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Part 5: Project Quality Management

The Green Computing Research Project team is working hard to ensure their work meets expectations. The team has a detailed project scope statement, schedule, and so on, but as the project manager, you want to make sure you ll satisfy key stakeholders, especially Ben, the project sponsor, and Ito, the program manager. You have seen how tough Ito can be on project managers after listening to his critiques of other project managers at the monthly program review meeting. He was adamant on having solid research and financial analysis and liked to see people use technology to make quick what-if projections. You were impressed to see that several other project teams had developed computer models to help them perform sensitivity analysis and make important decisions. Most of the models were done using Excel, which Ito preferred, and you were glad that you were an expert with Excel, as was Matt. Ito was pretty easy on you at your first monthly review because things were just getting started, but he did give you a list of items to report on next month. You had Ben there to help answer some of the tough questions, but you wanted to be able to hold your own at future monthly meetings.

Run chart: A run chart displays the history and pattern of variation of a process over time. It is a line chart that shows data points plotted in the order in which they occur. You can use run charts to perform trend analysis to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. For example, trend analysis can help you analyze how many defects have been identified over time and see if there are trends. Figure 8-4 shows a sample run chart, charting the number of defects each month for three different types of defects. Notice that you can easily see the patterns of Defect 1 continuing to increase over time, Defect 2 decreasing the first several months and then holding steady, and Defect 3 fluctuating each month.

Read the Green Computing Research Project, Part 5 in above and review the Run chart definition preceding this sentence.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Create a scenario related to this project where a Run chart would be useful.

2. Document and defend your recommendation, scenario, and utilization of the Run chart.

3. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

· Explain and defend the various quality factors in project quality.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT project management.

· Write clearly and concisely about issues in IT project management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.