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This document provides an assignment for an introduction to project management course. It includes 6 questions assessing various topics in project management. The questions address project constraints, testing phases, resources, demand forecasting, planning tools, earned value analysis, payback period analysis, project dependencies, social cost-benefit analysis, project audit lifecycles, project configuration processes, and essential elements of a project final report. Students are instructed to answer all questions, with 10-mark questions requiring approximately 400 words. Marks are allocated for each question according to an included evaluation scheme.
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