INF 410(ASH) LEARNING GUIDANCE UOPHELP

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2. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Entire Course (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle (Ash Course) • INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life CycleINF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project ManagementINF 410 Week 1 QuizINF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project CharterINF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management PlanINF 410 Week 2 QuizINF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk IdentificationINF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple ConstraintINF 410 Week 3 QuizINF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeholder CommunicationINF 410 Week 4 DQ 2 Team Development ModelINF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report to Sponsors • Project Life Cycle. The four main elements of the project life cycle are defining, planning, executing and closing. Give an example of a task you performed on a project, either as a leader or team member, and identify what stage of the life cycle it was in and why. Describe if you felt the task was strategically important to

3. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project Management (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 1 Quiz (Ash Course) • of Project Management. • Project management has become an important aspect of business in many companies. Projects are integrated with the strategic views of the corporation to ensure maximum benefits are achieved. Describe how project management techniques • 1.         The professional certification for project managers is a Project Management Professional (PMP).

4. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project Charter (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management Plan (Ash Course) • Project Charter. Describe the importance of a project charter to the project manager. How does a strong project sponsor and clear project scope apply to the overall success of a project? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postin • Project Management Plan. List three important items that belong within a project management plan, and the importance of breaking the project into phases. Additionally, please comment on the importance of obtaining sponsorship approval when concluding each phase of the project. Respond to at least two of you

5. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 2 Quiz (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Identification (Ash Course) • 1.         The backward pass in project network calculations determines the • 2.         People working on prototype development needing time to interact with the desi • Risk Identification. State the importance of identifying risks and categorizing them as high, medium or low probability. Explain why risks associated with the critical path of the project need special attention. Respond to at least two of your

6. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple Constraint (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 3 Quiz (Ash Course) • Triple Constraint. The “triple constraint” in project management is traditionally time, resources and scope. Provide an example of a project you have been involved with that had limited resources. What types of • 1.         The initial step in the risk management process is to • 2.         Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak demand on resources is known as resource

7. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report to Sponsors (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeholder Communication (Ash Course) • Monthly Status Report to Sponsors. Assume you are the project manager for a software company and your team is in charge of delivering an update to tax preparation software for the next tax season. The project team has ten software developers working together, but located across the country. You have the following information about the project, and need to • Stakeholder Communication. Project managers must understand and communicate with all the stakeholders of a project. The project sponsor is one very important stakeholder that needs to be satisfied with the outcome of a project. Describe why the project sponsor is one of the most important stakeholders, and what a project manager should do to keep them informed of the status of a pr

8. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 4 DQ 2 Team Development Model (Ash Course) INF 410 Week 4 Quiz (Ash Course) • Team Development Model. Review the five stage model of team development in the required reading of Chapter 11. Describe a project that you are involved with right now, and the stage that the project team • 1.         The storming stage of team development is completed once members begin to think of themselves as part of a group • 2.         Project leadership is about coping with: • 3.         In mapping dependencies for a project

9. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Project Closure (Ash Course INF 410 Week 5 DQ 2 Globalization and Project Management (Ash Course)) • Project Closure. The decision to close a project before actual completion can happen for many different reasons. Describe a project you have been involved with, or of which you have knowledge, where one of these barriers to project success actually occurred and the project closed before completion. Is there something the project manager could have done to prevent the early termination? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ p • Globalization and Project Management. The globalization of the workforce is an important trend in many industries and organizations. Not only are some project managers assigned

10. INF 410(ASH)LEARNING GUIDANCE/UOPHELP INF 410 Week 5 Final Paper Project Management (Ash Course) • Focus of the Final Paper • The final six to eight page paper must demonstrate understanding of new learning in the field of project management. It is mandatory to have research from the classroom text, as well as two sources from the internet or online library to support your views. It is recommended to use examples from your

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