavioral consultant, and one that has a communication dimension. Since most matters of socio-technical systems and design are characterized as well by human communication difficulties...
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...Business Case [Project Name] NOTE TO READER: “Business Case Usage Guidelines” have been developed to accompany this template. | |Table of Contents | | | | Executive Summary 2 Background 3 Problem / Opportunity 3 Current Situation 3 Project Description 4 Project Description 4 Objectives 4 Scope 4 Out of Scope 4 Anticipated Outcomes 4 Stakeholders 5 Strategic Alignment 6 Environment Analysis 7 Alternatives 8 Business & Operational Impacts 9 Project Risk Assessment 10 Risk of Project and each Alternative (Not including Status Quo) 10 Risk of Not Proceeding with Project (Status Quo) 11 Cost/Benefit Analysis 12 Quantitative Analysis – Financial Cost & Benefit: 12 Qualitative Analysis – Non-Financial Benefits & Costs: 14 Assumptions 14 Conclusions & Recommendations 15 Conclusions 15 Recommendations 15 Project Responsibility 15 Project Accountability 15 Implementation Strategy 16 Review & Approval Process 17 Review Process 17 Approval Process 17 Business Case Signoff 17 |Section |Executive Summary ...
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...interest Activate active voice Polish with parallelism Write grammatically Punctuate properly Send focused e-mail Format technical reports Write clear processes and procedures Top of ClearTop of ClearTop |Effective Report Writing | Report writing is one of the most critical stages of many endeavours in the business world as well as the academic world. All the efforts that one has undertaken are finally translated into a report. It is going to be the face of the project and people are going to judge the project based on the reports given to them. Reports also form a very important tool for decision making. The report could be anything ranging from a one-day project to a Ph.D. thesis which is researched for years. The final report could make or break the entire project. Hence it is very important to write a good report. A "good report" is a very subjective term. What do we define as ‘good"? A good report should be one, which effectively conveys what the writer wants to say or what the outcome of...
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...AMBA 640 / AMBA 640 HYBRID COURSE MATERIALS ASSIGNMENTS Acme Mexico City and Application of World-Class Operations and Information Systems Management Techniques and Production Planning and Strategy for Toyota North America (Version 06/01/15) Background Information for Acme Mexico City Acme Home Improvements, Inc. was founded in 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. By mid 2015, the company had 125 stores along the US East Coast from Florida to Maine. Its annual sales are currently ~$5,400,000,000 with $280,000,000 net income. The average store is about 100,000 square feet with an additional 10,000 square feet of outside garden center. The stores typically carry 40,000 different products from 5,000 vendors worldwide. Major US competitors include Ace, Home Depot, Lowe's, and TruValue. All four operate already in Mexico. 1 In the interests of seeking greater profits and buffering against downturns in the US market, Acme has determined to follow these and other competitors to Canada and Mexico. In the latter, it has established, in accordance with Mexican law, a joint venture with local interests, known as Acme Home Improvements de México, SA de CV ("Acme de México" or "Acme Mexico City"). (SA de CV = Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable, a Mexican corporate form.) There are five major product groups within each Acme store: plumbing and electrical supplies, building materials, hardware and tools, seasonal and garden/yard items, and paint, flooring and wall coverings. Each store...
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...| | Time: 5.30pm | | | | Location: White Weddings, 100 chapel street Melbourne. | | | | Order of Business: | | | | 1 | Opening of meeting | | | 2 | Apologies | | | 3 | Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting (tabled and accepted) | | | 4 | Business arising from the minutes | | | 5 | Correspondence | | | 6 | Business arising from the correspondence | | | 7 | Issues | | a | identified | | b | methods employed or recommended | | c | actions required by management | | d | other matters affecting business operations | | | 8 | General Business | | | 9 | Closing of Meeting | | | Agenda Distribution via email | Manager - Chairperson | Supervisor | Team Members | Part B: Project plan Scenario or background information: Following the project meeting, team members are clear about their roles in the project planning process. Part B requires the production of a report specifying details of the project plan. The report is to consist of an executive summary, a table of contents, an introduction, a body, a conclusion and appendices. Details of content for each section are explained below. Executive Summary This section summarises the complete report in such a way that a busy executive can become rapidly acquainted with the material in the report, without having to read it all. Although it appears at the beginning of the report, it is the last thing to be written. Table of Contents...
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