· "Rocky Road." Please respond to the following: Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Rwanda is a developing country, examine the extent to which two (2) of these five (5) issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples. Bottom of Form 1 BLOG 4 Critical Factors in project management Some of the critical factors in project management include; first we have the project mission which is the initial clarity of goals and general directions. During this process, the project manager should endeavor to elicit commitment from the team members, clients, top management and all stakeholders. Executive sponsorship for a project is key because top level management are the ones deciding on organizational and project strategy as well as performing goal setting functions within the organization. Second is the top management support which is the willingness of top management to provide the necessary resources and authority or power for project success. The third factor are project schedules or plans, these are a detailed specification of the individual action steps required for project implementation. Another factor is client consultation; this aspect entails communication, consultation, and active listening to all impacted parties. A fifth factor is personnel; here we have recruitment, selection, and training of the necessary personnel for the project team (Alias & Aris, 2014). According to Mir & Pinnington, (2014) technical tasks is another challenge, it is the availability of the required technology and expertise to accomplish the specific technical action steps. The seventh factor is client acceptance; this refers to the act of “selling” the final project to its ultimate intended users. Monitoring and feedback is also another important factor which is timely provision of comprehensive control information at each phase in the implementation process. Additionally, communication is also another important critical factor because it is the provision of an appropriate network and necessary data to all key factors in the project implementation. It also his plays an important role in every project and therefore an effective project manager must be an effective communicator. Communication is the only way via which tasks are assigned and monitored, project issues are escalated and the medium via which goals, performance, and feedback are passed across. Lastly, trouble shooting is another critical factor that is important in project management because it refers to the ability to handle unexpected crises and deviations from plan (Mir & Pinnington, 2014). Examples of how organizations overcome challenges associated with project Failure According to Kerzner, (2013) unrealistic deadlines are managed with creative planning, alternatives analysis, and communication of reality to the project participants. Also dete.

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"Rocky Road." Please respond to the following:
Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing
countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad
governance, and environmental degradation. Rwanda is a
developing country, examine the extent to which two (2) of
these five (5) issues are occurring. Support your response with
specific examples.
Bottom of Form
1
BLOG 4
Critical Factors in project management
Some of the critical factors in project management include; first
we have the project mission which is the initial clarity of goals
and general directions. During this process, the project manager
should endeavor to elicit commitment from the team members,
clients, top management and all stakeholders. Executive
sponsorship for a project is key because top level management
are the ones deciding on organizational and project strategy as
well as performing goal setting functions within the
organization. Second is the top management support which is
the willingness of top management to provide the necessary
resources and authority or power for project success. The third
factor are project schedules or plans, these are a detailed
specification of the individual action steps required for project
implementation. Another factor is client consultation; this
aspect entails communication, consultation, and active listening
to all impacted parties. A fifth factor is personnel; here we have

2. recruitment, selection, and training of the necessary personnel
for the project team (Alias & Aris, 2014).
According to Mir & Pinnington, (2014) technical tasks is
another challenge, it is the availability of the required
technology and expertise to accomplish the specific technical
action steps. The seventh factor is client acceptance; this refers
to the act of “selling” the final project to its ultimate intended
users. Monitoring and feedback is also another important factor
which is timely provision of comprehensive control information
at each phase in the implementation process. Additionally,
communication is also another important critical factor because
it is the provision of an appropriate network and necessary data
to all key factors in the project implementation. It also his plays
an important role in every project and therefore an effective
project manager must be an effective communicator.
Communication is the only way via which tasks are assigned
and monitored, project issues are escalated and the medium via
which goals, performance, and feedback are passed across.
Lastly, trouble shooting is another critical factor that is
important in project management because it refers to the ability
to handle unexpected crises and deviations from plan (Mir &
Pinnington, 2014).
Examples of how organizations overcome challenges associated
with project Failure
According to Kerzner, (2013) unrealistic deadlines are
managed with creative planning, alternatives analysis, and
communication of reality to the project participants. Also
determine what deadlines are tied to higher level objectives, or
have critical links into schedules of other projects in the
organization's portfolio. Another example is communication
deficit, in order to overcome this, individuals ought to
determine proper communication flows for project members and
develop a checklist of what information needs to be conveyed to
project participants. The communications checklist should also
have an associated schedule of when information dissemination
should occur (Kerzner, 2013).

3. A challenge of insufficient team skills for example is addressed
by Starting with the project manager role, document the core set
of skills needed to accomplish the expected workload, and
honestly bounce each person's skills against the list or matrix.
Using this assessment of the team, guide the team towards
competency with training, cross-training, additional resources,
external advisors, and other methods to close the skills gap,
lastly an example of the challenge related to lack of
accountability, one should Determine and use accountability as
part of the project risk profile. These accountability risks will
be then identified and managed in a more visible manner
(Hwang, 2013).
References
Alias, Z., Zawawi, E. M. A., Yusof, K., & Aris, N. M. (2014).
Determining critical success factors of project management
practice: A conceptual framework. Procedia-Social and
Behavioral Sciences, 153, 61-69.
Hwang, B. G., & Ng, W. J. (2013). Project management
knowledge and skills for green construction: Overcoming
challenges. International Journal of Project Management,
31(2), 272-284
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project management: a systems approach to
planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Mir, F. A., & Pinnington, A. H. (2014). Exploring the value of
project management: linking project management performance
and project success. International journal of project
management, 32(2), 202-217