estimates: analogy, group consensus, or mathematical relationships –Bottom-up (micro) estimates: estimates of elements of the work breakdown structure Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 5–1 Why Estimating Time and Cost Are Important • Estimates are needed to support good decisions. • Estimates are needed to schedule work. • Estimates are needed to determine how long the project should take and its cost. • Estimates are needed to determine whether
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BSBPMG522A ASSIGNMENT UNDERTAKE PROJECT WORK BSBPMG522A BSBPMG522A ASSIGNMENT UNDERTAKE PROJECT WORK BSBPMG522A Assignment – PART A: Define Project – the Project Charter – STUDENT INFORMATION Assessment due date 08/03/15 Scenario: You are an ambitious Customer Service Team Leader at Fynntown City Council Customer Service Centre (CSC). FCC CSC does not currently have a good reputation for Customer Service in either the business or general community. You have a lot of ideas
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managers can cultivate. | | Definition people skills | | | Term 5)Confrontation and defusion are two approaches to ________. | | Definition mediation | | | Term 6)The first step in assembling a project team is to study the work breakdown structure in order to ________. | | Definition identify skills | | | Term 7)A(n) ________ encourages conflict in an organization because it keeps an organization from stagnating. | | Definition interactionist | | | Term 8)________
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technology, goals, Project performance, assumptions, constrains, and major milestones. | |Client Sponsor/Key Stakeholder |WBS-High-Level Work Breakdown (email) |Leticia Chevis |Project Lead |Project Manager |Start of Project |Project Manager |Defines and provides the basis for deciding how to do the work will be done. | |Client Sponsor/Key Stakeholder |Project Schedule (Face to face-conference call) |LaQuanda Baker |Project Lead |Project Manager |Start of Project |Project Manager |Define tasks
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Project management for business Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………. 1 Task 1………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 1.1 Describe the background and the principles of project management……………………. 1 1.2 Appraise the viability of projects, developing success/failure criteria…………………... 2 1.3 Explain the principles behind project management system and procedures…………….. 4 1.4 Explain the key elements involved in terminating projects and conducting post project appraisal………………………………………………………………………………………
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Colin Drury, Management and Cost Accounting Boston Creamery Boston Creamery Professor John Shank, The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration Dartmouth College This case is reprinted from Cases in Cost Management, Shank, J. K. 1996, South Western Publishing Company. The case was prepared by Professor John Shank from an earlier version he wrote at Harvard Business School with the assistance of William J. Rauwerdink, Research Assistant. This case deals with the design and use of formal
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.........3 1.1. General Description of Work..............................................................................................................3 1.2. What Must Be Included with Bid .......................................................................................................3 1.3. Schedule of Bid Period Activities.......................................................................................................3 1.4. Location of Work .......................................
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ship it by courier. Refiling would again take about two days. So it took a lot of time, which would be used in more efficient way. Second problem is that old system used to break down frequently despite a few updates. Therefore , due to the breakdowns , work stopped and it would take a huge time(months) to reconciliate data and bring it up-to-date. Third problem is that here existed long-time consuming process, information was not available to agents and advisors in real-time, also staff didn’t
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APPENDIX P: Project Costs and Schedule Risk Analysis Report LCA CONVEY ATCHAFALAYA RIVER WATER TO NORTHERN TERREBONNE MARSHES AND MULTIPURPOSE OPERATION OF THE HOUMA NAVIGATION LOCK FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ST. LOUIS DISTRICT, ST. LOUIS, MO Prepared for: St. Louis District, St. Louis, MO __ Prepared by: Paige Scott __________________ Date: __03 May 2010 ________ TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................
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drafting and design, procurement, and transportation and logistics. Recently, the Ministry of Communication of a small country in the Caribbean has approached Global Communications. The country has had a communication hardware failure that caused a breakdown of its entire communication system. My task as a project manager is to put together a project team that will ascertain the extent of the damage and recommend a course of action for the country to follow. I will begin this project by identifying
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