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CMGT 575 Entire Course (UOP) CMGT 575 nerd peer educator CMGT 575 Week 1 DQs and Summary CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 1 CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 2 CMGT 575 Week 1 Summary CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 1 CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 2 CMGT 575 Week 2 Summary CMGT 575 Week 2 Individual Assignment SR-rm-004 Project CMGT 575 Week 3 DQ 1 CMGT 575 Week 3 DQ 2 In his 2007 article, Cervone discusses PMI’s five process groups and nine knowledge areas. Which two knowledge areas are most critical in delivering a successful project and why? CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 1CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 1
CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 2 CMGT 575 nerd peer educator Carton et al (2007) describe what they consider a successful enterprise resource planning implementation. What aspects of the project made it successful, in their definition? Why or why not would your organization describe this as successful? What are the most important points that you've learned during week 1 of the class? CMGT 575 Week 1 Summary
CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 1 CMGT 575 nerd peer educator In their 2008 article, Turner et al describe the relatively low implementation rate of Gantt chart, CPM diagrams, etc. in projects. Does your organization use these tools? How does this data compare to the implementation of these tools in your organization? Why? In their 2008 article, Cavaleri and Reed talk about the difficulties of defining the interdependencies between tasks. Why do they think this is so difficult and what affect does this complexity have on planning and managing project time? CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 2
CMGT 575 Week 2 Individual Assignment SR-rm-004 Project (UOP) CMGT 575 nerd peer educator Resources: Service Request SR-rm-004, Analyze HR System from the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization and the Microsoft Project file Riordan HR Integration Template • Access Service Request SR-rm-004. • Access and update the Riordan HR Integration Template with tasks necessary to integrate current HR functions into a single, integrated system. You may have to modify titles of high-level tasks to appropriately represent activities going forward. • Submit the updated task list to your facilitator for grading. Summarize what you have learned from the readings, research, and discussion activities during the week. CMGT 575 Week 2 Summary
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 3 DQ 1 Based on the article by Mizell and Malone (2007), present a complex approach to cost estimation on large projects. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the approach you currently use for similar projects to its simulation approach According to Bryde and Robinson (2007), what is the relationship between total quality management and project quality? Why does that relationship exist and why is it important to effective project management? CMGT 575 Week 3 DQ 2
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 3 Individual Assignment Develop SR-rm-004 Project Task Sequence (UOP) Resource: Microsoft Project file Riordan HR Integration Template • Update the Riordan HR Integration Template based on your facilitator’s feedback, and develop the task sequence by establishing task dependencies. • Submit the updated project plan to your facilitator for grading. Summarize what you have learned from the readings, research, and discussion activities during the week. CMGT 575 Week 3 Summary
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 4 DQ 1 Communications within the personnel on a project is crucial to project success. Decker et al. (2007) present an intriguing use of Internet 2 technology to assist in facilitating this communications process. Based on your past experience in project management, analyze and evaluate adopting this technique into your future project planning systems. Do you see these techniques dramatically improving communications over your past techniques? When a decision is made to outsource a part or your entire project to another country, many communication challenges appear. Winkler et al. (2008) present a study of such a situation between German customers and Indian suppliers. What key lessons can you take away from the study of this article and apply to your future IT projects? Explain how knowledge of the techniques in this article could have helped in past projects? CMGT 575 Week 4 DQ 2
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 4 Individual Assignment Identify SR-rm-004 Resources and Proposed Costs (UOP) Resource: Riordan HR Integration Template (Microsoft Project file) • Update the Riordan HR Integration Template based on facilitator feedback, and identify the resources and proposed costs needed to complete the project. • Submit the updated project plan to your facilitator for grading. Summarize what you have learned from the readings, research, and discussion activities during the week CMGT 575 Week 4 Summary
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 5 DQ 1 The Philbin (2008) article examined the use of various level os sophisticated tools in the project planning of large, complex projects in effort to reduce the risk of project failure. What types of tools do you or your company use for large, complex projects toward reducing the risk potential? In his 2009 article, what are some of the software features Barlow describes that can help project managers manage portfolio risk? How and why do these features help manage risk? Does your organization use any of these tactics in its project risk management, and, if so, how effective are they? Why or why not are they effective? CMGT 575 Week 5 DQ 2
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 5 Individual Assignment Explain SR-rm-004 Project Approach (UOP) Resource: Riordan Manufacturing Microsoft Project file • Draft a 2-3 page narrative of your HR integration project to explain your approach to the project’s sponsor, Hugh McCauley. Submit this narrative with your final project plan to your facilitator for grading Summarize what you have learned from the readings, research, and discussion activities during the week. CMGT 575 Week 5 Summary
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 6 DQ 1 Based on the Chiocchio (2007) article, compare and contrast the reasons in the performance differences between the high performing and the low performing teams. Generalize those results to methods that you can use in your own project management skill set to improve performance in future projects managed. Weinstein (2007) defined five issues in his article. Explain why you think each of these would be problems in projects. CMGT 575 Week 6 DQ 2
CMGT 575 nerd peer educator • CMGT 575 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment SR-kf-001 Project Final (UOP) • Resources: Service Request SR-kf-001 from the Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization and the Kudler Coupons Microsoft Project file • Write and submit a paper summarizing the team’s project proposal and plan to get the coupons project back on schedule. • Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation of the team’s revised project plan Summarize what you have learned from the readings, research, and discussion activities during the week. CMGT 575 Week 6 Summary
