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PSC450 Week 1 Discussions
dq 1
In your own words,
define organizational strategy. Explain the relationship between a business’s organizational
strategy and its projects. Based on your budding understanding of project
management, predict which elements of project management are most influenced by
the business’s organizational strategy? Provide specific examples.
dq 2
Review two of the
project management software tools available via links in the course syllabus.
Provide an overview of each software and decide if you will use either of the
software for projects throughout the course and why. If you decide to use the
software, what challenges, if any, do you foresee with using it? If you have
used any of the software before, please share your experience and any tips you
may have.
PSC450 Week 2 Discussions
dq 1
Discuss the process
your CLC team went through to assess your team’s project proposals, prioritize them,
and select the first project to be undertaken by your retail store. What
challenges did you have, if any? What worked well? Were you surprised by
anything as it relates to the communication among your team in completing the
assignment? What are your team plans for completing the work breakdown
structure? Which software will you be using and why?
dq 2
How would you go about
analyzing an organizational structure in terms of creating a work breakdown
structure? What are the major organizational characteristics that you would
evaluate? Provide an example to support your response. You may use your CLC
assignment and background information as your support.
PSC450 Week 3 Discussions
dq 1
What are the
differences between bottom-up and top-down estimating approaches? Determine
advantages and disadvantages for using each approach. Under what conditions
would you prefer one over the other? Provide a specific example to support your
response.
dq 2
Why bother creating a
WBS? Why not go straight to a project network and forget the WBS?
PSC450 Week 4 Discussion
dq 1
Explain, in your own
words, the relationship between a project network and a project plan. Can a
project plan be created without a project network? Why or why not? Provide a
specific example and evidence from the readings to support your response.
dq 2
Share a source you
will use in writing your resource scheduling methods analysis paper. Provide an
APA citation for the source. Provide a brief summary of the source, an
evaluation of the merits or reliability of the source, and your personal
reaction to the contents of the source such as whether or not you learned
anything new regarding project management.
PSC450 Week 5 Discussion
dq 1
The Manchester United
Soccer Tournament project team (refer to the Manchester United Soccer club case
study in chapter 4 of the text) has identified the following potential risks to
their project:
1.
1. Referees failing to
show up at designated games
·
Fighting between teams
·
Pivotal error
committed by a referee that determines the outcome of a game
·
Abusive behavior along
the sidelines by parents
·
Inadequate parking
·
Not enough teams sign
up for different age brackets
·
Serious injury
How would you
recommend that they respond (i.e., avoid, accept) to these risks and why?
Support your response with evidence from the readings or other materials.
Please be sure to use APA format for citing your source. As a follow-up to the
discussion, critique the response of at least one fellow classmate by
acknowledging both strengths and opportunities for improvement (things the
classmate may not have considered) in his or her response.
dq 2
Consider the following
statement: “The essence of project management is risk management.” What does it
mean in terms of completing a project successfully? Support your response with
evidence from the readings or other materials. Be sure to use APA format for
citing your source.
PSC450 Week 6 Discussion
dq 1
Reflect upon the
projects completed in your CLC team. Analyze the development of the team in
terms of the five-phase model or the punctuated equilibrium model. Choose the
model that does the best job of explaining how your team evolved. Provide
specific examples from your experience working in your team as to why the model
is the best fit for explaining the development of your team.
dq 2
As a project manager,
describe your approach to managing conflict within a team. How would you
approach resolving a personality conflict within a team?
PSC450 Week 7 Discussion
dq 1
Why is it important
for project managers to resist changes to the project baseline? Under what
conditions would a project manager make changes to a baseline? When would a
project manager not allow changes to a baseline?
dq 2
Describe your approach
to tracking a project. What kinds of issues would you focus on if you were a
project manager? Why?
PSC450 Week 8 Discussion
dq 1
What challenges may
arise if a U.S. project manager moves to a foreign country to manage a project
for 5 years? Discuss specific strategies that the U.S. project manager could
use to be successful in a situation such as this. Be specific and support your
response with evidence from the readings or other materials. Please be sure to
use APA format for citing your source(s).
dq 2
Reflect upon your
experiences throughout the course. What was the most surprising thing you
learned about project management and why? What was the most challenging concept
studied? What are you most likely to use as a current or future project manager?
PSC450 Week 1 Benchmark Assignment
Details:
You currently work for
a retail store that carries basic household goods, some groceries, and health
and beauty products. The store is located in the small community (approximately
5,000 total residents) in which you live and is looking to expand its
operations in some way.
For this assignment,
you are required to develop a major project proposal to be undertaken by your
employer. You may decide to expand your product offerings or open an additional
store in an adjacent community, for example.
You may use figure
2.4A and B in chapter 2 of your textbook as a general outline of what your
proposal should entail. Your project proposal must include the following
components:
1.
1. Project title
2.
2. Project manager
(yourself)
3.
3. Problem definition
or project rationale: Describe the problem or opportunity for improvement.
4.
4. Goal definition:
Describe the project goals.
5.
5. Objective
definition: Quantify the savings or benefits you expect from completing this project.
How much will it cost (hours, materials, methods, equipment, etc.)? Estimate
how long the project will take to complete.
6.
6. Resources: Identify
the resources necessary to complete the project.
7.
7. Risk analysis:
Identify the major risks associated with undertaking this project. How likely
is it that these risks will occur? How will the project be impacted if these
risks occur?
Refer to “The Retail
Store” for additional information about your organization.
Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 2 CLC Project Selection Assignment
Details:
This is a CLC
assignment.
Your instructor will
assign you to a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) team. Submit your
project proposal completed for Module 1 to your CLC team for review.
Work with your CLC
team to evaluate the project proposals submitted by your team members. Refer to
“The Retail Store” information sheet and figure 2.6 in chapter 2 of your
textbook (an explanation of how to use this figure precedes it) for the
additional information needed to complete a priority analysis.
Use the completed
priority analysis, your organization background information, and your knowledge
thus far gained in project management to collectively prioritize the projects
and decide which project is to be undertaken first.
Your CLC team should
submit the following:
1.
1. A completed
priority analysis
2.
2. Determination of
which project is to be undertaken first, along with a summary of why the
project was chosen, including an explanation of the relationship between the
project and the organization’s mission, vision, and objectives
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 3 Sharp Printing, AG Assignment
Details:
Read through the Sharp
Printing, AG case found in chapter 5 of the textbook. This case refers to
Lauren, an experienced employee who is assigned as the project manager to the
project at hand. According to the WBS, the estimate on this project was
increasingly over budget. In preparation for a meeting with stakeholders,
Lauren brainstormed suggestions to resolve some of the estimates originally
compiled.
Decide what you would
do if you were the project manager on this project. Identify which suggestions
offered were supportive to the end result of the project.
Answer the
corresponding questions provided at the end of the case (500-750 words). Use
references from the reading materials to support your response.
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 3 Project Network Plan Assignment
Details:
Project Networking
provides the necessary tools to monitor project progress. Considerable time and
effort is expended developing successful project networks.
Refer to exercise 9 in
chapter 6 of the textbook. Read the assignment thoroughly and analyze the data
provided in the diagram.
Compute the project
network sequence and proper timing to complete the project using an excel
spreadsheet, PowerPoint, or another appropriate form of delivery method. Address all required information in the
description presented in exercise 9. In addition, respond to the following
questions (300-500 words):
1.
1. Provide the Early
Start, Early Finish, Late Start, and Late Finish times for each activity.
Compute the Total Slack for each activity. Determine which activities are on
the critical path. How long will it take to complete the project?
2.
2. An activity that is
on the critical path for this project has increased by 7. Will the project end
date be delayed? If so, by how much?
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 4 CLC: Defining the Project Assignment
Details:
This is a CLC
assignment.
For this assignment,
work with your CLC team to develop a project scope statement and work breakdown
structure (WBS) for the project chosen in Module 2.
You may use Microsoft
Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Visio to complete
this assignment. You may optionally use project management scheduling software
to create the WBS. Note that use of project management scheduling software is
optional and not required.
Refer to chapter 4 of
your textbook for examples of project scope statements and layouts of a WBS. A
good WBS example is shown in Figure 4.4.
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 5 Resource Scheduling Methods Analysis Paper
Assignment
Details:
For this assignment,
write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you analyze the concept of resource
scheduling and evaluating various methods used to schedule resources in project
management.
Your analysis should
include the following:
1.
1. An analysis of the
benefits and challenges associated with resource scheduling
2.
2. A discussion of at
least two methods used to schedule resources and examples of when each method
would be most appropriate, given the scope of the project
Choose which method
would be most appropriate for the project your CLC team selected and explain
why you felt it was most appropriate.
You must include at
least two additional sources, one of which must be a journal article, outside
of your textbook, to support your analysis.
Prepare this
assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
grading rubric. Instructors will
be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review
the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the
assignment.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student
Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 6 Franklin Equipment, Ltd. Case Study Assignment
Details:
Read the “Franklin
Equipment, Ltd.” case study in chapter 11 of the textbook.
Use references from the
reading materials to support your responses.
Prepare this
assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student
Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 7 Tree Trimming Project Assignment
Details:
Read through the Tree Trimming Projectcase in chapter 13 of the textbook. This case
refers to the earned value (EV) of the owner, Will Fence’s Tree Trimming
business. Will briefly describes his techniques for EV. Based on the
description provided in the case, is Will using EV?
Answer the corresponding
question provided at the end of the case (300-500 words). Use references from
the reading materials to support your response.
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 7 Project Planning Assignment
Details:
When looking at the
life of a project plan, it is useful to graph and outline the cost variance
(CV), and schedule variance (SV). Determining progress, or lack of progress,
provides essential information to assess a given project.
Complete exercise 2 in
chapter 13 of the textbook. Given the data provided, in an excel spreadsheet,
PowerPoint, or other appropriate method of delivery, determine the following:
1.
1. Schedule Variance
(SV)
2.
2. Cost Variance (CV)
3.
3. Schedule
Performance Index (SPI)
4.
4. Cost Performance
Index (CPI)
In 250-300 words,
answer the questions provided with the exercise. Reflect on the assessment of
this project assessment. Should the project continue to improve?
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
PSC450 Week 8 Training PowerPoint Presentation Assignment
Details:
You have been asked by
your supervisor to develop a PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming training
on the following topics: ethics, international factors, and cross-cultural
considerations in project management.
Using 15-20 slides,
create a PowerPoint presentation in which you discuss the following as it
relates to successful project management:
1.
1. A summary of each
topic as it relates to project management
2.
2. Challenges (common
pitfalls) and opportunities for growth and/or improvement
3.
3. Solutions for
dealing with challenges common in project management
4.
4. Include one
scenario applicable to each concept in which your coworkers will have to
determine an appropriate response to handling the issue presented in the scenario
and faced by a project management team
While APA format is
not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your
instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions.
Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
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