Questions

Q1:

Video: "Getting Started in Project Management - 1. An Introduction” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7msPfjASo.

1.1 From the video, determine three to five ways the project management concepts described in the video relate to the project life cycle from the textbook. Support your response.

1.2 Select two business projects—one, a local project; the other, international. Next, determine the current project life cycle for each project. Justify your selection.

Q2:

2.1 As a project manager, determine two cultural implications that could affect your project management. Speculate on another two organizational factors that you should consider in order to determine which project management structure you should use. Support your response.

2.2 Take a position on the following statement: “It is important for project managers to be ‘culture sensitive’ so that they can develop appropriate strategies and responses and avoid violating key norms that would jeopardize their effectiveness within the organization.” Support your position.

Q3:

Textbook:

Gray, C., & Larson, E. (2011). Project management: The managerial process (5th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

From the case of Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm in Chapter 3 of the textbook, assume that you were the account manager Bruce Palmer. Determine the key problem(s) with the organizational structure and culture of the firm. Next, suggest the main steps that Palmer should have taken to manage the matrix organization, and suggest what Sands, the office manager who is responsible for assigning personnel to different accounts, should do to support Palmer.