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PROJ-430Advanced Project Management – All 7 Weeks Discussions, A+ Material (PROJ430 PROJ430 PROJ/430)
PROJ430Week 1 DQ1 Project& Functional Manager Differences
PROJ430Week 1 DQ2 Projects and Organizational Structures
PROJ430Week 2 DQ1 The Project Kick-Off
PROJ430Week 2 DQ2 ProjectPlanningDocuments
PROJ430Week 3 DQ1 Scheduling Techniques
PROJ430Week 3 DQ2 Adjustingthe ProjectSchedule
PROJ430Week 4 DQ1 Quality Management
PROJ430Week 4 DQ2 ProjectStaffing
PROJ430Week 5 DQ1 ProjectRisks
PROJ430Week 5 DQ2 Procurement
PROJ430Week 6 DQ1 ProjectConflict
PROJ430Week 6 DQ2 Variance
PROJ430Week 7 DQ1 Managing ProjectTrade-Offs
PROJ430Week 7 DQ2 Change Management
ALL Weeks Checkpoints
PROJ430Week 1 CheckpointSolution (Jones and ShephardAccountants (Chapter 3, pp 138 – 140)
1. Provide a synopsis ofthe Jones and Shephard case.
2. Highlight threeenterprise management causes/considerations and threeproject management causes/considerations for the situation.
Include what seemedto be missing.
3. Consider thatyou are the systems managerwhois now responsible for redesigning theorganizational structure.What areas needto be
addressed for the transition and how will theybenefitthe company?How will you interactwith the upper managers in the company?
How do you make this a transition with the least impact on the employees and the customers?
4. How should the transition to a new project managementoperation be accomplished? Consider whatthe enterprise should need to
know about project managementand the new structure. How much time doyou recommend for the transition tothe matrix
organizations?Be sure toinclude your rationale.
5. Whatother organizational changes should be made? How do you work with the manager ofoperations to gain his/her supportfor
your organizational changes?
PROJ430Week 2 CheckpointThe Trophy Project(Chapter 5,pp 264– 266) 100%CorrectAnswers
1. Provide a synopsis ofthe TrophyProjectcase study. Highlightyour observations about the project.
2. Did the projectappear to be plannedcorrectly?Whyor whynot?Relate your answers to the expected documents forproperproject
planning.
3. Citingevidence from the case,do you think functional management teams were committed to theproject?Whatevidence do you have
from the case study tosubstantiate your views?
4. Citingevidence from the case,do you think senior managementmanagers were supportive and committed?What evidence do you
have from thecase study tosubstantiate your views?
5. Whatwould you have done differently?
PROJ430Week 3 CheckpointHabitat for Humanity– Simulation

1. When the projectfirst started, you were asked toorderthe tasks to build the WBS. How did you decide theorder tasks should appear
in for the WBS? In a typical project, how do you think a WBS should be created, andwhat stakeholders or team members shouldbe
involved?
2. Whatchallenges did you face duringthe simulation,and whatsolutions did you propose?Indicate any research thatyou did In order
to gain your own knowledge about remodelinga bathroom and howit helped you.
3. When faced with the challenges, what information did you useto make your decision, and what tradeoffs did you contemplate?
4. How did your decisions impactthe project’s critical path? Howwas the critical path impacted as you tried different options?
5. Based on the simulation and on whatwe discussed this week in class,whatadditional information orresources would have helped you
make better projectdecisions?
PROJ430Week 4 CheckpointThe Reluctant Workers (Chapter 6,Page 294)100%Correct Answers
Tim Aston had a normal expectation tobe the “bestprojectmanager” in his new assignment.Whatseems tohave caused him to change
his outlook?What approaches would you take toimprove communications between Tim and theteam members?Ifyou were in Tim’s
position and were listeningtohis manager, Phil Davies,refer more than one time tothe average age ofthe staff, what would be your
reaction? How would you use this information to improve your workingrelationships with the staff?Tim seems positioned to respectthe
customer’s wishes to attend a test. How would you (as his manager) counsel himabouthonoringor rejectingthatrequest?Support your
answer with examples of managingcustomer relations.Phil Davies said,“…people think that theycomefirst and that the project is
second.”What message is he reallyconveying? What does Tim seem to be missingin his next statement or reply?
PROJ430Week 5 CheckpointCrosbyManufacturing Corporation (Chapter 12, pp. 552 – 554) 100%CorrectAnswers
Livingston made some mistakes initially. Describe at least twoof them and provide how you would handle the situations.Howdo you
think the functional employees feel? Support howyou might feel if you were in their position by citing points from the case study?Are
there anyother alternatives?Explain atleast three alternatives. Explain your thoughts about the appointment ofTim Emaryas project
manager. Consider whatis expected ofa projectmanagerand senior managers’support for projects. How longdo you thinkit should
take todevelop a detailed project schedule and why?Is a completion date in as shortas 18 months realistic?Whyor whynot? Analyze
this question using the information from Exhibit 12-2 (Typical schedule in months).Explain what other areas maysufferas time
constraints increase.
PROJ430Week 6 CheckpointThe Bathtub Period(Chapter 15, pp. 708 – 709) 100%CorrectAnswers
Should Jerry gotothe General Manager?Whyor whynot?Think back to what is expected of a project manager and the project
charter.Should the key people be supported on overhead?Whyor whynot?If this were a cost-plus program, would you consider
approaching thecustomer with your problem in hopes ofrelief? Whyor why not? If you were the customerof this cost-plus program,
what would your responsebe for additional funds for thebathtub period,assuming costoverrun? Whyor why not? Would your
previous answerchange ifthe program had the money availableas a resultof beingunderbudget? Whyor why not?How do you prevent
this situation from recurring on all yearly follow-on contracts?
PROJ430Week 7 Checkpoint100%Correct Answers
Will project managementwork in all companies?Why orwhynot?Provide examples ofcompanies or industries tosupportyouranswer.
Consider a project in which all projectplanningis performed bya group. After all planningis completed, includingthe program plan
and schedule, a project manager is selected. Is there anythingwrong with this arrangement?The director ofproject management calls
you intohis office and informs you that oneof your fellow projectmanagers had a severe heartattack midwaythrough a project. You
will be taking overhis project, which is well behind schedule and overrunningcosts. The directorof projectmanagement then “orders”
you to complete the project within timeand cost.Howdo you proposeto do it?Where do you start? Should you shut down the projectto
re-plan it? Docost overruns justhappen,or are theycaused? Once the functional manager and project manager agree on a project
schedule, whois responsiblefor gettingthe work performed? Whois accountablefor getting the work performed? Whythe difference, if
any?
3. PROJ430 All Weeks Course Project on Customer Care Website Implementation

Course Project: Final Report
Objective
Each student in AdvancedProjectManagement (PROJ430) will choose a project that will be used to develop various documents that are
developed and used throughoutthe projectlifecycle.The projectdocuments will be completed and submitted in eightparts due in each
week throughoutthe course.
Guidelines
The topic you select should be a projectthatwill take between sixmonths to twoyears to complete. Choose a business orcommunity
related projecttopicin which you are interested, and have knowledge, tomake iteasier for you to complete these assignments.
The intentof the Course Project is that theproject will be sufficientlycomplexto require consideration of a number ofproject
management issues. In completingthe sample project documents for this course,considerthe full breadth of the project work required,
but rememberthat you will develop the details toa lesser depth than would be required in reality.
As a reminder, your projecttopicMUST be a business orcommunity-related projecttopic.This will allowyou tocomplete all sections of
the project. Try to find a project atyourworkplace orcommunity organization that you can use as a basis for completingthese
assignments.
You should keep in mind that your projectmustmeet all ofthe characteristics of a project:
A specific and definedobjective A defined life span with a definitive start and a definitive endInvolvingmultiple departmental
organizations and professional staffmembers Doingsomethingunique, not havingbeen done before Defined and specific schedule,
budget, and quality/performance requirements
Deliverable Schedule
Week
ProjectLifecycle Area(s)
Information and Activities
Deliverable Directions
1 Initiate, Define, and OrganizeYour Project
Establish the projectorganization, DefineProjectParameters,and Plan the ProjectOffice and Framework
This week, you are definingand organizing your project. This is the first step in analyzing your conceptby gatheringinformation needed
for all theproject documents that are created duringthe Project Managementprocess.Often an organization will require months to
complete this work.For this course project, you will be creatingsample documents thatgive you an ideaor example ofthe type of
information needed to create similar types of projectdeliverables.
Download the Course_Project_Week_1.docx from Doc Sharing tostartthis assignment. The Course_Project_Week_1.docx template
contains all the sections thatyou will need tocomplete,including instructions to help you work through this part ofthe course project.
You will submitthis deliverable tothe Week 1 Course Project Dropbox.
2 Continue to Define and Organize Your Project,and Startthe Planning
Define How the ProjectTeam Will Work Together, and Define MajorDeliverables and Milestones
This week, you are continuing todefine and organizeyourproject.Your focus will be on the project team (members and team
organizational structure), and howthe team will function. You will alsodefine and describe the major project deliverables (and sub-
deliverables)and milestones.
3 Define WBS and Work Packages
Develop the WBS with Schedule, Resources, and Costs usingMicrosoftProject
This week, you will be usingMicrosoft Projectto develop the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)and work packages for your course
project.You will also be developingthe project schedule and project budget. You can access Microsoft Projectfrom theiLab under
Course Home.
You will submityourMicrosoftProjectfile to the Week 3 Course Project Dropbox.
4 Plan your Project by AnalyzingResources
Analyze Resources and OptimizeTrade-offs
This week, your focus is on resource planning.This includes work resources (people) and material resources.Beingthorough and
complete is veryimportant, and you need to analyze if you identified all the resources you need and the workloads foreach. You will use
your MicrosoftProjectfile to perform the analysis and complete this week’s assignment. You can access Microsoft Projectfrom
the iLabunder Course Home.

5 Plan your Project by AnalyzingProjectRisks
Develop a Risk Management Plan
This week, you will develop a risk management plan for your course project. This portion of the planning process includes analyzing
potential risks that could impact the project,determiningwhois responsible tomanage the risk,and whatactions should be taken to
minimize the risk.
6 Plan your Project by Defininghow to Track, Manage, and ReportProjectStatus
Collect Status Information and Plan howto Take Corrective Actions
This week’s focus is on project information. As a project manager,you will need tokeepyourfingeron the pulse ofthe project. You need
to identify theinformation that you are monitoring, collecting,analyzing, andreporting. Based on the information, you and others will
need to makedecisions regarding the project.
7 Close the Project
Close outthe Projectand Archive Project Documents
This week’s focus is projectclosure, with the assumption that your project will go through execution as planned and will be formally
closed. Whilethe project has been the project manager’s focus since projectinitialization,itis also veryimportantfor the project
managerto help transition team members back totheir functional organizations as well as assure thatall projectdocumentation is
archived.A significant final deliverableof the project is a Lessons Learned document and meeting.
8 Course ProjectReport
Formal Reportthat is a Compilation ofAll PlanningDocuments from Weeks 1-7plus Change Management
The Final Report for your CourseProjectwill be a formal reportthatyou will presentto the ProjectSponsor(your Professor). You will
be using the information that you have been preparingeach week ofthe course. You will prepare the reportusingexcellent report
writingskills and with contentthatwould be read byan executive of an enterprise.Now is the time to organizeand present the
information in a waythatis understandable and meaningful to your ProjectSponsor.
Write the reportas though the Project Sponsor is readingthe planningdetails for the firsttime. You have prepared information each
week during the course,and thatinformation will form the foundation for this report.For the Final Report,you shouldaugment that
information with further explanations to facilitate the comprehension of what you are presenting. You will need to demonstrate in your
report thatyou have thought through all that is required to manage your projectsuccessfully. Continued fundingand resource
assignments will depend on how well you have planned,estimated, and communicated all aspects of your project. You will submit your
final reportto the Week 8 Course Project Dropbox.See thecourse Syllabus for Due Date requirements.
Submityour Assignments to the Dropboxlocated on the silver tab at thetop of this page.For instructions on how touse the Dropbox,
read these Step-by-Step Instructions orwatch this Dropbox Tutorial.
Grading Rubrics
Section/Category
Points
Description
Executive Summary
10
Concise,nomore than a halfto threequarters of a page.
Integration Management
10

The information foreach ofthese sections comes from whathas been developed in Weeks 1 – 7 plus Change Management. It needs to be
organized according tothe course textbooks and the PMBOKKnowledge Areas.
Report contains more contentthan the Weeks 1 – 7 submissions. It reflects further explanation todemonstrate your communication
skills.
Scope Management
10
Time/Schedule Management
10
Cost Management
10
QualityManagement
10
Human Resource Management
10
Communications Management
10
Risk Management
10
Procurement Management
10
Conclusion and Recommendations
10
Concise,nomore than a halfto threequarters of a page.
Format and writingquality:Title Page, Page Numbers, Headers, Font Type and Size,Length,and APA Compliance
15
Report is formatted usingthis Rubric as a guide for content and sections.Tone addresses the ProjectSponsordirectlyand professionally.
Table of Contents shows each section with atleasttwo outline levels. Each section is clearlylabeledin the bodyof the report.
Core reportlength 1,500-2,000 words (no limits on appendices,charts,graphs, supporting documentation). Reportis APA-compliant
with accurate in-textcitations supportingfull citations on the reference page.
Report contains no spelling, grammar,typographical,or formattingerrors; all links functional; graphics and charts are clear and
legible.Writingquality is excellent – clear, organized,and professional.
Total
125
A qualitypaper will meet orexceed all of the above requirements.
ProjectTutorials
Tutorials
Project-2010-quick-reference-guide
Getting-started-Microsoft-Project-basics
Getting-started-with-Project-2010
Best Practices
The following are bestpractices in preparing this paper.
Cover Page: Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared it,and the date. Table ofContents:Listthe main ideas andsections
of the paper and the pages where they are located.Illustrations should be included separately. Executive Summary:Use a header on
your paper.This willindicate thatyou are introducingthe paper.
1. Introduce the subject and whythe subject is important;
2. Previewthe main ideas and the order in which they will be covered; and
3. Establish the tone ofthe document.
Include in the executive summary a reason for the audience toread thepaper. Also, include an overviewof whatyou will cover and the
importance of the material.(This should include orintroduce the questions you are asked toanswer in each assignment.)
Body of the Report:Use a header with thename of theproject.An exampleis, “The Developmentof Hotel X: A World Class Resort.”
Proceed tobreak outthe main ideas:State the main ideas, the major points of each idea,and provide evidence.Show some type of
division,such as separate, labeled sections; separate groups of paragraphs; orheaders.Include the information you found during your

research and investigation.Summaryand Conclusion:Summarizing is similar to paraphrasingbut presents the gistof the material in
fewerwords than the original.An effective summaryidentifies the main ideas and themajor supportpoints from the bodyof the report;
minor details are leftout.Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how theyeffect the subject.Work Cited:Use the citation format
specified in the Syllabus.
Additional hints on preparingthe best possible projectfollow.
Apply a threestep process towriting: plan,write,and complete.Prepare an outline ofthe research paperbefore going forward.
Complete a firstdraftand then goback toedit, evaluate,and make anychanges required. Use visual communication tofurther clarify
and supportthe written partof the report.Examples include graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts,maps, drawings,animation,
video clips,pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts.

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