...................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 4 Main Body .............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.0 Project Charter ......................................................................................................................... 5 Project Vision .................................................................................................................................. 6 Project Objectives/Deliverables ....................................................................................................... 6 Assumptions .................................................................................................................................... 7 Risks and Dependencies................................................................................................................... 7 Actor Catalog .................................................................................................................................. 9 Business Process Flow ................................................................................................................... 10 Project Organization Chart ...........................................................................
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...Chapter 6 Allocating Resources to the Project This chapter extends the previous one on scheduling into the area of allocating resources among the activities of a project, or among multiple projects competing for the same resources. The chapter begins with a discussion of expediting project completion times and highlights that by selectively choosing which activities to crash and by how much, we can determine the minimum cost for all possible project completion time. The use of Excel’s Solver optimization routine to facilitate this analysis is also presented. Next, the chapter moves on to the topic of resource loading and in particular highlights the problems of over scheduling resources. The topics of resource leveling and resource allocation naturally follow in the subsequent sections. Finally, the chapter concludes with an overview of several of the concepts Goldratt raises in his provocative book Critical Chain. Cases and Readings A case appropriate to the subject of this chapter is: Harvard: 9-613-020 Space Constructors, Inc. This 3-page case involves a simple project where partial crashing has already been planned but more, and less, crashing is also to be considered. The network has some special characteristics that offer some worthwhile lessons for the student. Answers to Review Questions 1. Given the fact that a project’s resource requirements are clearly spelled out in the project’s action plan, why are PMs so concerned with resource...
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...Chapter 6 Allocating Resources to the Project This chapter extends the previous one on scheduling into the area of allocating resources among the activities of a project, or among multiple projects competing for the same resources. The chapter begins with a discussion of expediting project completion times and highlights that by selectively choosing which activities to crash and by how much, we can determine the minimum cost for all possible project completion time. The use of Excel’s Solver optimization routine to facilitate this analysis is also presented. Next, the chapter moves on to the topic of resource loading and in particular highlights the problems of over scheduling resources. The topics of resource leveling and resource allocation naturally follow in the subsequent sections. Finally, the chapter concludes with an overview of several of the concepts Goldratt raises in his provocative book Critical Chain. Cases and Readings A case appropriate to the subject of this chapter is: Harvard: 9-613-020 Space Constructors, Inc. This 3-page case involves a simple project where partial crashing has already been planned but more, and less, crashing is also to be considered. The network has some special characteristics that offer some worthwhile lessons for the student. Answers to Review Questions 1. Given the fact that a project’s resource requirements are clearly spelled out in the project’s action plan, why are PMs so concerned with...
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...CHAPTER 6 Allocating Resources to the Project In this chapter we consider the problem of allocating physical and human resources to projects.* The physical and human resources are granted to and used by the project in order to meet the project’s performance objectives. The amount of resources that can be allocated, of course, depends on the timing of the allocation as well as on the total supply of resources available for allocation. Mainly, resource allocation concerns how we allocate specific, limited resources to specific activities (or projects) when there are competing demands for the same limited resources. Projects compete with each other for the same resources in two different ways. First, consider a resource that is limited but is not consumed when used, the services of a specific technical specialist for instance. The problem here is which project gets to use the resource first and which must wait. Second, consider a resource that is limited and is consumed when used, a specific chemical reagent for instance. In this case, the second project may have to wait until more of the reagent can be purchased and delivered. In both cases, the project that must wait may suffer a schedule delay that makes it late. Just as projects may compete for resources, different activities of the same project may compete. Two or more concurrent activities might require the same personnel, or equipment, or even work space. One activity will be given priority, and the other(s) must wait. In...
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...9-699-044 REV: NOVEMBER 1, 2001 STEFAN THOMKE BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A) “Looks great,” thought Chris Bangle as he walked by a picture of the new BMW 3-Series which was about one year away from its scheduled 1998 launch in Germany. Bangle, a former Wisconsin native, who became the company’s director of worldwide design at age 35, glanced at his watch. In just 30 minutes, he would meet with other senior managers about project recommendations that might revolutionize the way cars had been designed over the past eight decades at BMW. The meeting was in the inner sanctum of BMW’s research and engineering building, the Forschungs-und Ingenieurszentrum, known locally as the “FIZ” (pronounced “fits”). Built in 1987, this massive building centralized the work of 40 facilities previously scattered through Munich. All work from product concept to pilot production occurred in the FIZ. But only a privileged few out of the five thousand who worked in the building had ever visited this corner of the company where the meeting was to be held. Bangle pulled out his card key that would let him pass through a sleek space-age security system that resembled an oval chamber. After negotiating a push card entry system, a set of doors slid close behind him and another set opened up to reveal the styling area—a world of future visions, inhabited by many life-size clay models of cars under development that would eventually come to life on roads of the next millennium. BMW had weathered...
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...Team 4 - Your Way to have a Nutritious Day Project Proposal and Plan 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Everyone wants to grow high and achieve more, along with fulfilling their dreams and responsibilities. For achieving a dream or fulfill our responsibilities we should be planned, have resources and over the top we should possess Good Health. Here comes the Motto of our project How to be healthy ? In today’s fast-paced life, where people are busy in achieving targets take less care to our food habitat which adversely affect our health.we tend to eat food that is readily available and food that can be prepared quickly.For example, we have pizzas, french fries, and other eateries whose products are harmful to our long-term wellness. Most of us don't think about the state of our health until we're sick, but being mindful of small choices and paying attention to the way you feel can help optimize your health. Healthy living is more than simple daily habits – it's a lifestyle. A typical fast-food restaurant’s products contain so many preservatives and artificial ingredients, it’s morally irresponsible to entitle such dishes as “food.” It’s conceivable to say the art of cooking is a lost one because of this ever-growing fast-food problem . Now, on top of this problem, there is the ever-present issue of budgeting and what an individual’s income looks like. There are variations to any single individual’s weekly/monthly/yearly income, and so they must budget their moneys accordingly in...
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...Project Scope: The expansion project for JS Corporation to spread out its operations in Huntsville, Alabama in order to capitalize on potential growth and meet its strategic plan will begin April 17, 2006 with an expected completion date of June 16, 2007. An amount of 25,000 sq. ft. will be renovated in the existing "Boeing Corporation" facility. Total operating capital for the project is $3,450,000. For the project to be considered complete, the following deliverables must be met: Project Deliverables include • A completely operational manufacturing and distribution facility • Acquisition of equipment required for production and distribution • Meet and/or exceed all building code and safety standards • Complete testing equipment • Extensive walk through 1 week before completion and sign off by management. • Recruiting and training of new personnel. • Provide all appropriate Permits and approvals Management Plan The Board of Directors will be responsible for the final approval of the project and will determine the success level at completion. The Program Team will facilitate risk probabilities and scope changes. This committee will meet with the Project Manager should cost or duration problems arise. The Production Management is responsible for the plant operations and will conduct the final inspection and audit, which will be presented to the Program Team and the Board of Directors. Completion will be judged based upon success of the pre-production...
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...Solutions that will help simplify the accounting processes and still have the ability to generate the information needed to make informed business decisions. The project is intended to support the planning, oversight, and implementation of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and to establish a structure to maintain the accounting functions and payroll with system/data interfaces, tables, and codes. The project will provide planning, analysis, programming, data updates, testing, documentation, software quality assurance and implementation support to ensure that this software provides continued relevance to the accounting department of the organization (Horne, 2011). Objectives The objectives of the project include the following 1. Support and improve the current operations in the organization. 2. Improve efficiency of delivery systems, 3. Reduce product costs. 4. Improve the company’s market position and future prospects. Scope Statements The Project Management Plan (PMP) shows relevant information for the QuickBooks Enterprise Solution project. The scope of the PMP covers the project organizational structures in staffing, management processes to include dependencies and constraints as well as a high level description of technical processes that will be managed through the controls described in the PMP. It is used as a tool by the Project...
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...Industrial Project Management: A Handbook of Planning, Scheduling & Evaluation Techniques Dr. Miltiadis A. Boboulos Eng. Lazar Peshev Chapter 1 Decision modelling in management 1.1. Decision Modelling Modelling decisions in management is a process of developing models reflecting the interrelations between relevant factors in a real situation. The model is reality presented in a simplified form. Modelling is a specific method and means of comprehension. It is applied in company management to study various activity alternatives using developed models. Every individual model comprises various components, variables, parameters, relations, limitations and criteria [1]. • Components correspond to the elements of the system under study. • Variables are used to describe the relations between individual components of the model. They can have more than a single value [2]. • Parameters characterize the influence that various variables have in the model. They are constant for every individual model, i.e. they have just a single value [2]. • Relations reflect the links, relations and interaction between various components, variables and parameters in the model [3]. • Limitations point out the variation limits and can be either placed in space and time, can be single-value or multi-value, one-sided or double-sided, global or local, etc [4]. • Criteria are means of evaluation, comparison and selection. They are objective and subjective, qualitative and quantitative [4]. The model...
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...1) Planning Phase During this phase, the group that is responsible for creating the system must first determine what the system needs to do for the organization (requirements gathering), asking questions such as: What is the system needed for? What will the system do for the organization? How is the system going to be made? Analysis In this phase is the group that has been placed in charge of the project must decide if the project should initialize with the resources available. This also includes looking at any existing system to see what it is doing for the organization and how well that system is doing its job. Feasibility is also considered in this phase which gives rise to questions such as: Can the system be created with the resources presently available? Will the system significantly improve the organization? Does the old system even need to be replaced? Design This phase involves the actual creation and design of a system. This is where the team puts together the different pieces that will create the system. In a database approach, this would include the server hosting the database, software that will form the database, other needed Database Management System software. Implementation This phase involves the actual construction and installation of a system. Implementation also includes the maintenance of the system and any future updates or expansion of the system. With the database project example, the following activities are examples of...
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...because it causes a huge loss and impact on the society. There are many control systems in an airport, and the report only focus on air traffic control system (ATC). The risks, mitigations strategies, risk management plan is analysis the technology problem and solution to the computer system of ATC. In this report, the hazard, financial and operational risks that cause by information technology vulnerability is assess in the first session. The second session discusses the risk management techniques for the risks that identify in first session. Lastly, the risk mitigation plan is discussed the critical business function and plans to deal with computer outage, power outage when the issues happen. RISK ASSESSMENT Activity, Asset, Data information, risk The Air Traffic Control (ATC) is responsible for several activities in the airport. It involves separation assurance, landing services operating, navigation and ground control. Separation assurance is one of the main ATC components. It maintains the separation of aircraft from each other to avoid collision (Dwyer & Landry, 2013). The separation assurance tracks the position of each aircraft, and air traffic controller collects the information and provides it to the pilot. Both of automated tasks and manual tasks are involved in this function. The flights information such as identification, location and situation is recorded and used in the system. The separation assurance involves different facility such as radar and control...
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...5 1.4 Compromise or Non Compromise 5 2. Goals and Objectives 6 3. Penertation testing Methodology 2.1 Penetration test plans 2.2 NIST penertation testing documentation 2.3 Web application penertation testing 2.4 E-commerece penertation testing 2.5 Network penetration testing 2.6 Common tools and applications for peneration testing 7 2.7 Black box testing, grey box testing, Black/grey box testing 2.8 Social engineering testing 7 3. Test Plan 15 3.1 Task 3.1 Reporting 3.1 Schedule 3.2 Limitation of Liability 3.3 End of Testing 3.1 Unanswered Questions 10 3.4 Signatures 8 3.1 Authorization Letter 8 4. Conclusion 11 5. Bibiography 11 Acronyms 22 Appendix A – Test Case Procedures 23 Abstract This document is a proposal with a series of activities undertaken to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities. It helps confirm the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the security measures that have been implemented. This proposal provides an understanding of penetration testing. It discusses the benefits, the strategies and the mythology of conducting penetration testing. The mythology of penetration testing includes three phases: test preparation, test and test analysis. Key Words: Security Testing, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, Web Application Penetration Testing. What is a Penetration test? Penetration tests are a great...
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...Project Management Project Proposal This project is targeted at developing a comprehensive online order placement system (Bezoz et al. 1999) for utilization in the food items service market which will enable the restaurants to easily and quickly handle an online list of options which client can browse over the Internet and utilize to place orders with only a few mouse clicks. The clients will have to select whether they need the food items to be sent to them or it will be packed for pick-up. The charges or payments will be made upon pick-up or delivery. There will be the software application administrator who will have the privileges to add and handle user accounts, a supervisor who will be handling food items and purchases and last but not least a food deliverer who will be working explicitly with awaiting supplies. The client will be able to view the food items, sign-up and place the order. There will be a verification invoice (printable) for each and every purchase hat is made by the client. The development of this project will be determined by Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with HTML and PHP as the development 'languages' while MySQL server will be used as the data source of the project. HTML language is beneficial due to its simple to use and understand approval qualities while MySQL has better innovative functionalities and qualities, is free, has good protection and possess interoperability. The benefits of using PHP language in developing this project...
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...Medical Records Project Keller Graduate School of Management PROJ-586 (Project Management Systems) Professor: EZAM MOHAMMED 2013 Table of Contents Project Charter – Week 1 3 Figure A: Project Charter 4 Project Scope Statement – Week 2 6 Figure B: Project Scope Statement 7 Project Work Breakdown Structure – Week 2 9 Figure C: Project Work Breakdown Structure 9 Project Schedule –Week 3 11 Figure D: Project Schedule 11 1. What is your critical path? 11 2. Does this critical path make sense? 12 3. Do your predecessors make sense? 12 4. How accurate are your durations? 12 5. What could be done to improve the accuracy of your durations? 13 6. Are there any resources over-allocated? 13 Project Schedule with Cost Information – Week 4 13 Figure E: Project Schedule with Cost Information 14 Essay questions – Week 4 14 1. What is your total budget for this project? And does the budget make sense? 14 2. What can be done to lower the budget and reduce the project’s duration? 15 Risk Management – Week 5 17 Figure F: Quantitative Matrix 19 Figure G: Risk Assessment Matrix 19 Communication Plan – Week 6 20 Figure H: Project Team Communication Plan 21 Figure I: Stakeholder Communication Plan 21 Figure J: Meeting agendas 22 References 23 Introduction An electronic medical record (EMR) system is a technology that maintains comprehensive information of a patient’s medical history and allows physicians to improve their...
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...and cannot be controlled 5. Interpret results and recognize the limitations of a study 6. Identify the ethical issues associated with collecting data with human subjects 1 April 3, 2016 PURPOSE OF EVALUATION 3 TIMING AND TYPES OF EVALUATION 5 LITERATURE REVIEW, HEURISTIC EVALUATION, AND COGNITIVE WALKTHROUGHS USABILITY TESTING COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION AND CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS IN-SERVICE EVALUATION 5 7 8 9 STEPS IN CONDUCTING A STUDY 10 STUDY DESIGN 11 ONE FACTOR WITH TWO LEVELS ONE FACTOR WITH MORE THAN TWO LEVELS MULTIPLE FACTORS BETWEEN-SUBJECTS DESIGN WITHIN-SUBJECT DESIGNS MIXED DESIGNS SAMPLING PEOPLE, TASKS, AND SITUATIONS 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 MEASUREMENT 15 DATA ANALYSIS 16 ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS ANALYSIS OF DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES 16 17 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS 18 STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND TYPE I AND TYPE II ERRORS STATISTICAL AND PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE GENERALIZING AND PREDICTING 18 19 19 DRIVER DISTRACTION: EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FACTORIAL DESIGN 19 ETHICAL ISSUES 21 CONCLUSION 21 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 21 QUESTIONS 22 2 April 3, 2016 A government official was involved in a car crash when another driver ran a stop sign while texting on a mobile phone. The crash led the official to introduce legislation that banned all...
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