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BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com

BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Risk<br>BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 2 Planning for Risk<br>BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management<br>BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors<br>BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation<br>

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  1. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com

  2. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Risk BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 2 Planning for Risk BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2 Stakeholder Analysis BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational Readiness (2 Papers) BUS 519 Week 4 DQ 1 Identifying and Mitigating Risks

  3. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Risk FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 1 DQ "What is Risk?" Please respond to the following: · Risk concerns both positive and negative aspects of an event. Analyze why it is important to consider both perspectives when addressing risk for an organization. Include an example to support your response. Evaluate how threats and opportunities can be used to an organization’s advantage when developing the risk management plan. Argue the value of having a risk strategy despite the cost associated with it. Include an example to support your response.

  4. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 2 Planning for Risk FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 1 Discussion 2 Top of Form "Planning for Risk" Please respond to the following: There are three schools of thought regarding risk. The first considers the positive and negative aspects of risk, but sees them as separate. The second group believes that there are benefits from treating threats and opportunities together, while the third school does not label uncertainties, but addresses uncertainty as part of “doing the job.” Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Respond to another student’s post (ground students will discuss their positions).

  5. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 2 DQ "Need for Risk Management" Please respond to the following: · There are four (4) critical success factors that are important for effective risk management: supportive organization; competent people; appropriate methods, tools and techniques; and simple, scalable process. Determine three (3) obstacles for an organization to manage risk effectively. Suggest strategies from the perspective of a project manager to avoid the obstacles.

  6. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 2 Discussion 2 "Critical Success Factors" Please respond to the following: There are four critical success factors that are important for effective risk management: supportive organization; competent people; appropriate methods, tools and techniques; and simple, scalable process. Predict the outcome of a project if any of these critical success factors is absent for a project. Support your predictions. Recommend how you would approach the stakeholders of the project and persuade them that the missing critical success factor(s) must be addressed in order to maximize a successful project. Support your response.

  7. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational Readiness (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational Readiness Due Week 3 and worth 200 points Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. Review the assigned case study and complete this assignment. Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Provide examples to support your analysis.

  8. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 3 Discussion 1 Top of Form "Project Initiation" Please respond to the following: One of the most important aspects of managing risk for a project is to accurately define the size of the project. Determine the criteria that must be considered to perform the project sizing and create one additional factor with rationale. Suppose the size of the project was not determined correctly and a large, complex project was defined as a medium project instead. Predict the outcome of the risk management process within this organization. Include examples (i.e., the incorrect schedule of the risk management review, incorrect schedule of quantitative assessments) to support your prediction.

  9. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2 Stakeholder Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 3 Discussion 2 "Stakeholder Analysis" Please respond to the following: Using the “Stakeholder Analysis Template” (Appendix B2 in the Hillson and Simon text) for a company that you currently work for or you are familiar with, determine the key stakeholders and categorize them by their attitude, power, and interest dimensions. Justify the categorization for each stakeholder and post the completed appendix for the class to see.Analyze how stakeholder analysis affects the overall project risk management within an organization. Include an example to support your response.

  10. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 4 Assignment 2 Risk Management Plan (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers BUS 519 Week 4 Assignment 2 Risk Management Plan Due Week 4 and worth 240 points Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. In this assignment, you will create a risk management plan. You have a budget of $100,000 and a timeline of six (6) months for the plan. Please refer to Figure A-1, Risk Management Plan Template, from Appendix A of the Hillson and Simon text to create the plan.

  11. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 4 DQ 2 Defining Risks FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 4 Discussion 2 Top of Form "Defining Risks" Please respond to the following: Imagine you have addressed the risks identified in Discussion 1. Now you have decided to proceed with your plan to open the pet store. Determine your potential stakeholders in the venture and analyze how they affect your risk management plan. Determine the strategies to bring this group of people together and convince them that you have a winning idea for your business. Support your response.

  12. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 4 DQ 2 Defining Risks FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 4 Discussion 2 Top of Form "Defining Risks" Please respond to the following: Imagine you have addressed the risks identified in Discussion 1. Now you have decided to proceed with your plan to open the pet store. Determine your potential stakeholders in the venture and analyze how they affect your risk management plan.

  13. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 5 DQ 1 Risk Perception FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 5 Discusion "Risk Perception" Please respond to the following: · Using the information presented in “Common Influences on Risk Perception” Figure 6-3 (Hillson and Simon text), determine the conscious factors, subconscious factors, and affective factors for this project. Examine how awareness of such factors influences the decision of hiring outside vendors. In addition, analyze how the stated factors help improve the overall facilitation and effectiveness of the risk management.

  14. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 5 DQ 2 Risk Responsibility FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 5 Discussion 2 "Risk Responsibility" Please respond to the following: It is important to identify responsible individuals to be risk owners. Imagine you have identified the highest risk for your project and you plan to assign responsibilities to an individual. Compose a list of at least eight questions that you would want to have the individual answer satisfactorily before you assign the responsibilities. Provide a rationale for the creation of your list.

  15. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 6 Assignment 3 Risk Workshop and Risk Register (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers BUS 519 Week 6 Assignment 3 Risk Workshop and Risk Register Due Week 6 and worth 240 points Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. Write an eight to ten (8-10) Risk Workshop and Risk Register Component paper in which you: 1. Identify the required pre-workshop activities.

  16. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 1 Possible Risk Impacts FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 6 Discussion 1 "Possible Risk Impacts" Please respond to the following: Using Table 5.4 Possible Risk Impacts, (Chapter 5 of the Heldman text), select the top-three most critical risks regardless of the size or scope of a project. Justify your selection. Suggest strategies for the project manager to address each type of the risks selected in Part 1 of this discussion. Support your suggestion.

  17. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 2 Quantitative Risk Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 6 DQ "Quantitative Risk Analysis" Please respond to the following: · Review the Monte Carlo Analysis method presented in Chapter 15 of the Hillson and Simon text. Then, determine whether or not you would recommend to a project manager the use of this methodology for a large, complex project. Include an example to support your response. If you would not recommend the use of a method such as Monte Carlo, explain what you would recommend as an alternative tool that would allow the project manager to make informed decisions. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.

  18. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 7 DQ 1 Response Strategies FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 7 Discussion 1 Top of Form "Response Strategies" Please respond to the following: After a risk workshop has been completed, risk interviews are often completed with subject matter experts. Assess the value of the interviews to identify risk response strategies. Provide one example of a subject area you would expect to be addressed in the interview and explain why.

  19. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 7 DQ 2 Planning for Unknowns FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 7 DQ Planning for Unknowns" Please respond to the following: •Evaluate your project management options in terms of schedule, performance, and cost for the following scenario. Support your evaluation. An office building construction project is 80% complete in the southern Virginia area, when a major hurricane strikes, and stops progress on the worksite for 10 days while damage is assessed and repairs are completed. The project has a fixed budget and a completion date that cannot be moved any further to the right.

  20. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 8 DQ 1 Ongoing Risk Management FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 8 DQ "Ongoing Risk Management" Please respond to the following: · In many risk programs, risks are managed individually. However, a robust risk program considers the cumulative effect of all risks. Assess the following scenario and identify the effect of multiple events on a risk management strategy: When the Titanic struck the iceberg, the weather was bad, the lookouts were not properly equipped, the radio operator was not monitoring other ship traffic in the area, and the ship design had a major flaw in the construction of the hull’s “watertight” compartments.

  21. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 8 DQ 2 Risk Review Process FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 8 Discussion 2 “Risk Review Process” Please respond to the following: · • Identify the use of major and minor reviews during a project’s life cycle, and determine which project factors (e.g., size, complexity, budget, schedule, human resources) would aid in the determination of the use of the reviews. Support your position(s). • Select which types of stakeholders should attend major reviews and which types of stakeholders should attend minor reviews. Justify your selection. Discuss how the stakeholder groups affect the review types.

  22. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom bus 519 week 9 assignment 4 project progress (2 papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers BUS 519 Week 9 Assignment 4 Project Progress Due Week 9 and worth 200 points Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. During the project life cycle, project risk reviews and reports are required as previously identified in the risk management plan. Two months after the project started, the following events have taken place.

  23. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 9 DQ 1 Post-Project Review FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com "Post-Project Review" Please respond to the following: Assess the importance of completing post-project reviews, and determine what project documentation must be updated as a result of the review meeting. Discuss the risks associated with failing to complete the documentation to the organization. Discuss how this should be handled when not completed from a managerial perspective. Identify the benefits of a complete risk register for a subsequent phase of a project. Speculate on the consequence of project management without a complete risk register. Include an example to support your response.

  24. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 9 DQ 2 Small-Project Application FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 9 Discussion 2 "Small-Project Application" Please respond to the following: Compare and contrast the differences in the ATOM methodology for large versus small projects. Analyze why it is important to address these differences when preparing the initial project plan. Analyze the impact on the budget and other project resources if a tailored process for a small project is not employed. Include an example or scenario to support your response.

  25. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 10 DQ 1 ATOM for Large Projects FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 10 DQ "ATOM for Large Projects" Please respond to the following: · Debate whether or not the cost of utilizing ATOM for large projects is justified when an organization has limited resources to dedicate to risk management efforts. Provide a description that you would present to your managers to persuade them to see matters your way

  26. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 10 DQ 2 Project Lessons Learned FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 10 Discussion 2Top of Form "Project Lessons Learned" Please respond to the following: Using Figure 16-2, “Sources of Risks at the Program Level” from the Hillson and Simon text as the basis for your discussion, provide three reasons why it would be appropriate to address risks at all levels in the organization. As the ATOM methodology has been presented in this course, its usefulness has been demonstrated for an individual project. Analyze whether or not changes would be necessary to use the ATOM methodology to manage risk for a program versus for an individual project. Include an example to support your analysis.

  27. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 11 DQ 1 Methodology Comparison FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 11 Discussion 1 "Methodology Comparasion" Please respond to the following: From the e-Activity, choose one project risk management methodology (not ATOM), compare and contrast the steps of the methodology you chose with ATOM. Provide an example of how each methodology is clearly used. Determine if you would choose ATOM as the most significant methodology for all of your project risk management. Justify whether or not you would replace the one you researched with ATOM. Support your response.

  28. BUS 519 MENTOR Career Path Begins/bus519mentor.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom BUS 519 Week 11 DQ 2 Course Lessons Learned FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus519mentor.com Week 11 Discussion 2 "Course Lessons Learned" Please respond to the following: Identify three concepts that you have learned in this course that will be useful for project work in your current organization. Explain how you would justify the use of the three concepts identified to other members of your organization.

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