Project Management
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cmgt410.docxWeek1 Project Management
1. Supporting Activity: Integrative Project Management Process
Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
•What is meant by an integrative project management process and why is this so important? What are the pitfalls if such an approach is not taken?
2. Supporting Activity Project Characteristics
•What are some of the characteristics that differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of an organization? List some examples of work considered to be a project and work not considered to be a project.
3. Supporting Activity: Project Objective
•What questions does the project objective answer and how is it different from the project scope? Provide an example of a real-world project, such as planning a dinner party or a vacation.
4. Supporting Activity: Project Charter Audience
•Who is the intended audience that a project charter best serves? In what way is it used?
5. Supporting Activity: Understanding Project Scope
•Why is the traditional project management approach less effective when project scope is not clearly understood? Provide examples to illustrate your points.
Individual: Project Proposal
Consider the following scenario:
You have been hired by a large company with branch offices around the country to assist with rollout of a new companywide compliance system.
While initially the focus was on implementation of the technology, it was found that success will require at least 10 hours of training for all managers across the country on both the use of the new platform as well as a host of new compliance policies being introduced.
Of the options discussed, it was generally agreed than the training should be hands-on and conducted in person at a central location. This will obviously require getting organizational buy in as not all managers are going to be willing to commit to taking time out from their normal responsibilities just for some training.
In addition, such large scale centralized training has not been done before by this company; therefore, the CEO wants feedback from participants to evaluate the effectiveness of any training sessions.
As a result, your manager has given you the responsibility to develop an outline for a proposed project that would meet this upcoming need.
Submit a 2- to 3-page memo that does the following:
•Names the project
•Briefly describes the project
•Identifies potential stakeholders directly or indirectly involved
•Specifies the overall objective and any outcomes for this project
•Details how success will be evaluated
•Highlights what is needed to ascertain the measurable organizational value (MOV) of this project.
You will need to make some assumptions (it is even encouraged) but the assumptions must be documented.
Week1
Project Management
1.
Supporting Activity: Integrative Project Management Process
Write
a 200
-
to 300
-
word short
-
answer response to the following:
•What is meant by an integrative project management process and why is this so important? What are the
pitfalls if such an approach is not taken?
2.
Supporting Activity Project Characteristics
•
What are some of the characteristics that differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the
daily operations of an organization? List some examples of work considered to be a project and work not
c
onsidered to be a project.
3.
Supporting Activity: Project Objective
•What questions does the project objective answer and how is it different from the project
scope?
Provide an example of a real
-
world project, such as planning a dinner party or a vacation.
4.
Supporting Activity: Project Charter Audience
•
Who is the intended audience that a project charter best serves? In what way is it used?
5.
Supporting Activity: Un
derstanding Project Scope
•
Why is the traditional project management approach less effective when pro
ject scope is not
clearly understood? Provide examples to illustrate your points.
Individual: Project Proposal
Consider
the following scenario:
You have been hired by a large company with branch offices around th
e country to assist with
rollout of a new
companywide compliance system.
While initially the focus was on implementation of the technology, it was found that success will
require at least 10 hours of training for all managers across the country on both
the use of the new
platform as well as a host of new compli
ance policies being introduced.
Of the options discussed, it was generally agreed than the training should be hands
-
on and
conducted in person at a central location. This will obviously require
getting organizational buy
Week1 Project Management
1. Supporting Activity: Integrative Project Management Process
Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
•What is meant by an integrative project management process and why is this so important? What are the
pitfalls if such an approach is not taken?
2. Supporting Activity Project Characteristics
•What are some of the characteristics that differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the
daily operations of an organization? List some examples of work considered to be a project and work not
considered to be a project.
3. Supporting Activity: Project Objective
•What questions does the project objective answer and how is it different from the project scope?
Provide an example of a real-world project, such as planning a dinner party or a vacation.
4. Supporting Activity: Project Charter Audience
•Who is the intended audience that a project charter best serves? In what way is it used?
5. Supporting Activity: Understanding Project Scope
•Why is the traditional project management approach less effective when project scope is not
clearly understood? Provide examples to illustrate your points.
Individual: Project Proposal
Consider the following scenario:
You have been hired by a large company with branch offices around the country to assist with
rollout of a new companywide compliance system.
While initially the focus was on implementation of the technology, it was found that success will
require at least 10 hours of training for all managers across the country on both the use of the new
platform as well as a host of new compliance policies being introduced.
Of the options discussed, it was generally agreed than the training should be hands-on and
conducted in person at a central location. This will obviously require getting organizational buy
