A Good Facilitator Jane, the International Customer Service Coordinator, has to lead her first meeting during the project to develop a new product for the company's biggest customer. She is rather nervous because her first impromptu meeting with her team didn't go too well. Jane now has to prepare for her next meeting with her team. Facilitation is the “knack” of leading effective team meetings (Wong, 2007). Jane must use meeting processes (which are often overlooked) to enable her team to
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5th Edition PMBOK® Guide—Chapter 5: Work Breakdown Structure Posted on March 19, 2013 by Jerome Rowley 1. Introduction The Work Breakdown Structure is a fundamental tool of project management which is formed as an output of the process 5.3 Create WBS. It is one of the three elements of the scope baseline. Table 1. Three Elements of the Scope Baseline | Element Name | Process | 1. | Project Scope Statement | Output of 5.3 Define Scope | 2. | WBS | Output of 5.4 Create WBS | 3. | WBS
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However, the strong emphasis on time, cost and quality may not necessarily ensure that rapid and constantly changing needs can be adequately and comprehensively addressed. Of all the approaches to production management, the theory and principles drawn from Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) seem to be best suited for enhancing project management practices. You will investigate and discuss how the application of lean approaches, such as lean construction, lean manufacturing and lean thinking, to
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increasing the channel depth to 50 feet. This increase of depth is to permit the larger cargo ships access to come into the harbor without relying on the schedule of the tides. In order for that channel depth increase, the CSS Georgia needs to be removed from its sunken position and moved to a salvagable location for furture use. U.S. Navy divers will need to take exceptional caution because of the strong likelihood that live ammunition and powder are still inside the wreckage. Risk Management Planning
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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) A work breakdown structure is a key project deliverable that organizes the team's work into manageable sections. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines the work breakdown structure as a "deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team." The work breakdown structure visually defines the scope into manageable chunks that a project team can understand, as each level of the work breakdown structure provides
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ASSIGNMENT 1 Case Analysis # 1 Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Stephen Byrne 10/13/2013 Prepared for Clifford White, MSTM 6034 – Project Management Brief Overview of the Situation: Teradyne Corporation is the world’s largest supplier of equipment used in semiconductor testing with 2004 net sales reaching 1.79 billion dollars (Gino & Piaano, 2006). As the semiconductor market has changed during the 1990’s through to the early 2000’s, the specific requirements for this
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However, the strong emphasis on time, cost and quality may not necessarily ensure that rapid and constantly changing needs can be adequately and comprehensively addressed. Of all the approaches to production management, the theory and principles drawn from Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) seem to be best suited for enhancing project management practices. You will investigate and discuss how the application of lean approaches, such as lean construction, lean manufacturing and lean thinking, to
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that organizations started to systematically apply project management tools and techniques to complex engineering projects.[9] Henry Gantt (1861–1919), the father of planning and control techniques As a discipline, project management developed from several fields of application including civil construction, engineering, and heavy defense activity.[10] Two forefathers of project management are Henry Gantt, called the father of planning and control techniques,[11] who is famous for his use of the Gantt
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Oscar Das Palm Beach State College Project Management Research Assignment-12 Abstract Methodology is a term that comes from method and in project we often choose different types of project such as construction to which process may finish the project earlier. In this essay I have contrasted many different methods of traditional waterfall. I have write a brief review of the advantages of the water and disadvantages as well as agile approach towards the project using methodology waterfall effect
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE ASSESSMENT 1 The final date for submission of this assessment without penalty is 24th March 2014 Assessment will be accepted for marking 14 days prior to the due date Late Penalty System Please refer to the Student/Programme Handbook This module is being delivered through the Manchester Blackboard virtual learning environment. All assessments must be submitted through Blackboard at: http://online.manchester.ac.uk/ If you have any technical difficulties using blackboard
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