WK# DQ 2026

BOOK

PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition

• Process Groups: A Practice Guide

Title: Project Management Fundamentals.

Author: Shelly Morris

Publisher: Seneca College. Licensed under CC 4.0.

Year Published: 2021

Edition: 1st

ISBN: Licensed under CC 4.0.

Q.1 Discussion about Project Performance - Managing Project Execution

Initial Post

Directing and managing project execution is an important process that involves performing multiple actions to execute the project management plan, ensuring that the project's objectives are met and the desired expectations of the stakeholders' expectations are met. It executes the individual work components required to advance the project's development and get it across the finish line.

For this assignment, discuss some key challenges that project managers may face when directing and managing project execution and provide some strategies for overcoming these challenges. How might these strategies vary depending on the project's size, complexity, and nature? Provide specific examples to support your discussion.

Your initial submission should be a substantive post (~400+ words). Your response should include APA-compliant in-text citations and references.

Q.2 Research the three cloud services

TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Title: Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management

Author: Carlos Coronel and Steven Morris

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Year Published: 2023

Edition: 14th

ISBN: 13: 9780357673119 or 9781337627948

For this week's discussion, research the three cloud services (Amazon Web Services - AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) as they relate to the Relational Database Design Model.  In your initial post, include how relational databases can be implemented in a cloud environment and describe which cloud services work well with a relational database design model. 

(Initial post word count, minimum 100 words). Support your position(s) with credible resource(s) in APA 7e format.

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