This document provides an overview of the CMGT/410 course which focuses on project management. It outlines several individual and team assignments that students must complete over 5 weeks. These include developing aspects of a project plan such as objectives, stakeholders, budget, timeline, and risk assessment. It also describes discussions and deliverables centered around project management tools and ensuring project success.

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CMGT/410 Week 1 Individual Assignment
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.
Week 1 DQ1
Carton et al (2008) describe what they consider a “successful” enterprise
resource planning (ERP) implementation. What aspects of the project made it
“successful ” in their definition? Would your organization describe this as
successful? Why or why not?
Week 1 DQ2

2. Based on the article by Anantatmula (2010), why is the project manager so
critical to the success of the project?
CMGT/410 Week 2 Individual Assignment
You have been tasked with the project of organizing a company offsite 2-day training session in
which people are brought in from different parts of the country.
This entails everything from preparation, accommodations, and facilities.
Submit a 2- to 3-page executive memo summarizing the project's objective, any scoping
boundaries used to define the project, and relevant facts about the tasks or resources.
Identify all related tasks and resources needed to complete this project.
Highlight or specify any measurable deliverables relating to your project.
Attach a task list with assigned resources from a Microsoft® Project file that supports what you
have outlined in your memo.
Week 2 DQ1
Analyze the techniques discussed in the Guldemond et al. article (2008), and
propose how you would apply them to your own skill set as a Project Manager.
Week 2 DQ2
In their 2009 article, Turner et al. describe the relatively low implementation rate
of Gantt chart, CPM diagrams, etc. in projects. Does your organization use these
tools? How does this data compare to the implementation of these tools in your
organization? Why?
CMGT/410 Week 3 Individual Assignment
The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-
ahead. However a budget needs to be submitted for approval.
Write a 2- to 3-page memo explaining the financial implications of your project that does the
following:
Adds costs estimates to your resources (both labor and material) – Refer to websites like the
United States Department of Labor for estimates.
Adds estimates for all task duration and sequencing of tasks (including precedence relations)
Summarizes any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources, critical
task sequencing, and how duration estimates were arrived at

3. Highlights if there are any milestones for your project Include a Microsoft® Project Gantt chart,
as an attachment, showing the WBS of tasks (with dependencies) and task sequences, along with
any budget or cost reports to support your memo.
CMGT/410 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
This is the core of any project plan used to communicate what tasks are needed and the order of
sequence to be done to meet deadlines and deliverables.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Business requirements document (BRD) that provides additional details regarding the
expectations (such as user, system, and functional) that must be met for achieving goals of
the project
Work breakdown structure (WBS) showing discrete work tasks and grouped hierarchically
that helps to organize and define the total work scope of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings
Week 3 DQ1
In Hurley ’s 2009 article, what type of costs should project managers be tracking
to get an accurate total cost? Why is it critical to track these costs?
Week 3 DQ2
Why is cost and quality management so important to know how to successfully
apply in project management? What are the potential consequences of a project
manager not knowing these two valuable tools?
CMGT/410 Week 4 Individual Assignment
The company offsite 2-day training session project is about ready to enter the execution phase.
However, management has a history of being surprised with projects that finished over-budget,
did not adhere to the timeline, evinced waste of resources, or did not meet expectations.
Address your strategy for the following in a 2- to 3-page memo to gain their confidence in your
project management abilities:
Analyze and report unplanned changes
Evaluate project quality
Procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
How you plan to communicate whether the project is meeting any stated performance and
quality objectives

4. CMGT/410 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
The allocation and cost of resources need to be carefully monitored if a project is to be delivered
on-time and on-budget.
At a minimum this section will contain the following:
Allocation of resources to project tasks (both labor and material)
Cost estimates for project resources
Gantt diagram showing duration estimates for all tasks and their sequencing (including
precedence relations) and highlighting any critical path(s) arising from task dependencies
ultimately determining the minimal duration of a project
In addition summarize any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources,
critical task sequencing, or how duration estimates were arrived at, and any financial
implications (for example, budget or cost reports of the project as well)
Develop a baseline for your project plan so that all future variances are captured.
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Just need highlighted part completed, attached is team project information to use to complete
section
Week 4 DQ1
In his 2008 article, Moore talks about contract project professionals. What does
he believe is the role that contract project professionals play? Why/how are
those roles important in managing a company ’s human resources?
Week 4 DQ2
Based on the article by Swinarksi et al (2010), how would you go about making
sure that team members have the required skill sets for the specific project?
WEEK 5
CMGT/410 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Project Postmortem
Now that the company offsite 2-day training session project is over, conduct a postmortem
review.
Submit a 1- to 2-page memo that does the following:

5. Details the benefits and drawbacks of a postmortem review
Lists who should partake in this meeting,
Indicates what you hope to discover at the conclusion
CMGT/410 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Revise and submit all sections of your Learning Team project along with the Week Five section
below.
It is essential for establishing confidence that a project will be executed effectively and with
minimal waste. A plan for performance measurement requires identifying which critical element
should be measured, how they are measured, and when they are measured to communicate if the
project is on track.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Measurable objectives identified as milestones on the Gantt chart
Risk mitigation strategy for analyzing and reporting unplanned changes as well what
procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
Description of project reporting regarding the on-going evaluation and status of project
efforts to stakeholder and participants on the project team
Method for determining whether the project has met its objectives and how the project is
terminated
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of the entire Learning Team
Project, as completed in Weeks Two, Three, Four, and Five.
Week 5 DQ1
Based on the article by Kutsch, why is it important to conduct a project risk
management process? What are some of the downfalls to not conducting one?
Week 5 DQ2
In your own words, how would you explain project risk management? What are
some real-life examples where project risk management would be imperative?
Give details for each example.