Assessment 3: Schedule, Cost, & Integrated Change

The following resources provide information about project schedule management:

• PMBOK® Guide. • Part 1: Section 6.3, "Sequence Activities." • Part 1: Section 6.4, “Estimate Activity Durations.” • Part 2: Section 3.8, "Sequence Activities."

• Cârstea, C.-G. (2014). IT project management – cost, time and quality. Economy Transdisciplinarity Cognition, 17(1), 28–34.

• Ibrahim, Y. M., Kaka, A., Aouad, G., & Kagioglou, M. (2009). Framework for a generic work breakdown structure for building projects. Construction Innovation, 9(4), 388–405.

• Zecheru, V., & Olaru, B. G. (2016). Work breakdown structure (WBS) in project management. Revista de Management Comparat International, 17(1), 61–69.

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The following resources provide information about project cost management.

• PMBOK® Guide. • Part 1: Chapter 7, "Project Cost Management,”

pages 231–268. • Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: A systems

approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (12th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

• Chapter 14, “Cost Control,” pages 501–538. • Cârstea, C.-G. (2014). IT project management – cost,

time and quality. Economy Transdisciplinarity Cognition, 17(1), 28–34.

• Threlfall, D. (2014). Seven shocking project management statistics and lessons we should learn. Retrieved from

https://www.teamgantt.com/blog/seven-shocking-project- management-statistics-and-lessons-we-should-learn/

• Wu, D., & Passerini, K. (2013). Uncovering knowledge- based time management practices: Implications for project management. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 6(2), 332–348.

• Zink, D. (2015, July 13). Project management: On time, below budget. Sarasota Herald Tribune. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com.library.capella.edu/lnacui2api/api/ version1/getDocCui?lni=5GF9-3701- DY37-453V&csi=155265&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn =t&oc=00240&perma=true

The following resources provide information about project change control management.

• PMBOK® Guide. • Part 1: Section 4.6, "Perform Integrated Change

Control." • Part 2: Section 5.2, "Perform Integrated Change

Control." • Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: A systems

approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (12th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

• Section 2.18, "Organizational Change Management and Corporate Cultures," pages 71–76.

• Parker, D., Verlinden, A., Nussey, R., Ford, M., & Pathak, R. D. (2013). Critical evaluation of project-based performance management: Change intervention integration. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 62(4), 407–419.

• Michels, E., Grijó, P. E. A., Machado, E., & Selig, P. M. (2012). Knowledge management, project integration and

corporate sustainability: Is there a link? Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management, 3(2), 17–27. Retrieved from http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/ index.php/pppm/article/view/2527/3485

• Change Management Process. • This illustration shows the change process as

cyclical, not linear. Once team leaders hear the wake-up call alerting them to change, they must consider each part of the change cycle. How does this process fit into your project?