إدارة التخطيط والبرامج الزمنية
فيديو المحاضرة: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiGNZeLQ9Po
Content:
1- Planning and scheduling
2- Time schedule development
3- Resource and cost loading
4- Time schedule submittal
5- Review and approval
6- Update and reporting
7- Delay quantification approaches
8- Mitigation and action plans
إدارة القيمة المكتسبة مفيدة ومخادعة في التحكم في المشروعات
فيديو دورة الأساسيات: http://prof.planner.teachable.com/p/evm-basics/
دورة المستوى المتقدم: http://www.slideshare.net/MohamedMaged8/contracts-classification
للمزيد: https://www.facebook.com/groups/prof.cost.engineers/
Today, I am launching 2nd video of PMP Questions and Answers Series. Best Part is that almost every question is supported by due explanation which makes the study more thought provoking and easy to remember.
Previous Video of PMP Questions and Answers.
#1 https://youtu.be/T5B481Qbu-s
Page 9Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices.docxalfred4lewis58146
Page 9Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices
MGMT X442.28
Name:
Date:
Directions: Give short answers in the space provided; circle the one best response for multiple choice or true/false.
1. A project is defined as:
a. A process of considerable scope that implements a plan
b. A group of ideas managed with a coordinated effort to obtain a desired outcome
c. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service
d. A collection of activities with a beginning and an end
2. The 46 project management processes described in the PMBOK® Guide (and organized into process groups and knowledge areas) should be executed:
a. In the sequence identified by knowledge area
b. Iteratively, as determined by the project team
c. Only once, according to the project phase being executed
d. In the order of planning, initiating, executing, controlling and closing
3. The three components of the triple constraint are:
a. Scope, Performance, Cost
b. Scope, Cost, Time
c. Scope, Performance, Time
d. Scope, Quality, Cost
4. The five project management process groups as described in the PMBOK® Guide are:
a. Define, measure, analyze, improve, control
b. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
c. Requirements, design, development, testing, implementation
d. Kickoff, requirements, plan, schedule, control
5. You have finished planning and have begun executing the project when the customer asks if you would add some important features to the product of the project. What is the immediate impact to the triple constraints?
a. Scope and quality would be affected but not cost
b. Adding features will require additional cost but not time
c. Cost must remain constant because resources are limited
d. Time and cost may both be affected
6. Identify the ten knowledge areas described in the PMBOK( Guide and list the processes included in each.
7. The primary role of the Project Manager is to facilitate:
a. Project initiation
b. Distributing work packages
c. Measuring performance
d. Communication
8. To create a complete Project Management Plan, it is necessary on every project for the project team to review the impact of each of the knowledge areas described in the PMBOK® Guide.
a. True
b. False
9. List the two key benefits to the project manager of using a project charter. (Extra credit for third benefit.)
10. Which of the following statements regarding project planning is not true?
a. It provides a basis for decision making
b. It does not need to be included on the WBS
c. It aids communications with end users
d. It defines a baseline for project control
11. Describe how project scope differs from product scope.
12. The components of the project scope management plan include all of the following except:
a. A process to prepare a detailed project scope statement that describes the project’s deliverables, work required to create them, and project acceptance criteria
b. A process to defin.
Sheet2ScoresMaxActualComments1. Effort Estimate. Estimate the e.docxbjohn46
Sheet2ScoresMaxActualComments1. Effort Estimate. Estimate the effort necessary to complete the project. The estimate should be in units of days or fractions of days. All work to determine the effort should be shown. Provided estimate55Included software development tasks in estimate1010Broke down software development tasks1010Included standard software development phases1010Included project management tasks1010Broke down project management tasks1010Included other tasks (e.g., training)1010Used method described in #4552. Assumptions: Document the assumptions made to determine the effort estimate in a list. 10103. Describe the method(s) used to determine the effort estimate. 10104. Identify and describe the advantages and disadvantages of the method(s) used.10100100100Second submission90%90
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Windshield Survey
Assignment Guidelines
A. Windshield Survey
The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration buildings. Please address the following in a narrative format following APA guidelines:
1. Geographical description
· Boundaries, geographical, political, or economic, how is it seen.
· Housing an zoning
· Sign of decay
2. Health Resources
a. Type of services available: health department, private MD, dentist, hospital clinic,
b. pharmacy, health promotion, mental health
c. School and occupational health services
d. Official and voluntary services
e. Self help and support groups
f. Service organizations, faith-based programs
g. Stores (grocery, retail, drug, dry cleaning, etc.
h. Transportation
3. Citizen safety and protective services
a. Police and fire
b. Shelters for victims of abuse
c. Others: neighborhood watch etc.
4. Services provided by senior citizens senior centers, meals on wheels, transportation, day care, long term care.
a. Parks and recreational areas
5. Community welfare services beyond city/state aid as provisions for emergency food, shelter and clothing.
Below please see the rubric that will be used to grade your survey and due date instructions.
Assignment must be presented in an essay style using APA format in the required Arial 12 font with minimum of 1000 words.
Project 1 – Estimating Project EffortLearning Objectives
This project has been designed to re-enforce the following concepts of developing software solutions:
· Requirements Elicitation
· Requirements Analysis
· Functional Decomposition
· Task Identification
· Effort Estimating
In addition, students will be introduced to the reality of quickly developing effort estimates with poor, incomplete and possibly conflicting information. Scenario
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has invited your company to respond to their Request for Proposal (RFP) regarding the deve.
The Course Project provides an opportunity for you to practice and a.docxtodd241
The Course Project provides an opportunity for you to practice and apply specific project management skills learned in this course. The knowledge learned will help you to further your professional or personal goals. The title of your Course Project is the Getta Byte Software Project. The project is divided in two parts. Every week you are encouraged to complete a section of your Course Project. Part 1 is due in Week 4 and Part 2 is due in Week 8.
Course Project Part 1
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
References
Course Project Part 2
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
Section F: Resource Allocation and Budget Reports (must use MS Project)
Section G: Risk Register
Conclusion
References
Part 1 is section A,B,C,D,E
Section A: The Project Charter
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 1 Lesson. Populate all sections of this Project Charter Template with content related to the Getta Byte Project Charter and improve its content. There are sections in the template which are not covered in the video for which the student is still responsible to complete by elaborating and adding its missing content. Here is a list of the Project Charter Template sections.
Mission or purpose
Project and product description
Objectives
Milestones
Budget
User acceptance criteria
High-Level assumptions
High-Level constraints
Exclusions and boundaries
Major risks
Key stakeholders
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 2 Lesson and use the information in the video to complete the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template for the Getta Byte project.
Identify each stakeholder and include influence, interest, and support.
Define the approach to each stakeholder or stakeholder group, communication method, and frequency.
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
In this section, you will create a simple communications management plan for the execution of the Getta Byte project. Complete the Communications Management Plan Template using the information in the Week 2 Getta Byte Software video.
Communication vehicle
Target audience
Description or purpose
Frequency
Sender
Distribution vehicle
Internal or external
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Populate all sections of this Scope Statement Template with content related to the Getta Byte project scope and improve its content. Watch the Getta Byte Project Scope video in the Week 3 Lesson .
1.1. Provide the definitions for resource loading and resource.docxjackiewalcutt
1.1. Provide the definitions for resource loading and resource leveling.
· Resource loading:
· Resource leveling:
1.2. What would the resource allocation problem become if resources were not limited, as is generally not the case?
a) Project monitoring and control problem
b) Scope creep problem
c) Resource selection problem
d) Profit maximization problem
1.3. List four of the simple priority rules that are used for allocating scarce resources.
·
·
·
·
1.4. What is the goal of “The Goal” text and how can you define the critical chain?
· Goal:
· Critical chain:
1.5. Which type of project termination is used when the project is successfully completed, and introduced as a new, formal part, of the organization?
a) Termination-by-integration
b) Termination-by-extinction
c) Termination-by-starvation
d) Termination-by-addition
1.6. At what stages in the project execution, it is the most easy to deal with changes?
a) Late stages
b) Planning stages
c) Early stages
d) Selection stages
1.7. Who makes the decisions to terminate a project?
a) A committee of senior managers
b) The project manager
c) The client
d) The functional managers involved in the project
1.8. What are the three critical aspects on which the organizations focus their attention in order to improve their internal processes (i.e., dimensions used in capability maturity models)?
·
·
·
1.9. Two resources (A and B) are needed to complete the project depicted in the network below. The time needed to complete activities A1 and A2, which use resource A, and the time needed to complete activities B1 and B2, which use resource B, are given in parenthesis).
A1 (14)
B2 (12)
B1 (10)
A2 (6)
1
2
3
4
What is the minimum completion time possible for the project?
What is the maximum completion time possible for the project?
1.10. What are the four risk criteria used for preparing a risk management plan? Use the extended model to identify the fourth risk criterion.
·
·
·
·
1.11 Two potential design solutions are considered for a new project and their main performance measure is represented in the figure below.
In regard to project quality management considerations, which one of the two designs will be selected? Justify your answer.
1.12 All the activities of the three projects depicted in the figure below have probabilistic duration estimates coming from a normal distribution with a mean of 10 and standard deviation of 3.
A
B
C
D
E
A2
B
C
D
E
A3
A1
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
1.
2.
3.
By simulation the execution of the projects, the following project completion time were obtained
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
Average
50.4
51.9
53.4
Std. dev.
7.1
6.3
5.3
Explain the results in the above table.
1.13 Considering the critical chain resource allocation approach, what is the difference between project buffer and feeding buffer?
1.14 What is one specifi ...
إدارة التخطيط والبرامج الزمنية
فيديو المحاضرة: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiGNZeLQ9Po
Content:
1- Planning and scheduling
2- Time schedule development
3- Resource and cost loading
4- Time schedule submittal
5- Review and approval
6- Update and reporting
7- Delay quantification approaches
8- Mitigation and action plans
إدارة القيمة المكتسبة مفيدة ومخادعة في التحكم في المشروعات
فيديو دورة الأساسيات: http://prof.planner.teachable.com/p/evm-basics/
دورة المستوى المتقدم: http://www.slideshare.net/MohamedMaged8/contracts-classification
للمزيد: https://www.facebook.com/groups/prof.cost.engineers/
Today, I am launching 2nd video of PMP Questions and Answers Series. Best Part is that almost every question is supported by due explanation which makes the study more thought provoking and easy to remember.
Previous Video of PMP Questions and Answers.
#1 https://youtu.be/T5B481Qbu-s
Page 9Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices.docxalfred4lewis58146
Page 9Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices
MGMT X442.28
Name:
Date:
Directions: Give short answers in the space provided; circle the one best response for multiple choice or true/false.
1. A project is defined as:
a. A process of considerable scope that implements a plan
b. A group of ideas managed with a coordinated effort to obtain a desired outcome
c. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service
d. A collection of activities with a beginning and an end
2. The 46 project management processes described in the PMBOK® Guide (and organized into process groups and knowledge areas) should be executed:
a. In the sequence identified by knowledge area
b. Iteratively, as determined by the project team
c. Only once, according to the project phase being executed
d. In the order of planning, initiating, executing, controlling and closing
3. The three components of the triple constraint are:
a. Scope, Performance, Cost
b. Scope, Cost, Time
c. Scope, Performance, Time
d. Scope, Quality, Cost
4. The five project management process groups as described in the PMBOK® Guide are:
a. Define, measure, analyze, improve, control
b. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
c. Requirements, design, development, testing, implementation
d. Kickoff, requirements, plan, schedule, control
5. You have finished planning and have begun executing the project when the customer asks if you would add some important features to the product of the project. What is the immediate impact to the triple constraints?
a. Scope and quality would be affected but not cost
b. Adding features will require additional cost but not time
c. Cost must remain constant because resources are limited
d. Time and cost may both be affected
6. Identify the ten knowledge areas described in the PMBOK( Guide and list the processes included in each.
7. The primary role of the Project Manager is to facilitate:
a. Project initiation
b. Distributing work packages
c. Measuring performance
d. Communication
8. To create a complete Project Management Plan, it is necessary on every project for the project team to review the impact of each of the knowledge areas described in the PMBOK® Guide.
a. True
b. False
9. List the two key benefits to the project manager of using a project charter. (Extra credit for third benefit.)
10. Which of the following statements regarding project planning is not true?
a. It provides a basis for decision making
b. It does not need to be included on the WBS
c. It aids communications with end users
d. It defines a baseline for project control
11. Describe how project scope differs from product scope.
12. The components of the project scope management plan include all of the following except:
a. A process to prepare a detailed project scope statement that describes the project’s deliverables, work required to create them, and project acceptance criteria
b. A process to defin.
Sheet2ScoresMaxActualComments1. Effort Estimate. Estimate the e.docxbjohn46
Sheet2ScoresMaxActualComments1. Effort Estimate. Estimate the effort necessary to complete the project. The estimate should be in units of days or fractions of days. All work to determine the effort should be shown. Provided estimate55Included software development tasks in estimate1010Broke down software development tasks1010Included standard software development phases1010Included project management tasks1010Broke down project management tasks1010Included other tasks (e.g., training)1010Used method described in #4552. Assumptions: Document the assumptions made to determine the effort estimate in a list. 10103. Describe the method(s) used to determine the effort estimate. 10104. Identify and describe the advantages and disadvantages of the method(s) used.10100100100Second submission90%90
Sheet3
Windshield Survey
Assignment Guidelines
A. Windshield Survey
The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration buildings. Please address the following in a narrative format following APA guidelines:
1. Geographical description
· Boundaries, geographical, political, or economic, how is it seen.
· Housing an zoning
· Sign of decay
2. Health Resources
a. Type of services available: health department, private MD, dentist, hospital clinic,
b. pharmacy, health promotion, mental health
c. School and occupational health services
d. Official and voluntary services
e. Self help and support groups
f. Service organizations, faith-based programs
g. Stores (grocery, retail, drug, dry cleaning, etc.
h. Transportation
3. Citizen safety and protective services
a. Police and fire
b. Shelters for victims of abuse
c. Others: neighborhood watch etc.
4. Services provided by senior citizens senior centers, meals on wheels, transportation, day care, long term care.
a. Parks and recreational areas
5. Community welfare services beyond city/state aid as provisions for emergency food, shelter and clothing.
Below please see the rubric that will be used to grade your survey and due date instructions.
Assignment must be presented in an essay style using APA format in the required Arial 12 font with minimum of 1000 words.
Project 1 – Estimating Project EffortLearning Objectives
This project has been designed to re-enforce the following concepts of developing software solutions:
· Requirements Elicitation
· Requirements Analysis
· Functional Decomposition
· Task Identification
· Effort Estimating
In addition, students will be introduced to the reality of quickly developing effort estimates with poor, incomplete and possibly conflicting information. Scenario
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has invited your company to respond to their Request for Proposal (RFP) regarding the deve.
The Course Project provides an opportunity for you to practice and a.docxtodd241
The Course Project provides an opportunity for you to practice and apply specific project management skills learned in this course. The knowledge learned will help you to further your professional or personal goals. The title of your Course Project is the Getta Byte Software Project. The project is divided in two parts. Every week you are encouraged to complete a section of your Course Project. Part 1 is due in Week 4 and Part 2 is due in Week 8.
Course Project Part 1
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
References
Course Project Part 2
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
Section F: Resource Allocation and Budget Reports (must use MS Project)
Section G: Risk Register
Conclusion
References
Part 1 is section A,B,C,D,E
Section A: The Project Charter
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 1 Lesson. Populate all sections of this Project Charter Template with content related to the Getta Byte Project Charter and improve its content. There are sections in the template which are not covered in the video for which the student is still responsible to complete by elaborating and adding its missing content. Here is a list of the Project Charter Template sections.
Mission or purpose
Project and product description
Objectives
Milestones
Budget
User acceptance criteria
High-Level assumptions
High-Level constraints
Exclusions and boundaries
Major risks
Key stakeholders
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 2 Lesson and use the information in the video to complete the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template for the Getta Byte project.
Identify each stakeholder and include influence, interest, and support.
Define the approach to each stakeholder or stakeholder group, communication method, and frequency.
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
In this section, you will create a simple communications management plan for the execution of the Getta Byte project. Complete the Communications Management Plan Template using the information in the Week 2 Getta Byte Software video.
Communication vehicle
Target audience
Description or purpose
Frequency
Sender
Distribution vehicle
Internal or external
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Populate all sections of this Scope Statement Template with content related to the Getta Byte project scope and improve its content. Watch the Getta Byte Project Scope video in the Week 3 Lesson .
1.1. Provide the definitions for resource loading and resource.docxjackiewalcutt
1.1. Provide the definitions for resource loading and resource leveling.
· Resource loading:
· Resource leveling:
1.2. What would the resource allocation problem become if resources were not limited, as is generally not the case?
a) Project monitoring and control problem
b) Scope creep problem
c) Resource selection problem
d) Profit maximization problem
1.3. List four of the simple priority rules that are used for allocating scarce resources.
·
·
·
·
1.4. What is the goal of “The Goal” text and how can you define the critical chain?
· Goal:
· Critical chain:
1.5. Which type of project termination is used when the project is successfully completed, and introduced as a new, formal part, of the organization?
a) Termination-by-integration
b) Termination-by-extinction
c) Termination-by-starvation
d) Termination-by-addition
1.6. At what stages in the project execution, it is the most easy to deal with changes?
a) Late stages
b) Planning stages
c) Early stages
d) Selection stages
1.7. Who makes the decisions to terminate a project?
a) A committee of senior managers
b) The project manager
c) The client
d) The functional managers involved in the project
1.8. What are the three critical aspects on which the organizations focus their attention in order to improve their internal processes (i.e., dimensions used in capability maturity models)?
·
·
·
1.9. Two resources (A and B) are needed to complete the project depicted in the network below. The time needed to complete activities A1 and A2, which use resource A, and the time needed to complete activities B1 and B2, which use resource B, are given in parenthesis).
A1 (14)
B2 (12)
B1 (10)
A2 (6)
1
2
3
4
What is the minimum completion time possible for the project?
What is the maximum completion time possible for the project?
1.10. What are the four risk criteria used for preparing a risk management plan? Use the extended model to identify the fourth risk criterion.
·
·
·
·
1.11 Two potential design solutions are considered for a new project and their main performance measure is represented in the figure below.
In regard to project quality management considerations, which one of the two designs will be selected? Justify your answer.
1.12 All the activities of the three projects depicted in the figure below have probabilistic duration estimates coming from a normal distribution with a mean of 10 and standard deviation of 3.
A
B
C
D
E
A2
B
C
D
E
A3
A1
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
1.
2.
3.
By simulation the execution of the projects, the following project completion time were obtained
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
Average
50.4
51.9
53.4
Std. dev.
7.1
6.3
5.3
Explain the results in the above table.
1.13 Considering the critical chain resource allocation approach, what is the difference between project buffer and feeding buffer?
1.14 What is one specifi ...
Conveyor Belt Project Report using MS PROJECT by creating work package,deliverable, sub-deliverables and allocating resources to them. Analysis was done and suggestion was made for the overall imporvement
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RUNNING HEAD: PROJECT SCHEDULE 1
PROJECT SCHEDULE 5
Instructions below. Paper that was submitted on next page
Using the results of your work from week two project Identify Overall Scope/ Analysis of Unexpected Results; two additional events will be introduced. You will again analyze the impact of these events to the final project.
In a 2-3 page Word document, discuss your analysis on the following events:
1. It is discovered the refrigerated module is too large for the designed refrigerated backpack pouch. What is your course of action?
2. The subcontractor assigned to build the radio module for the backpack has shut down. What is your course of action?
In your analysis, you should discuss four areas affected by these unexpected events. Three of the areas of the project affected by the events should include changes to budget, human capital, and impact to schedule, and identify one additional area affected by these events.
The project is all about the designing a backpack which will contain a refrigerated pouch and a radio module for the military of US to use during their daily tasks. After going through all the process of project implementation their will occur some unexpected results in one of the components in the project life cycle.
In any project implementation the people undertaking it is given a timeframe so that the equipment will be completed on the required time. This might be an issue because; the people implementing the project may run out of time before finishing up the given task on time. This will bring in inconveniences to the US army crew and it will require them to be a little bit patient.
Impacts of the events
Delay may occur due to more time used to determine the designed and technology to be put in so that the backpack would be able to accommodate all the required components. The backpack should have enough space to take in both the radio module and the refrigerator pack. Also delay of the materials used to implement the project is another issue in that the suppliers take longer period to bring the required materials on time. (Institute, 2008)
The pack back may occur to be smaller in that it will not accommodate the two equipment’s so it will be advisable for the team to dismantle the bag and think of making it bigger enough to accommodate the two and also ensure that the temperatures are regulated without any problem. Before going about the implementation it is good for the team to design the backpack taking into account all the aspects which will be encountered during implementation.
On the other hand, the other issue is the closure of the company which was given to design and manufacture the backpack. This will lead to waste of the resources which had been allocated for the task implementation.
It is therefore advisable for the subcontractor to refund part of the money which had been paid, so that another company will take the task from where it was left by the other subcontracto ...
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1. A cumulative effort curve for a project generally has an S-shape because of:
Answer :
a. The large financial costs associated with ending a project
b. Various hurdles that prevent progress when beginning a project
c. Team member burnout
d. Higher resource utilization during the middle of a project
2. A manager getting further into a project and obtaining a better understanding of what needs to be done to accomplish a project is an example of:
Answer
a. Hidden interaction costs
b. Things going wrong on a project
c. Normal conditions not applying
d. Changes in project scope
e. None of these are correct
3. A project team has been assigned to research and develop a new product to compete with its competitor’s latest product launch. The product is needed quickly because the company is losing market share. The team consists of 6 members, located throughout the country. Each one has a role in sales, marketing, manufacturing, or engineering, and will be performing this project in addition to his or her full-time position. Which of the following project team considerations is most likely to pose a threat to achieving success?
Answer
a. Not enough time available for the team members.
b. Not the correct team size.
c. Poor team member representation that does not include a diverse set of stakeholders.
d. Inadequate knowledge and technical skills of the team members.
4. All of the following are usually included in a work package except
Answer
a. What will be done?
b. The time needed to complete the work.
c. A single person who is responsible for its completion.
d. All the costs for the work package.
e. All of these are included in a work package.
5. An advantage of factor rating for project selection is that it:
Answer
a. Involves no arithmetic calculations
b. Allows for comparisons on several weighted criteria
c. Offers objective measures that eliminate human bias
d. Is focused solely on financial outcomes
6. An organization that allows functions to exist on the vertical dimension of the organizational chart, with projects running on the horizontal dimension is described as a:
Answer
a. Matrix organization
b. Projectized organization structure
c. Functional organization
d. Networked organization
7. After a team of software development engineers completed the requirements phase for a major new system, members learned the client no longer needed several of the features initially requested. Which of the following project management models would help avoid this kind of communication challenge?
Answer
a. Silo approach
b. Economic approach
c. Waterfall approach
d. Concurrent approach
8. Companies like Boeing, Kodak, and IBM are using which of the following for improving the estimating process?
Answer
a. Adjusting estimates based on individual forecasting abilities
b. Benchmarking using the experience of other companies
c. Using time and motion studies
d. Creating historical databases o ...
I am interested in the Getta Byte Software Project from MGMT 404. .docxeugeniadean34240
I am interested in the Getta Byte Software Project from MGMT 404.
The Course Project provides an opportunity for you to practice and apply specific project management skills learned in this course. The knowledge learned will help you to further your professional or personal goals. The title of your Course Project is the Getta Byte Software Project. The project is divided in two parts. Every week you are encouraged to complete a section of your Course Project. Part 1 is due in Week 4 and Part 2 is due in Week 8.
Course Project Part 1
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
References
Course Project Part 2
Cover page
Table of contents
Introduction
Section A: The Project Charter
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Section E: WBS and the Project Schedule (must use MS Project)
Section F: Resource Allocation and Budget Reports (must use MS Project)
Section G: Risk Register
Conclusion
References
Part 1 is section A,B,C,D,E
Section A: The Project Charter
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 1 Lesson. Populate all sections of this Project Charter Template with content related to the Getta Byte Project Charter and improve its content. There are sections in the template which are not covered in the video for which the student is still responsible to complete by elaborating and adding its missing content. Here is a list of the Project Charter Template sections.
Mission or purpose
Project and product description
Objectives
Milestones
Budget
User acceptance criteria
High-Level assumptions
High-Level constraints
Exclusions and boundaries
Major risks
Key stakeholders
Section B: The Stakeholder Engagement Plan
For this section, you will watch the Getta Byte Software video located in the Week 2 Lesson and use the information in the video to complete the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template for the Getta Byte project.
Identify each stakeholder and include influence, interest, and support.
Define the approach to each stakeholder or stakeholder group, communication method, and frequency.
Section C: The Communications Management Plan
In this section, you will create a simple communications management plan for the execution of the Getta Byte project. Complete the Communications Management Plan Template using the information in the Week 2 Getta Byte Software video.
Communication vehicle
Target audience
Description or purpose
Frequency
Sender
Distribution vehicle
Internal or external
Section D: The Project Scope Statement
Populate all sections of this Scope Statement Template with content related to the Getta Byte project scope and improve its co.
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Contents
Part 1: Build a Methodology 4
Abstract 4
Introduction 4
Project Scope Statement 5
Methodology 5
Deliverables 7
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 8
Project Management Office Review Strategy 9
Life Cycle Cost (LCC) 10
Prioritization Technique 11
Risks and mitigation strategies. 13
Delay in Project 13
Budget Shortages 13
Low-quality product 14
Incomplete project design and delivery definition 14
Lack of resources 14
Organizational Structure 15
Part 2: Project Description 16
Agile Methodology 16
Algorithm for SCC 16
Part 2A: Project Requirements 19
Agile Scope Control 19
Agile Task Control 19
References 22
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Abstract
Susan Consulting Company (SCC) has been spending more than the industry standards on project management costs while projects are overrunning the budget and timeline. The objectives of this paper to provide a solution for SCC to improve their project management process with the ability to track issues, risks, and changes. Also, to provide a solution where SCC be able to view project activities and life cycle project costs. From the research it has been found that Agile methodology would make the project management process cost effective. Using this method, this research developed an algorithm to operate six applications. This research found that SCC needs to make sure six core activities in project deliverable lists which would define the project outcomes. Also, a new project structure model has been proposed which would provide more stringent solution for budget monitoring. MOSCOW prioritization technique has been suggested for process optimization.Introduction
Susans Consulting Company (SCC) has been in business for more than five years and lately has been experiencing turnovers in its project management. SCC decided to hire us, a team of experts, to help them revitalize their project management system, deliver their projects on time, and use their budget correctly. An investigation made by the SCC's senior leadership determined that the amount of project management documentation necessary for a project. The leadership also found that the company was spending 30-40% of its budget on projects, which is over the industry standards.
SCC Company has faced issues with late projects and over budget. To help solve the company's problem, SCC has contracted us to revitalize their full project management. Our team will help the company with its project timeline and deliverables. Project Scope Statement
This project Management paper will describe the process that SCC must implement in order to reorganize their projects. The present paper will show each stage necessary within the projects and build a process that will help cut the costs and have projects delivered on time.
Life Cycle
As we aim to create a system where SCC can organize their projects, our team will use the standard life cycle composed of five stages, which are (1) Project Initiation (2) Project Planning (3) Project Execution (4) ...
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1. (TCO A) In the _____ organization structure, the project
manager is responsible for the project results, whereas the
functional manager is responsible for providing the resources
needed to achieve the results.
2. (TCO H) What is the longest phase of the project life cycle?
3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
4. (TCO D) A _____ is a predefined set of actions that will be
implemented if the risk event occurs.
5. (TCO F) _____ the project involves measuring actual progress
and comparing it to planned progress.
6. (TCO C) If _____ is positive, it represents the maximum amount
of time that the activities on a particular path can be delayed
without jeopardizing the completion of the project by its
required completion time.
7. (TCO G) Which of the following is not an advantage of using
project management software?
2. 8. (TCO A) Which of the following is not an example of a
project?
9. (TCO C) Why are activities drawn in a serial relationship on a
network diagram?
10. (TCO F) The project cost estimate is allocated to _____.
11. (TCO F) It is important to use the _____ as the standard
against which actual cost is compared.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task B if its
predecessor, Task A, finishes on day 3 and the duration of Task
B is 2 days.
Page 2
1. (TCO B) Describe the benefits of including the people who
will be involved in performing the project when planning the
project.
2. (TCO E)
Part 1: What are some common barriers to team effectiveness?
Part 2: Describe an example of a team project that would
include barriers to success.
3. (TCO C) A project to remodel an office area has the following
activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB diagram, perform
a forward pass, and perform a backward pass to answer this
question.)
Activity Duration Predecessors
3. A 2 months ---
B 4 months ---
C 4 months ---
D 1 month A
E 5 months B
F 2 months B, C
G 1 month C
H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
Activity Duration Predecessors ES EF LS LF
Slack
A 2 months --- 0 2 7 9 7
B 4 months --- 0 4 0 4 0
C 4 months --- 0 4 3 7 3
D 1 month A 2 3 9 12 9
E 5 months B 4 9 4 9 0
F 2 months B, C 4 6 7 9 3
G 1 month C 4 5 8 9 4
H 3 months E, F, G 9 12 9 12 0
I 2 months D, E 9 11 12 14 3
J 2 months G, H 12 14 12 14 0
a) What are the critical path activities?
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity A? Show your
calculations.
d) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity F? Show your
4. calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity G? Show your
calculations.
4. (TCO A)
Part 1: Compare and contrast the responsibilities of a
functional manager and a project manager in a matrix-type
organization.
Part 2: A company manufactures furniture. Which organization
structure is the most suitable? Why?
Part 3: An organization builds custom houses for urban-
renewal areas. Which organization structure is the most
suitable? Why?
5. (TCO D) A firm hosts data-mining servers and performs data
mining for other companies that do not desire the costs of
hardware, software, or expertise to data mine their data. The
firm is planning to roll out faster data-mining software that will
reduce the time to sift through customers' data by a fraction of
the present time.
Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions
from a project-management perspective for the data-mining
software project.
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the consequences, and the risk-
response plan for the data-mining software project.
6. (TCO F) Analyze and compare the costs of the two projects in
terms of performance efficiency, budget, and schedule. Make
sure to show your calculations and analyze and explain the
results. (Note: Providing just numbers will receive only partial
credit.)
Project A: The budgeted cost of work performed is $72,000, and
5. the actual cost of work performed is $75,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $73,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $48,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $100,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $122,000.
7. (TCO B) An environmental consulting firm has been hired to
clean up contaminated ground water beneath the site of a
former chemical factory. The cleanup design process consists of
evaluating several alternatives; preparing a conceptual design
for the most appropriate alternative; evaluating the conceptual
design by performing a small-scale pilot test on site; and, based
on the results of the pilot test, preparing a final design.
Installation of the cleanup system will be performed by
subcontractors under the supervision of the consultant. Prior
to installation, the consultant will work on setting up the
subcontracts by preparing specifications, prequalifying
installation contractors, reviewing all bids, and executing the
contracts. The installation will consist of the following phases:
recovery wells, piping, treatment equipment, and start up.
The consultant will also be responsible for system-performance
monitoring, which consists of sampling the groundwater,
monitoring wells on a quarterly basis, and sampling the
groundwater treatment-system discharge.
Prepare a work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project
with activities corresponding to a two-level task and subtask
hierarchy. Number the WBS codes so that the level of each
activity is clearly identified. Do not worry about indentation.
8. (TCO B) You are reaching the end of your graduate-school
6. program, and you are planning a large party to celebrate your
success! You have rented out the local forest preserve as the
venue for your party. Applying your project-management skills,
you want to ensure you have everything planned out, and
you’ve asked your family and friends to be a part of your team
to hold this party. At your party, you have made it clear to your
team what you want to have delivered. After all, it’s your party--
you can have whatever you want! Some of the key items you
want at your party include
• graduation announcements;
• party invitations;
• live entertainment;
• games (for adults and for children);
• food;
• beverages; and
• convenience for all (parking, restroom facilities, etc.).
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a
2-level WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering.
b) In your WBS, how many work packages have been
created?
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1. (TCO A) In a _____ organization, the project manager does not
have complete authority over the project team.
2. (TCO H) What is the longest phase of the project life cycle?
3. (TCO B) A(n) _____ is defined as a piece of work that consumes
time.
4. (TCO D) All of the following are risk response types except
_____.
5. (TCO F) The two most common types of project reports are
_____.
6. (TCO C) The _____ time is the latest time by which a particular
activity must be finished in order for the entire project to be
completed by its required completion time.
7. (TCO G) Which of the following is not an advantage of using
project management software?
8. (TCO A) Projects are identified and selected in the _____.
8. 9. (TCO C) In addition to showing the technical constraints
among activities, how does the network diagram logic also take
into account resource constraints?
10. (TCO F) The budget for each work package is _____.
11. (TCO F) The _____ for the entire project or for each work
package provides a baseline against which actual cost and work
performance can be compared at any time during the project.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task B if its
predecessor, Task A, finishes on day 3 and the duration of Task
B is 2 days.
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
1. (TCO B) Describe the benefits of including the people who
will be involved in performing the project when planning the
project.
2. (TCO E)
Part 1: Discuss some types of conflict that might arise during a
project. Part 2: Describe two examples that have these types of
conflict.
3. (TCO C) A project to remodel an office area has the following
activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB diagram, perform
a forward pass, and perform a backward pass to answer this
9. question.)
Activity Duration Predecessors
A 3 months ---
B 2 months ---
C 3 months ---
D 4 months A, B
E 3 months A
F 2 months B, C
G 2 months F
H 1 month G
I 4 months D, E, F
J 5 months H
a) What are the critical path activities?
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity B? Show your
calculations.
d) What is the slack or float for Activity C? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity H? Show your
calculations.
4. (TCO A)
Part 1: Compare and contrast the responsibilities of a
functional manager and a project manager in a pure project-
type organization.
Part 2: A company builds state-of-the-art barges for riverboat
companies. Which organization structure is the most suitable?
Why?
Part 3: An organization builds custom greenhouses for desert-
climate cities. Which organization structure is the most
suitable? Why?
10. 5. (TCO D) A firm hosts data-mining servers and performs data
mining for other companies that do not desire the costs of
hardware, software, or expertise to data mine their data. The
firm is planning to roll out faster data-mining software that will
reduce the time to sift through customers' data by a fraction of
the present time.
Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions
from a project-management perspective for the data-mining
software project. (15 points)
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the consequences, and the risk-
response plan for the data-mining software project.
6. (TCO F) Analyze and compare the performance of the
following two projects in terms of cost, schedule, and efficiency.
Make sure to show your calculations and analyze and explain
the results. (Note: Providing just numbers will receive only
partial credit.)
Project A: The budgeted cost of work performed is $72,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $75,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $73,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $48,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $100,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $122,000.
7. (TCO B) Based upon the results of traffic-load forecasts, a
state department of transportation has decided to proceed with
the design and construction of a new highway. However, prior
to starting design work, a funding proposal must be prepared
11. that justifies the design and construction expense. If the
proposal is approved, a detailed survey will be performed on
the proposed right of way (ROW). After the survey is
completed, ROW clearance activities will be performed that
include utility relocation, easement acquisition, and
environmental investigations and cleanup.
Design activities generally proceed concurrently with the ROW
clearance activities, and close communication between the two
groups is essential. Design activities
start with an agreed-upon statement of project objectives.
Subsequent activities include traffic management and safety
planning, preliminary design, and final design.
After design activities are completed, a formal request for
construction funding is submitted, a project manager is
selected, and a construction contractor is selected.
Prepare a work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project
with activities corresponding to a two-level task and subtask
hierarchy. Number the WBS codes so that the level of each
activity is clearly identified. Do not worry about indentation.
8. (TCO B) You are reaching the end of your graduate-school
program, and you are planning a large party to celebrate your
success! You have rented out the local forest preserve as the
venue for your party. Applying your project-management skills,
you want to ensure you have everything planned out, and
you’ve asked your family and friends to be a part of your team
to hold this party. At your party, you have made it clear to your
team what you want to have delivered. After all, it’s your party--
you can have whatever you want! Some of the key items you
want at your party include
12. • graduation announcements;
• party invitations;
• live entertainment;
• games (for adults and for children);
• food;
• beverages; and
• convenience for all (parking, restroom facilities, etc.).
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-
level WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering
b) In your WBS, how many work packages have been created
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1. (TCO A) The most common types of organization structures
are _____.
2. (TCO H) This first phase of the project life cycle involves the
_____.
3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
4. (TCO D) All of the following are risk response types except
_____.
5. (TCO F) The two most common types of project reports are
_____.
6. (TCO C) The _____ time is the latest time by which a particular
activity must be finished in order for the entire project to be
completed by its required completion time.
7. (TCO G) Which of the following is not a criterion for selecting
project
8. (TCO A) Which of the following is not an example of a
project?
14. 9. (TCO C) Why are activities drawn in a serial relationship on a
network diagram?
10. (TCO F) The budget for each work package is _____.
11. (TCO F) The _____ is the amount that was budgeted to
accomplish the work scheduled to be performed up to that
point in time.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task D if one of its
predecessors, Task A, finishes on day 3, its other predecessor,
Task C, finishes on day 4, and the duration of Task D is 2 days.
13. (TCO B) Describe what each of the following means in
project planning: what, how, who, how long, and how much.
14. (TCO E) Part 1: What are some common barriers to team
effectiveness?
Part 2: Describe an example of a team project that would
include barriers to success.
15. (TCO C) A project to remodel an office area has the
following activities. (Hint: You will need to build an AIB
diagram, perform a forward pass, and perform a backward pass
to answer this question.)
Activity Duration Predecessors
A 2 months ---
B 4 months ---
C 4 months ---
D 1 month A
E 5 months B
F 2 months B, C
G 1 month C
15. H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
a) What are the critical path activities?
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity A? Show your
calculations.
d) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity F? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity G? Show your
calculations.
Activity Duration Predecessors ES EF LS LF
Slack
A 3 months --- 0 3 7 9 7
B 2 months --- 0 2 0 4 0
C 4 months --- 0 4 3 7 3
D 1 month A 2 3 9 12 9
E 5 months B 4 9 4 9 0
F 2 months B, C 4 6 7 9 3
G 1 month C 4 5 8 9 4
H 3 months E, F, G 9 12 9 12 0
I 2 months D, E 9 11 12 14 3
J 2 months G, H 12 14 12 14 0
a) What are the critical path activities? – B-E-H-J
b) What is the project's scheduled completion time?
c) What is the slack or float for Activity A? Show your
16. calculations
d) What is the slack or float for Activity E? Show your
calculations.
e) What is the slack or float for Activity F? Show your
calculations.
f) What is the slack or float for Activity G? Show your
calculations.
16. (TCO A) Part 1: Compare and contrast the responsibilities of
a functional manager and a project manager in a pure project-
type organization.
Part 2: A company builds state-of-the-art barges for riverboat
companies. Which organization structure is the most suitable?
Why?
Part 3: An organization builds custom greenhouses for desert-
climate cities. Which organization structure is the most
suitable? Why?
17. (TCO D) A firm stores data for other organizations. The
company stores data across many states, providing backup data
storage for state, municipal governments, and large
corporations. The firm is deploying a new set of storage devices
that are faster, denser, and more energy efficient.
Part 1: List and discuss the major risk-management functions
from a project-management perspective for the new data
storage project.
Part 2: Describe a risk event, the related consequences, and the
risk response plan for the new data storage project.
17. 18. (TCO F) Analyze and compare the performance of the
following two projects in terms of cost, schedule, and efficiency.
Make sure to show your calculations and analyze and explain
the results. (Note: Providing just numbers will receive only
partial credit.)
Project A: The budgeted cost of work performed is $92,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $175,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $173,000.
Project B: The budgeted cost of work performed is $68,000, and
the actual cost of work performed is $69,000. The budgeted
cost of work scheduled is $71,000.
19. (TCO B) An environmental consulting firm has been hired to
clean up contaminated ground water beneath the site of a
former chemical factory. The cleanup design process consists of
evaluating several alternatives; preparing a conceptual design
for the most appropriate alternative; evaluating the conceptual
design by performing a small-scale pilot test on site; and, based
on the results of the pilot test, preparing a final design.
Installation of the cleanup system will be performed by
subcontractors under the supervision of the consultant. Prior
to installation, the consultant will work on setting up the
subcontracts by preparing specifications, prequalifying
installation contractors, reviewing all bids, and executing the
contracts. The installation will consist of the following phases:
recovery wells, piping, treatment equipment, and start up.
The consultant will also be responsible for system-performance
monitoring, which consists of sampling the groundwater,
monitoring wells on a quarterly basis, and sampling the
groundwater treatment-system discharge.
Prepare a work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project
with activities corresponding to a two-level task and subtask
hierarchy. Number the WBS codes so that the level of each
activity is clearly identified. Do not worry about indentation.
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For this Course Project, you may choose a project that is of
interest to you, or you may choose one to assist you in your
senior project. When selecting a project, avoid picking one that
is either too big or too small. For example, do not decide to
build a new stadium for your local sports team (too big) or to
plant your summer garden (too small). Projects may vary from
a few hundred thousand dollars to a few million dollars.
Projects should last somewhere between 6 months and 2 years.
Be sure your selection is an actual project and not routine
work. Pick a project you have some experience and familiarity.
Do not pick a topic, such as a construction project, unless you
understand construction well.
I suggest you negotiate with your instructor this week until the
two of you agree on a reasonable project for this Course
Project. Do not begin work on a project charter until the
instructor has approved your project idea. Good luck and have
fun!
Some successful project ideas.
The opening of a coffee shop
An open house for a local social service agency
A meditation pool and platform
A redevelopment of a local playground
Design and installation of a computer network for a small
19. business
Software development project
A project to build a house is NOT acceptable
Instructions: Project Charter
Using the project that you chose, create a Project Charter using
the Project Charter Template listed in the Templates section.
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1. (TCO A) This layer is responsible for the physical
medium (wired , wireless, copper, fiber, etc...).
Question 2. (TCO A) In which layer of the Internet
model would the HTTP standard be used?
Question 3. (TCO A) Which of the following is not true
about ISO:
Question 4. (TCO A) The term ______________ refers to high
speed communication circuits such as DSL.
Question 5. (TCO A) Which of the following is not true
about de facto standards in the communications industry?
Question 6. (TCO B) In the 1960s, there were ___
independent groups around the world working on packet
switching and they were unaware of each others related work.
21. Question 7. (TCO B) ____________ was the prefered
architecture of the 1980s.
Question 8. (TCO B) The method of identifying the
destination and source process on a unique host is by IP
address and associated ____ _____.
Question 9. (TCO B) Transport services available to
applications include:
Question 10. (TCO B) Which of the following is a type of
broadband access that fiber optic cable to the residence?
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Week 2 Project Guidelines - Scope Statement and WBS
Congratulations, your project charter was approved by
management or the project’s customer. It is now time to write
the project scope statement. This week's lecture will be of great
help in creating this document. Please read the lecture before
starting this assignment.
Project Scope Statement
Using the information established in the project charter and
additional research, create the Project Scope Statement using
the template provided in the Week 2 Lesson.
WBS
Following the sample from the Project Templates above, create
a WBS for your Project.
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1. (TCO B) Which of the following media can best
withstand harsh environmental conditions?
Question 2. (TCO B) Which of the following would be
considered a type of wireless media?
Question 3. (TCO B) Which of the following media has
the lowest error rates and the highest transmission speeds?
Question 4. (TCO B) When all bits of a character are
transferred one after another, the bits are transferred in _____
mode.
Question 5. (TCO B) As part of the five-layer network
model used in this textbook, the data link layer sits directly
between
24. Question 6. (TCO B) Which of the following is true with
respect to the data link layer?
Question 7. (TCO B) With contention,
Question 8. (TCO B) With odd parity (assume that the
parity bit (in bold) has been placed at the end of each of the
following) and a 7-bit ASCII code, which of the following is
incorrect?
Question 9. (TCO B) Errors on a network can occur
Question 10. (TCO B) Which of the following is true
about the data link protocol, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)?
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Step 3: Answer the Following Essay Questions
Now that your project schedule has been created and your
resources have been allocated, please analyze your results and
answer the following essay questions. In your analysis, be sure
to identify the critical path and relate any time reduction
opportunities to specific activities in the WBS.
Essay Question #1: Now that you have created a WBS and
resource loaded schedule in MS Projects, what is your critical
path? Does this critical path make sense? Do your predecessors
make sense? How accurate are your durations? What could be
done to improve the accuracy of your durations?
Essay Question #2: Are there any resources over-allocated? If
yes, during which month(s) and what are some ways this might
be addressed? Do not simply lower the percentage allocated to
an overallocated activity.
Using your own words, I am looking for a one- to three-page
essay report that addresses the essay questions above.
Remember, the report must be to a level of clarity and depth
that would be readily understood by the executive
management; in other words do not repeat the questions, avoid
a simple yes or no answer. Do support your analysis with both
in-text citation and references from the textbook, The PMBOK®
Guide or other juried sources.
In addition to the one- to three-page essay, include a cover
26. sheet and a reference page. Use APA style format, double-space,
one-inch margins, Times New Roman, and 12-point font size.
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Week 3 Project Guidelines Microsoft Project
Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter
and scope statement. Now that you know what needs to be
done, as the Project Manager, you are now ready to begin
planning your project schedule.
This week, you will have two deliverables to complete for the
project.
Using MS Project, create a project schedule and align
resources—35 points
Analyze project schedule and resource allocation: two essay
questions—20 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Project file and MS
Word document) to the Week 3 Dropbox. Please refer to the
course Syllabus for your due date.
To help guide you through these deliverables, please follow the
three step process below.
Step 1: Update MS Project with Resource Information
The following steps should be followed when setting up your
Course Project with Microsoft Project 2013.
29. Set the basic project information
Open MS Project.
Click on the File button (top left), select Save as and enter the
file name as (your name) cp1. For example, SmithJanecp1.mpp.
Click on the Project tab and select Project Information. In the
Project Information dialogue box, set the start date of your
project.
Leave other dates as is. Click on OK.
Set basic Gantt chart format (use also for tracking Gantt chart
view).
Right click on the mouse in the gray area of the Gantt chart on
the right side of the screen where the dates in month and days
are for the menu and select Timescale.
In the Timescale dialogue box:
Select the Middle Tier tab set Units to Quarters.
Select the Bottom Tier tab set Units to Months.
Click on OK.
Setup the default task units to weeks
Click the File tab, and then click Options.
In the Project Options dialog box, click Schedule.
Under Scheduling options in this project, set the following.
New tasks created select Auto Scheduled
Duration is entered in select Weeks
Default task type select Fixed Duration
Click OK to close the dialog box.
Set up the Resource Sheet. Once you have set the defaults, we
are ready to move on. If you have not done so already, you need
to create the project’s work packages and activities from the
Project’s WBS. Once this is done, insert your project name,
deliverables, work packages, and activities in the column Task
Name in MS Project.
Enter the task durations in the Duration Column.
Enter the predecessor(s) for each task in the predecessors
column. If there is no duration or predecessor listed, leave the
30. column blank. Note: If you do not see the Predecessors Column,
move the vertical line between the Entry Form and the Gantt
chart to the right to reveal the column. Click on the line and
drag to move it. Columns can be expanded or contracted
individually to accommodate information the same way column
width is adjusted in MS Excel.
Analyze your Schedule and Network Diagram
To see the network diagram, click on View, then select Network
Diagram. Activities on the Critical Path are outlined in red,
while noncritical path activities are outlined in blue. You will
need this information to answer the essay question in Step 3.
Step 2: Allocate Resources
Once you have the WBS created in MS Projects, you need to
assign resources to each activity. Remember only assign
resources to activities, not other items on the WBS. Before you
can do this, you need to create a resources sheet in MS Projects.
To create a Resource sheet, click on View, Resource Sheet.
Enter the Resource name, whether it is a human resource, a
cost, or a material. Once this is finished, one can tie these
resources to individual activities. Don’t worry about costs, as
that is next week’s work.
To assign your resources to the aligned tasks in MS Project,
follow the steps below.
Assign hourly resources and costs to the tasks that you have
already entered.
Choose View—Gantt Chart. Place active window on the first
task.
Click on the Double Headed icon on the upper tool bar (Assign
Resources), or click Alt-F10.
In the resource assignment window, select the appropriate
resource for each activity.
Repeat for all resources and activities according to the
Resource List above.
Analyze Your Resource Allocation and Assignments
31. There are several methods to check for over-allocated
resources.
Click onView, Resource Sheet—Resource(s) in red color are
over-allocated.
Click onView, Resource Usage—Resource(s) in red color are
over-allocated resource(s) by date.
Click onProject, Reports. A dialog box appears, click on
Assignments then Select. Then click the report for
Overallocated Resources, and then Select to print or view.
Remember with resources you need to assign how much time
(by a percentage) each resource will be allocated to each
activity. Simply lowering a given percentage may clear an over-
allocation, but in real life this is not possible. One must come up
with a better method do clear resource over-allocations.
You will need this information to answer the essay question in
Step 3.
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Question 1. (TCO B) A TCP/IPv4 address looks like
Question 2. (TCO B) The newer form of IP, version
6 (Ipv6),
Question 3. (TCO B) Dynamic addressing
Question 4. (TCO B) _____ plays a crucial role in
quality of service guarantees.
Question 5. (TCO B) _____ is the protocol suite
used on the Internet today.
Question 6. (TCO C) The actual transfer of packets
from a routers incoming links to it's outgoing links is its
_____ function.
Question 7. (TCO C) The ability to use a single
prefix to advertise multiple networks is known as ________
33. Question 8. (TCO C) IPsec is a network layer
protocol that is compatible with .
Question 9. (TCO C) __________ (layer 2 switches)
base their forwarding decision on the address in the link-
layer header (the mac address)?
Question 10. (TCO C) _____ Are virtual circuit
networks.
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Step 3 Answer the Following Essay Questions
Answer the Following Essay Questions
Now that your project schedule has been created, your
resources have been loaded, and your resource costs have been
allocated, please analyze your results and answer the following
questions. After you enter all of your resources, answer the
following questions.
What is your total budget for this project? Does this budget
make sense? (15 points)
What can be done to lower the budget and reduce the project's
duration? (15 points)
Formulate the above responses into a two- to three-page essay
report. Remember, the report must be to a level of clarity and
depth that would be readily understood by the executive
management. Do support your analysis with both in-text
citation and references from the textbook, The PMBOK® Guide,
or other juried sources. Include a cover sheet and a reference
page. Use APA style format, double-space, one-inch margins,
Times New Roman, and 12-point font size.
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In this homework assignment, you will be working through two
crashing problems and four earned value problems. All the
information you need is included within this Homework packet.
Make sure you answer all parts of the questions in their
entirety.
Once you have worked through the problems, please post your
responses to the Dropbox. Please refer to the course Syllabus
for the due date.
PROBLEM 1
Use the network diagram below and the additional information
provided to answer the corresponding questions. [15 points]
PROBLEM 2
Use the network diagram below and the additional information
provided to answer the corresponding questions. [13 points]
PROBLEMS 3-6
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Week 4 Update Microsoft Project
Most projects have fixed costs to account for. These are such
things as mortgages and other costs that do not change with
production. Fixed costs need to be accounted for in projects. If
your project has fixed costs, follow the following steps.
Step1 Update Microsoft Project with Fixed Cost Information
Resource Fixed Cost List Instructions Microsoft Project 2013
The following steps should be followed when setting up your
project fixed costs with Microsoft Project:
Go to the gray area at the top of the project on the Duration
column and Right Click and choose Insert Column. Type in
Fixed Cost and hit enter.
Enter the fixed costs above in the fixed cost column as listed
adjacent to the appropriate tasks.
Step 2 Update Microsoft Project with Variable Cost Information
Variable Resource List
37. Most projects have variable costs. These are costs that change
with the amount of work being done. These are commonly seen
as dollar per hour costs. Most of your resources will be dollar
per hour costs. Follow the steps below to enter this data.
Resource Variable Cost List Instructions for Microsoft 2013
Using this information, go back into the Resource Sheet to
update the hourly rate for each resource.
Click on the View tab. Click on the Resource Sheet icon under
the Resource Views section. The resource sheet icon is the
middle icon on the right of this view with two heads. Check to
make sure the Type field is Work and enter the dollar amount
above for the hourly rate for each resource in the Std. Rate
column.
To access various reports with cost and other information
select Reports under the Project
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Week 5 Course Project Deliverables
Great job planning out your project, so far!
You and your project team are well underway with planning
your project, and you know that it is very important to perform
risk management.
This week, there is one deliverable:
Create risk matrix, and address how risk response plans would
be addressed - 20 points
To help guide you through this deliverable, please follow the six
step process of risk management found in the Lesson.
Using the Risk Matrix linked under Project Templates near the
top of this page, identify five positive and five negative risks
that could occur on this project, and complete the risk matrix.
Write a five page essay to describe, in your own words, your
risk management plan to include the risk matrix, risk
responses, and how you will monitor and control these risks.
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Week 7 Course Project Deliverables
Wow! Your project has been successfully planned, and you are
ready to move into the performing stage! Before you do, take a
closer look at how this project is fitting into the broader
organizational structure, and how you see this project being
structured within the organization.
This week, there are two deliverables:
Discuss the organizational structure and how this may have
helped the project - 20 points
Discuss how you did on this project and any lessons learned for
you. Self reflection - What did you learn? - 20 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Word documents) to
the Week 7 Dropbox.
40. To help guide you through these deliverables, please follow the
two step process on the following pages.
Step 1: Write a one to two page essay addressing the type of
organizational structure you see this project operating under,
and why. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this
operating structure, compared to the other structures?
Step 2: Now that you have worked through this Course Project,
what did you learn? Write a two page essay and describe what
you learned as you went through this project. What will you
take away from this course, and what will you apply to your
projects or personal life?