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PointsComments for points earned (80 points possible) 20Content: Content is excellent; information and ideas are correct, complete, logical, consistent, and appropriate for purpose and audience. (15)
*Content is good; information and ideas are mostly correct, complete, logical, consistent, and appropriate for purpose and audience. (12)
Content is minimally effective; information or ideas are incorrect, incomplete, illogical, inconsistent, or inappropriate for purpose or audience. (6)
Content does not meet requirements for purpose or audience. (0)
15Organization: Organization is excellent; overall approach is appropriate for purpose and audience; information and ideas are arranged logically; and transitions are clear and smooth. (15)
*Organization is good; overall approach is generally appropriate for purpose and audience; information and ideas are usually arranged logically; and transitions are usually clear and smooth. (12)
Organization is minimally effective; there are problems with overall approach, logic, or transitions. (6)
Organization does not meet requirements for purpose or audience. (0)
3Design and Format: Formatting is excellent with a logical and visually appealing use of headings and bulleted or numbered lists; letter or memo format is used appropriately and correctly. (5)
*Formatting is good, with mostly a logical and visually appealing use of headings and bulleted or numbered lists; there are clear efforts to use letter or memo format appropriately and correctly. (4)
Formatting is minimally effective; there are problems with the logic or visual effectiveness of headings and bulleted or numbered lists; letter or memo format may not be used appropriately or correctly. (2)
Formatting does not meet requirements for purpose or audience. (0)
10Style and Readability: Style is excellent; sentences are clear and concise; word choice is precise; and tone is appropriate for purpose and audience. (10)
*Style is good; most sentences are clear and concise; word choice is usually precise; and tone is mostly appropriate for purpose and audience. (8)
Style is minimally effective; there are problems with clarity, conciseness, word choice, or tone. (4)
Writing does not meet requirements for purpose or audience. (0)
10Grammar: Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage are correct and consistent with Standard American English. (10)
*Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage are usually correct and mostly consistent with Standard American English; errors do not interfere with understanding. (8)
Errors in sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, or usage interfere with understanding. (4)
Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage do not meet requirements for purpose and audience. (0)
20Participation Score: Possible 20. Each student receives individu.
Project Priority MatrixProject NameProject Priority MatrixConstrainEnhanceAcceptScopeScheduleBudgetInstructions: Address the question of what is important to project success when Crashing is under consideration. Something has to give; either Scope, Schedule, or Budget. For each of Scope, Schedule, and Budget mark an X in only one of the three columns. Constrain means change is not allowed, Enhance means to improve if possible, and Accept means to allow change as necessary.
Risk ImpactProject NameRisk Impact MatrixConsequencesMajor Risk EventConsequenceLikelihoodImpact PotentialLowMediumHighA.LikelihoodHighB. MediumC. LowD. Instructions: See Chapter 7. These two charts address the four main risks to successful project conclusion.Instructions: Identify each major risk by its letter as to Likelihood of occurance and Consequence as a result.
Risk Response MatrixProject NameRisk Response MatrixMajor Risk EventWhat event would trigger the Risk?Risk Mitigation StrategyPerson ResponsibleA.B.C.D.Instructions: For each major risk to successful project completion, indicate how the problem will be addessed.
MS Project - Lesson #5 - Resource Workloads
Objectives
· View resource workloads
· Locate resource conflicts
· Use automatic leveling to resolve resource overallocations
· Manually resolve resource overallocations
When making resources assignments to tasks, MS Project tries to schedule the appropriate work for that resource; however conflicts can arise if a resource is scheduled to perform more work than the resource can accomplish. These conflicts can occur as a result of a single or multiple task assignment and are often a case of overallocation of the resource. (You can also underallocate a resource). The problem then becomes how to resolve those conflicts. With MS Project, some of these conflicts can be solved automatically or manually.
For this lab, we will be using the MS Project Lab, MyLab4_XXX (where XXX are your initials) from where we left off in Lab 4. Included with this lab is an Addendum, where you can quickly check your project information prior to starting this lab.
Viewing Resource Workloads
Viewing resource workloads helps to identify to what extent a resource is overallocated or underallocated. When a resource is overallocated, the resource text is highlighted in red and a leveling indicator is displayed.
To view the workloads:
1. Log onto Windows.
2. Open your completed file MyLab4_XXX.mpp. Check the addendum at the end of this lesson to make sure your beginning file is correct.
3. Save as MyLab5_XXX.mpp, where XXX are your initials
4. From the Task tab and the Resource Views group, select Resource Usage.
This view shows each resource, total assigned for the entire project, each task the resource is assigned and total hours for each task, and on the right, a time graph showing the detail of how the work is divided up. (You may need to expand the columns and move the time graph to see all details).
5. Noti ...
Instructions Need task completed for Ds portion of the pr.docxnormanibarber20063
Instructions:
*** Need task completed for D's portion of the project:
3-pages for a SAR;
3-pages for an AAR
covering the topic "Assessing Suspicious Activity" ***
Team e-mail discussing Instructions about the Project:
Team,
I was talking with Team member #2 in class today and the outlines don't match up to the assignment. I propose we write in the order of the assignment and each do 3 pages for each paper. The SAR will be the assessment prior to implementation of our recommendations and the AAR is the assessment afterwards. The breakdown will look like this:
Assessing Suspicious Activity - D
Financial Sector – Team Lead
Law enforcement - Team member #3
Intelligence - Team member #4
Homeland security - Team member #5
If we each do 3 pages we will hit the 15 required. I can put it all together and edit if needed, and someone else or I can do the PowerPoint.
Thanks,
Team Lead
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Team Lead,
Based on the reading of our assignments, I see that there are only 4-roles in the assignment (see bold below). My understanding is that you need me to write up 3 pages on "the cyber threats and vulnerabilities that are facing the US critical infrastructure" (separate from the SAR and AAR); 3-pages for the SAR, and 3-pages for the AAR. If this is the case, what role do you want me to write up for the SAR and AAR? Also, we are not to follow the SAR and AAR outlines?
Roles:
Assessing Suspicious Activity - D
Financial Sector – Team Lead
Law enforcement - Team member #3
Intelligence - Team member #4
Homeland security - Team member #5
Thanks,
D
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D,
The two outlines are nearly identical for different projects. Team member #3, Team member #4, and I are on board with writing to the tasks vs the outline. If you agree, the task you will do is Task 2 for the Project 4. This task is called "Assessing Suspicious Activity" and we will need 3 pages on this for the SAR and 3 pages for the AAR.
Thanks,
Team Lead
-------------------------------------- SEE PROJECT DETAILS BELOW-----------------------------------------------
US critical infrastructure-power—water, oil and natural gas, military systems, financial systems—have become the target of cyber and physical attacks as more critical infrastructure systems are integrated with the Internet and other digital controls systems. The lesson learned in defending and mitigating cyberattacks is that no entity can prevent or resolve cyberattacks on its own. Collaboration and information sharing is key for success and survival.
This is a group exercise, representing collaboration across all sectors, to support and defend US critical infrastructure. In the working world, a team like this would include some agencies, some industrial partners, and some private se.
Assignment 1 Team Project Part 1 Project Charter and Team Plan f.docxmaribethy2y
Assignment 1: Team Project Part 1: Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration
This week you begin working with a team to manage a fictional information technology project being implemented at the Casino Medical Center.
Work with your team members to create and submit a Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration based on the Team Project Scenario and the Team Project Overview document. Review the details about the Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration below:
Team Project Scenario
Casino Medical Center (CMC) in Las Vegas, a 600-bed hospital, has expanded significantly over the past 3 years. In an effort to respond to the increased workload of all hospital staff, the chief information officer (CIO) and the vice president of patient care services (VP-PCS) at CMC determined the need to analyze hospital processes throughout the organization.
The CMC organizational analysis revealed a number of areas that needed improvement. At the same time, broad changes in regulatory requirements required immediate adjustments in processes.
The organizational analysis was conducted across all departments and found the following organization-wide issues.
·
Quality reviews discovered a hospital-wide medication administration error rate of 20% with some tasks identified as redundanttasks.
·
Complying with new federal reporting requirements has increased the time needed to complete the medication administrationprocess.
CMC responded to the problem by purchasing an enterprise-wide health care information system from Topmost, one of the leading enterprise-software vendors in the country. The functionality of the system directly addresses the medication administration issues found in the organizational analysis. Several modules of an electronic health record system (EHRS) have already been implemented, as shown in the table below.
As employees of Topmost, you and your team are charged with implementing this medication administration system for CMC, the final phase of the EHRS project. This medication administration system includes an electronic medication administration record (eMAR), Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA), and physical administration of medication. Note: For the remainder of this scenario, this whole process will be referred to as the Medication Administration System (MAS).
Module Implementation Status
Module in the HIS System
Status of Module Implementation
Fully implemented
Partially implemented
In pilot
Not yet implemented
ADT (Accounting System)
X
Order Entry/Results Reporting OE/RR)
X
Billing and Financials
X
Ambulatory and Acute Care Clinical Documentation System
X
Module in the HIS System
Status of Module Implementation
Fully implemented
Partially implemented
In pilot
Not yet implemented
Laboratory
X
Medication Administration System (MAS)
X
Note that the Medication Administration System (MAS) module has not been implemented.
The CIO and VP-PCS relate that there are a number of challenges .
Project Priority MatrixProject NameProject Priority MatrixConstrainEnhanceAcceptScopeScheduleBudgetInstructions: Address the question of what is important to project success when Crashing is under consideration. Something has to give; either Scope, Schedule, or Budget. For each of Scope, Schedule, and Budget mark an X in only one of the three columns. Constrain means change is not allowed, Enhance means to improve if possible, and Accept means to allow change as necessary.
Risk ImpactProject NameRisk Impact MatrixConsequencesMajor Risk EventConsequenceLikelihoodImpact PotentialLowMediumHighA.LikelihoodHighB. MediumC. LowD. Instructions: See Chapter 7. These two charts address the four main risks to successful project conclusion.Instructions: Identify each major risk by its letter as to Likelihood of occurance and Consequence as a result.
Risk Response MatrixProject NameRisk Response MatrixMajor Risk EventWhat event would trigger the Risk?Risk Mitigation StrategyPerson ResponsibleA.B.C.D.Instructions: For each major risk to successful project completion, indicate how the problem will be addessed.
MS Project - Lesson #5 - Resource Workloads
Objectives
· View resource workloads
· Locate resource conflicts
· Use automatic leveling to resolve resource overallocations
· Manually resolve resource overallocations
When making resources assignments to tasks, MS Project tries to schedule the appropriate work for that resource; however conflicts can arise if a resource is scheduled to perform more work than the resource can accomplish. These conflicts can occur as a result of a single or multiple task assignment and are often a case of overallocation of the resource. (You can also underallocate a resource). The problem then becomes how to resolve those conflicts. With MS Project, some of these conflicts can be solved automatically or manually.
For this lab, we will be using the MS Project Lab, MyLab4_XXX (where XXX are your initials) from where we left off in Lab 4. Included with this lab is an Addendum, where you can quickly check your project information prior to starting this lab.
Viewing Resource Workloads
Viewing resource workloads helps to identify to what extent a resource is overallocated or underallocated. When a resource is overallocated, the resource text is highlighted in red and a leveling indicator is displayed.
To view the workloads:
1. Log onto Windows.
2. Open your completed file MyLab4_XXX.mpp. Check the addendum at the end of this lesson to make sure your beginning file is correct.
3. Save as MyLab5_XXX.mpp, where XXX are your initials
4. From the Task tab and the Resource Views group, select Resource Usage.
This view shows each resource, total assigned for the entire project, each task the resource is assigned and total hours for each task, and on the right, a time graph showing the detail of how the work is divided up. (You may need to expand the columns and move the time graph to see all details).
5. Noti ...
Instructions Need task completed for Ds portion of the pr.docxnormanibarber20063
Instructions:
*** Need task completed for D's portion of the project:
3-pages for a SAR;
3-pages for an AAR
covering the topic "Assessing Suspicious Activity" ***
Team e-mail discussing Instructions about the Project:
Team,
I was talking with Team member #2 in class today and the outlines don't match up to the assignment. I propose we write in the order of the assignment and each do 3 pages for each paper. The SAR will be the assessment prior to implementation of our recommendations and the AAR is the assessment afterwards. The breakdown will look like this:
Assessing Suspicious Activity - D
Financial Sector – Team Lead
Law enforcement - Team member #3
Intelligence - Team member #4
Homeland security - Team member #5
If we each do 3 pages we will hit the 15 required. I can put it all together and edit if needed, and someone else or I can do the PowerPoint.
Thanks,
Team Lead
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Team Lead,
Based on the reading of our assignments, I see that there are only 4-roles in the assignment (see bold below). My understanding is that you need me to write up 3 pages on "the cyber threats and vulnerabilities that are facing the US critical infrastructure" (separate from the SAR and AAR); 3-pages for the SAR, and 3-pages for the AAR. If this is the case, what role do you want me to write up for the SAR and AAR? Also, we are not to follow the SAR and AAR outlines?
Roles:
Assessing Suspicious Activity - D
Financial Sector – Team Lead
Law enforcement - Team member #3
Intelligence - Team member #4
Homeland security - Team member #5
Thanks,
D
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D,
The two outlines are nearly identical for different projects. Team member #3, Team member #4, and I are on board with writing to the tasks vs the outline. If you agree, the task you will do is Task 2 for the Project 4. This task is called "Assessing Suspicious Activity" and we will need 3 pages on this for the SAR and 3 pages for the AAR.
Thanks,
Team Lead
-------------------------------------- SEE PROJECT DETAILS BELOW-----------------------------------------------
US critical infrastructure-power—water, oil and natural gas, military systems, financial systems—have become the target of cyber and physical attacks as more critical infrastructure systems are integrated with the Internet and other digital controls systems. The lesson learned in defending and mitigating cyberattacks is that no entity can prevent or resolve cyberattacks on its own. Collaboration and information sharing is key for success and survival.
This is a group exercise, representing collaboration across all sectors, to support and defend US critical infrastructure. In the working world, a team like this would include some agencies, some industrial partners, and some private se.
Assignment 1 Team Project Part 1 Project Charter and Team Plan f.docxmaribethy2y
Assignment 1: Team Project Part 1: Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration
This week you begin working with a team to manage a fictional information technology project being implemented at the Casino Medical Center.
Work with your team members to create and submit a Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration based on the Team Project Scenario and the Team Project Overview document. Review the details about the Project Charter and Team Plan for Collaboration below:
Team Project Scenario
Casino Medical Center (CMC) in Las Vegas, a 600-bed hospital, has expanded significantly over the past 3 years. In an effort to respond to the increased workload of all hospital staff, the chief information officer (CIO) and the vice president of patient care services (VP-PCS) at CMC determined the need to analyze hospital processes throughout the organization.
The CMC organizational analysis revealed a number of areas that needed improvement. At the same time, broad changes in regulatory requirements required immediate adjustments in processes.
The organizational analysis was conducted across all departments and found the following organization-wide issues.
·
Quality reviews discovered a hospital-wide medication administration error rate of 20% with some tasks identified as redundanttasks.
·
Complying with new federal reporting requirements has increased the time needed to complete the medication administrationprocess.
CMC responded to the problem by purchasing an enterprise-wide health care information system from Topmost, one of the leading enterprise-software vendors in the country. The functionality of the system directly addresses the medication administration issues found in the organizational analysis. Several modules of an electronic health record system (EHRS) have already been implemented, as shown in the table below.
As employees of Topmost, you and your team are charged with implementing this medication administration system for CMC, the final phase of the EHRS project. This medication administration system includes an electronic medication administration record (eMAR), Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA), and physical administration of medication. Note: For the remainder of this scenario, this whole process will be referred to as the Medication Administration System (MAS).
Module Implementation Status
Module in the HIS System
Status of Module Implementation
Fully implemented
Partially implemented
In pilot
Not yet implemented
ADT (Accounting System)
X
Order Entry/Results Reporting OE/RR)
X
Billing and Financials
X
Ambulatory and Acute Care Clinical Documentation System
X
Module in the HIS System
Status of Module Implementation
Fully implemented
Partially implemented
In pilot
Not yet implemented
Laboratory
X
Medication Administration System (MAS)
X
Note that the Medication Administration System (MAS) module has not been implemented.
The CIO and VP-PCS relate that there are a number of challenges .
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Network Diagrams and Resource Utilization
Introduction | Building a Network Diagram | Building an AIB Manually | AIB Simulation | Resource Constrained Planning | Resource Leveling | Adding or Modifying Resources | Summary
Introduction
Back to Top
Last week, we learned more about how to begin planning a project. We established the project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, and created the activity list. This week, we will talk about one of the most important aspects of project management—building a project schedule. We'll use a tool called a network diagram. There are several ways to build a network diagram. In this course, we will use the Activity in Box (AIB) method.
Building a Network Diagram
Back to Top
Now that we know what needs to be done, we need to sequence all of the activities and establish a network diagram. With the concept of a network diagram, you will be able to determine: (1) a project's scheduled completion time, (2) the slack or float of project activities, and (3) the critical path of your project.
Depending on the size of the project, the network may be built in pieces or as a large group. Either way, the step-by-step process to build a project network is used.
Build a Project Network (or a Partial Network)
1. Brainstorm activities that are required to complete the work packages, recording those activities on Post-it notes (without regard to sequencing).
2. Sequence those activities. Determine:
· The order of activities
· Which activities can occur at the same time
· Which activities need dependencies
1. Mandatory: requires the completion of another task.
2. Discretionary: a best practice or convenience. However, the subsequent task can begin if the discretionary dependency is not completed.
3. External: from another project or process, such as permits.
4. Internal: dependencies within the control of the project team.
3. Put the notes on a wall using the above information.
4. Build a network using the notes.
Next, the activities are assigned to the people who will be doing the work. They build duration estimates for the activities. The most accurate estimates are built using actuals from previous, similar projects. Then, the activities can be loaded into an automated scheduling tool like Microsoft Project. At that point, you will be able to determine the project's scheduled completion time, the slack or float of project activities, and the critical path of your project.
Building an AIB Manually
Back to Top
The good thing about using a tool like Microsoft Project is that it makes it easy to build a network diagram. The bad thing about the tool is that it makes it so easy; project managers don't always understand what they are doing, and cannot see when they have made a mistake. They just plug in the activities and move on.
It's like adding—you should first do it manually, and then use a calculator. Every project manager should know how to build an AIB manually so that he or she really understands the.
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For every developer who treasures these
mathematical abstractions of software systems
there is a developer who thinks software metrics are
invented just to keep project managers busy. Software
metrics can be very powerful tools that help achieve
your goals but it is important to use them correctly, as
they also have the power to demotivate project teams
and steer development in the wrong direction.
For the past 11 years, the Software Improvement
Group has advised hundreds of organizations
concerning software development and risk
management on the basis of software metrics.
We have used software metrics in more than 200
investigations in which we examined a single snapshot
of a system. Additionally, we use software metrics to
track the ongoing development effort of more than
400 systems. While executing these projects, we have
learned some pitfalls to avoid when using software
metrics in a project management setting. This
article addresses the four most important of these:
˲ Metric in a bubble;
˲ Treating the metric;
˲ One-track metric; and
˲ Metrics galore.
Knowing about these pitfalls will
help you recognize them and, hopeful-
ly, avoid them, which ultimately leads
to making your project successful. As
a software engineer, your knowledge
of these pitfalls helps you understand
why project managers want to use soft-
ware metrics and helps you assist the
managers when they are applying met-
rics in an inefficient manner. As an
outside consultant, you need to take
the pitfalls into account when pre-
senting advice and proposing actions.
Finally, if you are doing research in
the area of software metrics, knowing
these pitfalls will help place your new
metric in the right context when pre-
senting it to practitioners. Before div-
ing into the pitfalls, let’s look at why
software metrics can be considered a
useful tool.
software metrics steer People
“You get what you measure.” This
phrase definitely applies to software
project teams. No matter what you de-
fine as a metric, as soon as it is used to
evaluate a team, the value of the metric
moves toward the desired value. Thus,
to reach a particular goal, you can con-
tinuously measure properties of the
desired goal and plot these measure-
ments in a place visible to the team.
Ideally, the desired goal is plotted
alongside the current measurement to
indicate the distance to the goal.
Imagine a project in which the run-
time performance of a particular use
case is of critical importance. In this
case it helps to create a test in which
the execution time of the use case is
measured daily. By plotting this daily
data point against the desired value,
and making sure the team sees this
mea.
Competing priorities? Too many requests? How do you identify critical items? How do you make transparent and consistent choices? Do you have prioritisation tools in your toolbox when you need them?
Would you like to be able to rapidly identify what activities you should focus on and what activities you should ignore? Attend this session to learn 3 prioritisation techniques that can help you gain control and make the best use of limited time and resources.
Tutorial at Agile Cambridge 2019 that I also give regularly at Arm every quarter.
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Assignment details written in the attachments
You need to choose any one question.
Word limit: 2000 words
Footnotes: Oxford style
Intext reference: Harvard style
Bibliography: 15-20 sources including monographs, referred journal articles, news media report and political commentary.
Please do good work. Thank you
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Introduction
Back to Top
Last week, we learned more about how to begin planning a project. We established the project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, and created the activity list. This week, we will talk about one of the most important aspects of project management—building a project schedule. We'll use a tool called a network diagram. There are several ways to build a network diagram. In this course, we will use the Activity in Box (AIB) method.
Building a Network Diagram
Back to Top
Now that we know what needs to be done, we need to sequence all of the activities and establish a network diagram. With the concept of a network diagram, you will be able to determine: (1) a project's scheduled completion time, (2) the slack or float of project activities, and (3) the critical path of your project.
Depending on the size of the project, the network may be built in pieces or as a large group. Either way, the step-by-step process to build a project network is used.
Build a Project Network (or a Partial Network)
1. Brainstorm activities that are required to complete the work packages, recording those activities on Post-it notes (without regard to sequencing).
2. Sequence those activities. Determine:
· The order of activities
· Which activities can occur at the same time
· Which activities need dependencies
1. Mandatory: requires the completion of another task.
2. Discretionary: a best practice or convenience. However, the subsequent task can begin if the discretionary dependency is not completed.
3. External: from another project or process, such as permits.
4. Internal: dependencies within the control of the project team.
3. Put the notes on a wall using the above information.
4. Build a network using the notes.
Next, the activities are assigned to the people who will be doing the work. They build duration estimates for the activities. The most accurate estimates are built using actuals from previous, similar projects. Then, the activities can be loaded into an automated scheduling tool like Microsoft Project. At that point, you will be able to determine the project's scheduled completion time, the slack or float of project activities, and the critical path of your project.
Building an AIB Manually
Back to Top
The good thing about using a tool like Microsoft Project is that it makes it easy to build a network diagram. The bad thing about the tool is that it makes it so easy; project managers don't always understand what they are doing, and cannot see when they have made a mistake. They just plug in the activities and move on.
It's like adding—you should first do it manually, and then use a calculator. Every project manager should know how to build an AIB manually so that he or she really understands the.
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A r e s o f T wA r e M e T r i C s helpful tools or a waste of time?
For every developer who treasures these
mathematical abstractions of software systems
there is a developer who thinks software metrics are
invented just to keep project managers busy. Software
metrics can be very powerful tools that help achieve
your goals but it is important to use them correctly, as
they also have the power to demotivate project teams
and steer development in the wrong direction.
For the past 11 years, the Software Improvement
Group has advised hundreds of organizations
concerning software development and risk
management on the basis of software metrics.
We have used software metrics in more than 200
investigations in which we examined a single snapshot
of a system. Additionally, we use software metrics to
track the ongoing development effort of more than
400 systems. While executing these projects, we have
learned some pitfalls to avoid when using software
metrics in a project management setting. This
article addresses the four most important of these:
˲ Metric in a bubble;
˲ Treating the metric;
˲ One-track metric; and
˲ Metrics galore.
Knowing about these pitfalls will
help you recognize them and, hopeful-
ly, avoid them, which ultimately leads
to making your project successful. As
a software engineer, your knowledge
of these pitfalls helps you understand
why project managers want to use soft-
ware metrics and helps you assist the
managers when they are applying met-
rics in an inefficient manner. As an
outside consultant, you need to take
the pitfalls into account when pre-
senting advice and proposing actions.
Finally, if you are doing research in
the area of software metrics, knowing
these pitfalls will help place your new
metric in the right context when pre-
senting it to practitioners. Before div-
ing into the pitfalls, let’s look at why
software metrics can be considered a
useful tool.
software metrics steer People
“You get what you measure.” This
phrase definitely applies to software
project teams. No matter what you de-
fine as a metric, as soon as it is used to
evaluate a team, the value of the metric
moves toward the desired value. Thus,
to reach a particular goal, you can con-
tinuously measure properties of the
desired goal and plot these measure-
ments in a place visible to the team.
Ideally, the desired goal is plotted
alongside the current measurement to
indicate the distance to the goal.
Imagine a project in which the run-
time performance of a particular use
case is of critical importance. In this
case it helps to create a test in which
the execution time of the use case is
measured daily. By plotting this daily
data point against the desired value,
and making sure the team sees this
mea.
Competing priorities? Too many requests? How do you identify critical items? How do you make transparent and consistent choices? Do you have prioritisation tools in your toolbox when you need them?
Would you like to be able to rapidly identify what activities you should focus on and what activities you should ignore? Attend this session to learn 3 prioritisation techniques that can help you gain control and make the best use of limited time and resources.
Tutorial at Agile Cambridge 2019 that I also give regularly at Arm every quarter.
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Footnotes: Oxford style
Intext reference: Harvard style
Bibliography: 15-20 sources including monographs, referred journal articles, news media report and political commentary.
Please do good work. Thank you
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Assignment Details A high school girl has been caught shoplifting at.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details A high school girl has been caught shoplifting at a high-end clothing store. Describe at least 4 of the most likely processes she will go through from the time the police arrive at the scene. Be sure to note the options available to the authorities when working with juveniles in regard to how this case is handled for each of the processes. Provide a description of the possible outcome for each option.
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Assignment Details A 12-year-old boy was caught in the act of sexual.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details A 12-year-old boy was caught in the act of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female acquaintance by the victim's 16-year-old brother, who had arrived home and observed the juveniles in the act. The 12-year-old juvenile suspect, in addition to sexually assaulting the victim, had beaten her with the heel of a shoe that was nearby. The victim was almost unconscious when the police arrived. Following the incident, the juvenile was arrested and detained by local police on the following charges: Attempted sexual assault of a minor Aggravated assault Minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) The juvenile suspect was a latchkey kid (a child who returns from school to an empty home) from a single-parent home. His mother works from 2 p.m.–11 p.m. Monday through Friday, so the juvenile is often alone for hours upon his return from school. After a preliminary examination, the juvenile suspect explained that the victim purchased the marijuana and the alcohol earlier that same day. The juvenile explained that the victim had invited him to her house because they had "been liking each other" for a long time. Further, the juvenile explained that the alcohol and drugs were in the home when he arrived. He said that he and the victim began by smoking marijuana and drinking beer before they began kissing and fondling one another. Next, according to the juvenile suspect, they started to have what he described as consensual sex. After a short while, they were interrupted by the victim's brother, who had come home from work. The victim’s brother then called the police to report the incident.
The juvenile had prior detentions for violation of curfew, truancy, and attempted sexual battery. No further explanations are given. Write an essay of 750–800 words, divided into 3 sections: the perspectives of the police officer, the state's attorney, and the judge. Do each of these components of the criminal justice system see the offender as a status offender for any of the charges? Discuss your opinion of the status offender from the perspective of each criminal justice component (law enforcement, state's attorney, and the judge). Are the charges viewed by each of the criminal justice components listed below as delinquent acts? Include the following:
From the perspective of the police officer What typically happens to this juvenile before he even goes to juvenile court? How does law enforcement process the incident? From the perspective of the state's attorney Make suggestions to the court on how the boy should be punished or sentenced. From the perspective of the judge Based on the facts of the case and the procedures of the juvenile justice system, what would be the most appropriate finding of the court? What options does the judge have in this incident? Be sure to cite all references in APA format. You will be marked down if you use any adult court terminology in .
Assignment Details (350 WORDS)The last quarter of the 20th c.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details (350 WORDS)
The last quarter of the 20th century saw the dawning of the age of technology. Technological advances have sprung forward at such a quickening pace that it is difficult to remain on pace with it. What was once the latest, most sophisticated device yesterday, is now today’s old news and tomorrow’s junk pile.
In the war of protecting infrastructure elements and sectors, technology has replaced human presence. Technology is now the "eyes and ears" of protection. Technology is used to test steel and concrete, audit financial records, record data, project an analysis, and provide a security presence where people cannot.
Focus your discussion on the following:
Are the current types of technology used in protecting critical infrastructure effective? Why or why not?
What major technological issues can you foresee with regard to critical infrastructure protection? Explain
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Assignment Details (300 words and references)Collaborati.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details (300 words and references)
Collaboration leverages the collective knowledge of a health care team. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual.
Describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the project that is due in Unit 5.
Present a brief outline indicating how you intend to organize the project deliverable.
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Assignment Details (2-3 pages) Research information about cu.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details (2-3 pages)
Research information about current considerations and challenges related to the financial and budgetary systems in health care organizations. Consider the use of data analytics and tools in the monitoring, assessing, and evaluating of the performance of health care organizations. Include a discussion of the importance and efficacy of financial statements used in the decision-making process of health care organizations.
Support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years.
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Assignment Details (250 - 300 words)Now that the research .docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Details (250 - 300 words)
Now that the research end is in sight, are your ethical obligations as a researcher over with?
What are some important ethical obligations during the reporting and sharing of your findings?
How do you avoid these pitfalls?
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Assignment detailed instructions Write a three-page (minimum of 7.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment detailed instructions: Write a three-page (minimum of 750 words) essay addressing the following eight questions. The paper should be in APA format, double spaced, 12 font, and include references/bibliography(MINIMUM 3) on the fourth page.
Write eight paragraphs addressing these eight prompts:
Part 1 Intercultural Competence
1. Identify and describe a specific issue of concern to a specific community for the focus of your essay. Choose from DACA and immigration laws, racism, prochoice/prolife, millennials, rape culture, gender equality, same-sex marriage, marijuana laws, religion in schools, human trafficking, white privilege, police brutality, gun control, or another social justice issue.
2. Define culture and cultural competence and discuss how your own culture has shaped your identity and world view related to the issue you chose.
3. Discuss significant characteristics about another culture and how and why they see this issue perhaps differently than you. (put yourself in their shoes, see it from their perspective)
4. Discuss how you have or how you might adjust your actions and communication style to successfully interact with someone from another culture/viewpoint.
Part 2 Engagement with Communities: Social Responsibility
5. Discuss your civic responsibility related to the issue you chose to write about in this essay.
6. Discuss effective participation in civic engagement activities related to this issue.
7. Describe your understanding of the purpose and benefits of civic engagement.
8. If you have engaged in civic activities related to this issue or another issue of importance to you, describe that experience. What was the purpose? What were the benefits? What did you learn?
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Assignment detailed instructions Write a three-page (minimum of 750.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment detailed instructions: Write a three-page (minimum of 750 words) essay addressing the following eight questions. The paper should be in APA format, double spaced, 12 font, and include references/bibliography(MINIMUM 3) on the fourth page.
Write eight paragraphs addressing these eight prompts:
Part 1 Intercultural Competence
1. Identify and describe a specific issue of concern to a specific community for the focus of your essay. Choose from DACA and immigration laws, racism, prochoice/prolife, millennials, rape culture, gender equality, same-sex marriage, marijuana laws, religion in schools, human trafficking, white privilege, police brutality, gun control, or another social justice issue.
2. Define culture and cultural competence and discuss how your own culture has shaped your identity and world view related to the issue you chose.
3. Discuss significant characteristics about another culture and how and why they see this issue perhaps differently than you. (put yourself in their shoes, see it from their perspective)
4. Discuss how you have or how you might adjust your actions and communication style to successfully interact with someone from another culture/viewpoint.
Part 2 Engagement with Communities: Social Responsibility
5. Discuss your civic responsibility related to the issue you chose to write about in this essay.
6. Discuss effective participation in civic engagement activities related to this issue.
7. Describe your understanding of the purpose and benefits of civic engagement.
8. If you have engaged in civic activities related to this issue or another issue of importance to you, describe that experience. What was the purpose? What were the benefits? What did you learn?
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Assignment Description 400 wordsOne of the more important me.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
400 words
One of the more important measures in regard to international economics is the balance of payments. Think of it as a national accounting measure that looks at the flow of goods and services into and out of an economy in a given period of time. It also shows capital flows into and out of a country. Until 1980, the United States tended to run a positive-to-neutral balance of payments position and was a creditor nation. In the course of the past 30 years, the United States has moved to a negative balance of payments and to being a debtor nation.
Review and discuss the following:
Discuss the importance of the balance of payments as an accounting measure.
Discuss the current account and its components and the capital and financial accounts and their components.
How important is the U.S. deficit in traded goods in regard to the balance of payments?
Here are some relevant articles to help you with this assignment:
The Changing Nature of the U.S. Balance of Payments
Balance of Payments
Please submit your assignment.
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Assignment DescriptionYou work for a small community hospita.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
You work for a small community hospital that has recently updated its health record system to a modern electronic health record (EHR) system. As a health care manager, you have been asked to meet with the health information manager (HIM) and analyze the efficiency, security, and privacy of your current health records system. Your organization has very high standards and a culture of keeping up with current trends. After your analysis, you have been asked to provide a detailed report to the hospital's chief operating officer (COO) detailing the following:
Examine the emergence of technology and electronic health systems in health care since the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Provide an analysis of the current trends in health care record keeping and charting as they relate to advancements in technology.
Assess ways in which contemporary patient records systems can support health care operations including privacy, quality patient care delivery, insurance and cost administration, and records access and retention.
Present your findings in an executive summary of 5–7 pages.
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Assignment description The tourism industry represents about .docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment description
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The tourism industry represents about 10.4% of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 12.2% of total employment in 2018. Unfortunately, the Tourism & Hospitality (T&H) Sector in Australia has been badly affected by the twin catastrophic events: first, it was devastated by the unprecedented magnitude of the bushfires from October 2019 to January 2020. Just as the affected communities were working towards recovery, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused a massive blow to the T&H Sector.
ps: two files, first file digital poster, second file brief disruption (100 words) and reference list.
Ignore task 2 discusion forum.
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Assignment DescriptionYou will prepare and deliver a speech .docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
You will prepare and deliver a speech using the power of words. You will use the devices to convey your emotions and move your audience to connect with your purpose. Get your message across to your audience by using many strategies. You will create images and emotion in your audience using storytelling, humor or sharing personal experiences (both heartbreaking and fulfilling). You will also apply the oratorical skills that you have been exploring.
Completion Instructions
Presentation Topic
: For this presentation, you will act as a representative agent for the University, recruiting prospective students from your country of origin. Prepare a speech outline that persuades the prospects. Describe, among other ideas: Your experiences, emotions and challenges of your life in Canada, moving around the City, Campus activities, career projection and Permanent Residency possibilities. Tell a story, add humor, move your audience to feel your story.
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Assignment DescriptionYou are to write an essay in which you .docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description:
You are to write an essay in which you contrast two viewpoints on a topic and argue for one of them. Over the coming few weeks, you will work through drafting youressay, with the goal of producing a well-written essay. Send your final essay to
[email protected]
no later than 11:59 PM on December 11, 2019. There is no need to hand in a hard copy. You must submit your work by the official deadline. Extensions may be granted only in exceptional circumstances, and when sought in advance. Students who submit the work late without an agreed extension will face the following penalty: loss of 2 marks per day.
Assignments Deadlines:
Draft:
December
2nd,
2019
Final Submission: December
11th,
2019
If you have trouble coming up with a good topic, you might want to consider the following questions:
• Are the effects of social networking sites positive or negative? • Should parents give their teenagers an allowance?• Can music help us emotionally?• Should smoking be banned?• Are cell phones dangerous?• Is social media good?
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Assignment DescriptionYou are the lead human–computer intera.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
You are the lead human–computer interaction (HCI) engineer on a major design project for an organization of your choice. Employees or customers will use this new system and user interface (UI) design to perform data entry for the organization. The UI will need to provide the required input and output to characterize the type of data collected by the organization.
Choose an organization, such as a business, nonprofit group, government, or another organization. Provide a description of your chosen organization, including the following:
Name of the organization
Business type
Size of the organization
Planned users for the interface
Type of data that must be captured
The use of the data
Part of your job is to elicit and define the UI requirements for this new design.
Write a neatly-formatted report that includes the following:
Title page
Report of 4–6 pages consisting of the following:
Introduction to the contents of the report
Description of the organization, as detailed above
Identification of the following elements that must be included in this UI design for the organization:
Fields you expect to see in this UI screen design (e.g., menus, data entry screens, boxes, help, fields, drop-down menus)
List of requirements that will ensure that this interface design can easily capture data input in multiple languages
Explanation of interface alternatives that will be needed for different language orientations (e.g., different characters for right and left)
Effective conclusion
References must be properly cited in APA style
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Assignment DescriptionYou are now ready to start representin.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
You are now ready to start representing your system integration project by utilizing a system integration framework, which you researched as part of your Discussion Board assignment. You will also decide which components you might want to acquire and which components you want to develop internally.
Assignment Guidelines
For this week’s assignment, you will provide detail on the overall system integration architecture and the implementation framework.
New Content (Week 4)
Proposed System Integration Components Architecture
Thoroughly describe the architecture of the proposed integrated system, including all interfaces and components for the system integration and deployment.
Represent this architecture diagrammatically.
Discuss which components and interfaces could be acquired and those that need to be developed from scratch.
Implementation Framework
Select and describe in detail the framework that you used to define and implement the system integration project.
Define the project in terms of the selected framework.
Discuss advantages for using the selected framework.
Discuss integration challenges that were highlighted by defining the framework.
Make sure that the document is in APA format.
Submit the document for grading.
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Assignment DescriptionManagement is worried, after consultin.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
Management is worried, after consulting with the IT department that the current documentation of the present architecture was not done correctly and with the required details, therefore if IoT is implemented they desire more detailed graphical documentation on its implementation. Provide the following components as part of an architecture model graphic to be delivered to management for the asset tracking system:
Provide an introduction to the paper concerning the purpose of the graphic and the overall solution being recommended by the asset tracking IoT implementation (2-3 paragraphs).
Provide descriptive information regarding the architectural model graphic, and the details describing the devices, applications, Cloud/Server environment and gateway. (2 pages)
Provide the architectural graphic with the components below (Describe each of the objects on the diagram below, the interconnections or interfaces, types of data traveling across the connections, active protocols, cabling or wireless connections, and implemented security):
Devices (Generic device - Sensing and Actuating Devices)
IoT Application (transforms the data for value to the user)
Cloud/Server (data storage, processing and management)
Gateway capability (data is acquired, forwarded to the communications network)
Provide a conclusion to the paper summarizing the content and purpose of the paper.
An example of the required level of detail for your graphic can be found at
http://www.latogalabs.com/2017/05/iot-architecture-the-journey/
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Assignment Description
Ego Integrity Presentation
Imagine you are working as a charge nurse in an assisted living facility. Your unit houses twenty older adults. The residents of this unit are cognitively functional without evidence of cognitive decline. The residents are elderly and do require varying degrees of physical assistance with ADLs. Create a PowerPoint outlining strategies you can incorporate in the assisted living facility to promote ego integrity for your residents. What group and individual activities can you incorporate?
Assignment Expectations:
Length: 10-15 content slides
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, and reference slide in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum content slide count for this assignment. Be sure to fully explain all slides in the Speaker Notes.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.
Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.
Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PPT document (.pptx)
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Assignment DescriptionCultural Group Exploration Assignment .docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment Description
Cultural Group Exploration Assignment (in-text citation and APA format 7th edition) Required.
Understanding the impact of culture on the health beliefs / practices of a client is an important component of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating comprehensive nursing care. To provide culturally competent care is a worthy goal. Insensitivity to a client’s culture may render interventions fruitless.
Purpose
: The PURPOSE of this assignment is to develop in the learner an awareness of the health beliefs / practices of a culture different from their own.
Guidelines
: Download the
Cultural Exploration Guidelines
before you start the activity and refer to it as you work. Submit completed table along with reference page to your faculty mentor through the Submissions tab and then post it in your group discussion.
Cultural Exploration Table and Rubric
is attached below
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Assignment description from the syllabusEach member of the matc.docxlesleyryder69361
Assignment description from the syllabus:
Each member of the matching team will individually submit a 3-page, double-spaced write-up on the case. To receive full credit, you should describe the firm’s opportunity/dilemma, evaluate/analyze their strategic options, and describe your recommendation on the most promising path(s) forward in their strategy. Make sure to back up your evaluation and recommendations with evidence/facts from the case. Three pages is very short—make sure that you are concise and to-the-point in zeroing in on key aspects of the case.
At the end of your write-up, ask one or two questions that you are more concerned about the firm.
ANU Press
Chapter Title: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
Chapter Author(s): SU MON KYAW-MYINT and LYNDALL STRAZDINS
Book Title: Health of People, Places and Planet
Book Subtitle: Reflections based on Tony McMichael’s four decades of contribution to
epidemiological understanding
Book Editor(s): COLIN D. BUTLER, JANE DIXON, ANTHONY G. CAPON
Published by: ANU Press. (2015)
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OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
SU MON KYAW-MYINT AND LYNDALL STRAZDINS
Abstract
In 1979, Tony McMichael co-authored a paper showing how occupational stress
not only affected mental health; it also exacerbated the effect of chemical and
physical hazards on respiratory and skin symptoms. This study was among
the first to place occupational stress within the same framework as chemical
and physical hazards. It also showed that stress and mental health faced
complex assessment challenges, but that these were similar to those faced by
the assessment of exposure to chemical and physical hazards, especially in
large-scale epidemiological studies.
More recently, occupational stress has been termed a ‘psychosocial hazard’ by
some jurisdictions in an attempt to place it into the existing occupational risk
management and risk assessment framework. However, progress has been slow
and regulation of occupational stress remains outside standard occupational
health and safety .
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
GIÁO ÁN DẠY THÊM (KẾ HOẠCH BÀI BUỔI 2) - TIẾNG ANH 8 GLOBAL SUCCESS (2 CỘT) N...
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PointsComments for points earned (80 points possible)
20Content: Content is excellent; information and ideas are
correct, complete, logical, consistent, and appropriate for
purpose and audience. (15)
*Content is good; information and ideas are mostly correct,
complete, logical, consistent, and appropriate for purpose and
audience. (12)
Content is minimally effective; information or ideas are
incorrect, incomplete, illogical, inconsistent, or inappropriate
for purpose or audience. (6)
Content does not meet requirements for purpose or audience.
(0)
15Organization: Organization is excellent; overall approach is
appropriate for purpose and audience; information and ideas are
arranged logically; and transitions are clear and smooth. (15)
*Organization is good; overall approach is generally appropriate
for purpose and audience; information and ideas are usually
arranged logically; and transitions are usually clear and smooth.
(12)
Organization is minimally effective; there are problems with
overall approach, logic, or transitions. (6)
Organization does not meet requirements for purpose or
audience. (0)
3Design and Format: Formatting is excellent with a logical and
visually appealing use of headings and bulleted or numbered
lists; letter or memo format is used appropriately and correctly.
(5)
*Formatting is good, with mostly a logical and visually
2. appealing use of headings and bulleted or numbered lists; there
are clear efforts to use letter or memo format appropriately and
correctly. (4)
Formatting is minimally effective; there are problems with the
logic or visual effectiveness of headings and bulleted or
numbered lists; letter or memo format may not be used
appropriately or correctly. (2)
Formatting does not meet requirements for purpose or audience.
(0)
10Style and Readability: Style is excellent; sentences are clear
and concise; word choice is precise; and tone is appropriate for
purpose and audience. (10)
*Style is good; most sentences are clear and concise; word
choice is usually precise; and tone is mostly appropriate for
purpose and audience. (8)
Style is minimally effective; there are problems with clarity,
conciseness, word choice, or tone. (4)
Writing does not meet requirements for purpose or audience.
(0)
10Grammar: Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation,
mechanics, and usage are correct and consistent with Standard
American English. (10)
*Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and
usage are usually correct and mostly consistent with Standard
American English; errors do not interfere with understanding.
(8)
Errors in sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics,
or usage interfere with understanding. (4)
Sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage
do not meet requirements for purpose and audience. (0)
20Participation Score: Possible 20. Each student receives
3. individual score. This score is based on group member's
evaluations and also will take into account individuals’
contributions in the group discussion—in terms of frequency,
relevancy, quality of contributions, evidence of collaboration,
respect for teammates, and leadership—throughout the 2 weeks.
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MS Project - Lesson #5 - Resource Workloads
Objectives
· View resource workloads
· Locate resource conflicts
· Use automatic leveling to resolve resource overallocations
· Manually resolve resource overallocations
When making resources assignments to tasks, MS Project tries
to schedule the appropriate work for that resource; however
conflicts can arise if a resource is scheduled to perform more
work than the resource can accomplish. These conflicts can
occur as a result of a single or multiple task assignment and are
often a case of overallocation of the resource. (You can also
underallocate a resource). The problem then becomes how to
resolve those conflicts. With MS Project, some of these
conflicts can be solved automatically or manually.
For this lab, we will be using the MS Project Lab,
MyLab4_XXX (where XXX are your initials) from where we
left off in Lab 4. Included with this lab is an Addendum, where
you can quickly check your project information prior to starting
this lab.
Viewing Resource Workloads
Viewing resource workloads helps to identify to what extent a
4. resource is overallocated or underallocated. When a resource is
overallocated, the resource text is highlighted in red and a
leveling indicator is displayed.
To view the workloads:
1. Log onto Windows.
2. Open your completed file MyLab4_XXX.mpp. Check the
addendum at the end of this lesson to make sure your beginning
file is correct.
3. Save as MyLab5_XXX.mpp, where XXX are your initials
4. From the Task tab and the Resource Views group, select
Resource Usage.
This view shows each resource, total assigned for the entire
project, each task the resource is assigned and total hours for
each task, and on the right, a time graph showing the detail of
how the work is divided up. (You may need to expand the
columns and move the time graph to see all details).
5. Notice the resource, Systems Administrator, is highlighted in
red. This resource is overallocated.
Also notice the icon to the left of Systems Administrator. This
is the leveling indicator.
Leveling Indicator
Work Detail
6. Select the SystemsAdministrator resource name.
7. On the Task Tab and the Editing group, click the Scroll To
5. Task button.
8. The right pane timescale scrolls to the first work values for
the resource.
9. Scroll the timescale (at the bottom of the scale) until you see
work values highlighted in red. In the week of November 17,
the timescale shows this resource working a total of 40 hours on
Friday of that week. The breakdown is 16 hours on Install
Hardware and 24 hours on Install Software. (Figure 1).
Figure 1
10. From the View tab and the Resource Views group, select
Other Views, the select More Views and apply the Resource
Allocation View.
11. The resource allocation view is now displayed. The tasks
for the selected resource are displayed in the bottom pane along
with the Leveling Gantt view, showing you the first conflict in
the schedule (Figure 2).
Figure 2
12. By viewing this screen, we notice that the two tasks, Install
Hardware and Install Software are occurring at the same time.
Install Hardware was initially scheduled for 2 units of Systems
Administrator for 3 days for a total of 32 hours. The 32 hours
were distributed over the three working days…at 16 hours the
first day, 8 on Saturday and 8 on the following Monday. Install
Software was initially schedule for 3 units of Systems
Administrator for 3 days (or 48 hours total). The 48 hours were
distributed over the three working days at 24 hours the first day,
12 on Saturday and 12 on the following Monday.
6. Unfortunately, we only have 3 units of resources total for these
three days, and 3 units can only do 24 hours of work in one day
(3 * 8 is 24 hours). At this point, we have to decide what we
want to do to alleviate this situation.
Resolving Resource Conflicts Automatically
Before you begin a project, you should try to resolve your
resource allocation conflicts. Overallocations can be resolved
automatically or manually. Before you decide to do either, you
should review all allocation problems, availability of resources,
time and task constraints, etc., before you make changes.
Leveling is a strategy used to resolve resource overallocations
by delaying or splitting tasks. If you do it automatically, MS
Project examines all overallocations by looking at task
dependencies, start times, dates, priorities, and constraints, and
it determines if a task can be delayed or split to resolve the
conflict. Keep in mind that if you allow MS Project to
determine how to level your resource workloads, it may not be
to your liking! When MS Project levels a resource, the
resource's selected assignments are distributed and rescheduled
and the task and/or project schedule may change.
1. From the File Tab, check Project Information.
2. View the Finish Date for this project. It should read
11/26/13. Go back to the Resource tab and the Resource
Allocation View will be displayed.
3. Click in the bottom pane of your screen (the one that lists the
tasks and Gantt chart).
4. From the Resource tab and the Level group, click Leveling
Options.... The resource dialog box appears:
7. Figure 3
The Resource Leveling window includes the defaults for the
leveling process The settings should be: Leveling Calculations
- Manual, Look for overalloactions on a Day by Day basis,
Clear leveling values before leveling should be checked,
Leveling Range, should be set for Entire Project, Leveling order
- Standard, Level only within available slack - Unchecked,
Leveling can adjust individual assignments on a task - Checked,
Leveling can create splits in remaining work - Unchecked,
Level resources with the proposed booking type - Unchecked,
Level manually scheduled tasks - Checked.
5. One note of caution… Note the Leveling calculations radial
tab is set to Manual. This allows the user to make the leveling
decisions. When the Automatic radial is selected, MS Project
will take over and not allow any resource overallocations. It is
recommended this setting remains on Manual, to allow the user
to control resources, rather than MS Project.
6. Be sure the default options are selected as shown in Figure 3.
Make sure "Leveling can create splits in remaining work" is
unchecked. What this can do is to stop a task before it is
completed, to resume it later. This could cause inefficiencies
and should be avoided.
7. Click Level All. What happened? (Look at delay applied to
Install Software).
8. You will notice that the Systems Administrator is no longer
in red. But look at the workload detail in the top right pane and
the Gantt chart in the lower right pane.
9. In the Gantt chart, the Olive bars indicate the original start
and finish dates, the blue bars represent the new start and finish
dates.
8. 10. From the File tab, review the Project Information. The
finish date is now 11/28/2013; two days have been added to the
project.
11. But what if this is unacceptable? Can you undo automatic
leveling?
12. Go back to the Resource tab, be sure the lower pane is
active (click in the bottom pane to make sure).
13. In the Leveling group, select ClearLeveling, and select
EntireProject. (You can also click on Undo if it is still
highlighted).
14. Check to make sure your Finish date is back to 11/26/2013.
Unfortunately, the Systems Administrator returns to
overallocation “red”.
Resolving Resource Conflicts Manually
Using MS Project to perform leveling operations might result in
unwanted schedule adjustments or solutions that are not
practical for the project. In addition, there may be some
conflicts that MS Project cannot resolve, as we shall see later.
When the above occurs, other techniques can be used to
manually resolve the overallocations. Some suggestions for
manual leveling include:
· Increasing the maximum units of the resource
· Reschedule the task that has created the conflict
· Add overtime
· Adjust task dependencies or constraints
· Remove a resource that is not important to the task
· Replace the overallocated resource with an underallocated
9. resource
· Make adjustments to the working days and hours
· Decrease the amount of work assigned to the resource
Given our previous problem with the Systems Administrators,
let's see if there is a better way of leveling the workload without
jeopardizing our schedule. In this case, while it would be nice
to assign more Systems Administrators to the task, let's say we
only have three on our staff! So we will make changes to their
current schedule and make adjustments to the hours worked.
Please follow these instructions carefully! (You may want to
save your file at this point!)
1. Make sure you are in Resource Allocation View and your
screen looks like Figure 2.
2. In the upper pane, double-click on the name Systems
Administrator.
3. The Resource Information box should open. Select the
ChangeWorking Time button.
4. In the calendar, create a new exception for Friday, November
22, 2013 to reflect the time frames of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM,
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. (Remember to
click outside the10:00 PM box for this to "stick").
5. Change the working time for Saturday, November 23, 2013 to
reflect the time frames of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and 1:00 PM to
5:00 PM.
6. Finally, change the working time for Monday, November 25,
2013 to reflect the time frames of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 1:00
PM to 5:00 PM, and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Click OK.
10. 7. If you get a scheduling conflict error message, click
“Continue, allow the scheduling conflict.”
8. Check your project finish date from the Project Information.
Your current finish date should be Monday, November 25, 2013.
At this point you should saveyourfile just in case…
9. After making the above changes to the Systems Administrator
working times (looks like we will be paying overtime), we have
added more hours to the working day and added a full working
day on Saturday. Assuming that we have three units of Systems
Administrators, each one can work a 12-hour day on Friday an
8-hour day on Saturday and a 12-hour day on Monday. That
amounts to 36 hours (12 x 3) on Friday, plus 24 hours (8 x 3) on
Saturday plus 36 hours (12 x 3) on Monday for a total of 96
hours. The two tasks, Install Hardware and Install Software are
32 hours and 48 hours of work respectively, for a total of 80
hours. So, we should be able to adjust the load to make sure
there are no overallocations.
Figure 4
10. In the top pane, make sure the timeline for the Systems
Administrator reflects the Friday, Saturday and Monday of
November 22-25, 2013. You will notice that the change in the
calendar has altered the amount worked on Friday, Saturday and
Monday. (This is because MS Project "front" loads all work).
Follow the next instructions to the letter.
11. Click on the cell for Friday work for the Install Hardware
task. It should say 24 hours.
12. Enter 12 in this cell. (For 12 hours).
13. Staying in the Install Hardware task row, verify that
Saturday still has 8 hours.
11. 14. Staying in the Install Hardware task, move to Monday and
enter 12 hours.
15. Your screen should now look like figure 5:
Figure 5
Install hardware task for the Systems Administrator has been
modified to show 12 hours of work on Friday, 8 hours on
Saturday and 12 hours on Monday.
16. You will notice that the only number in red is for Monday, a
total of 48 hours.
17. Carefully, click in the cell for Friday for the task Install
Software. (There currently is no number in the cell). Enter 12
for 12 hours.
18. In the cell for Monday, change the 36 hours to 24 hours (and
hit enter).
19. Do not change Saturday at all.
20. If everything goes right, your red should go away, this
resource is no longer overallocated and your screen should look
like figure 6:
Figure 6
The Install software task for the Systems Administrator has
been modified to show 12 hours of work on Friday, 12 hours of
work on Saturday and 24 hours of work on Monday.
21. Check your project information. Is your finish date back to
Tuesday, 11/26/2013? If so, great! We met our goal, without
overallocating resources. If not, you need to close the file,
without saving it and go back to instruction 7 of this section.
12. 22. You may have noticed the (pencil icon) next to the two
tasks, Install Hardware and Install Software. This indicates that
the work assignment has been edited.
23. While what we did was an extreme, it gives you an idea of
some of the things you can do to resolve resource assignment
conflicts. If you decide to adjust your resources, regardless of
method, it is always best if you save your file before doing so,
in case you make errors or do not like the results.
24. Again, resource leveling (and what goes on "behind the
scenes") can be a very complicated process. It is best that when
you make your initial assignments that you consider workload,
availability, etc.
25. At this point, save your file.
26. From the Task tab and the Properties group, click on Details
2 times remove Split. Change to Gantt chart view.
27. Printout the Task Entry Table and Gantt chart view. Include
all the columns of the Table: Entry and the Gantt chart. Be sure
to include proper project header information. Make sure you
widen the column showing task names and resource names.
(Hint: on Page Setup in Print Preview, select the tab View and
check Print All Sheet Columns). This will be printout number 1.
On your own
1. In the Gantt chart view, click on task Research Products and
Services.
2. Click on the Assign Resources button on the Resource tab.
3. In the Assign Resources dialog box, select Systems Analyst
and then click on Remove.
13. Figure 7
4. Keeping the Assign Resources dialog box open and while still
on the task Research Products and Service, select Systems
Analyst again and enter 200 (for 2 units). Press Assign.
(Figure 8).
Figure 8
5. What we have done is replaced an initial assignment. If you
were replacing different unit allocations of the same resource,
you would do the preceding instructions. If you were replacing
one resource with another resource, you would use replace
rather than assign. We have just told MS Project that rather than
one Systems Analyst doing 28 hours of work, we will have two
Systems Analysts doing 28 hours of work each (total of 56
hours). If we had just changed the percentages from 100 to
200% without removing the initial assignment, MS Project
would have assumed effort-driving and would not have added
28 hours of work, but divided 28 hours of work between the two
units. A very important, yet another confusing, point to
understand about how MS Project views the information you
enter.
6. Close the Assign Resources window and make sure this task,
Research Products and Services, is still showing 3.5 days before
proceeding.
7. Change to Resource Sheet view.
8. Scroll down to Systems Analyst. Is the name in red? The
resource is now overallocated, perhaps because we assigned two
units of a resource when we only have one unit available!
14. 9. Click on the name, SystemsAnalyst.
10. From the Resource tab and the Level group, select Level
Resource.
11. You should see the Level Resource dialog box.
12. Make sure the Systems Analyst is selected and click on the
Level Now button.
13. You should now see a MS Project alert message:
14. Whenever you get this message, MS Project cannot resolve
the problem automatically. The message however gives you
suggestions on how to resolve the problem. Here, MS Project
also tells you what the problem is and the date of the problem.
15. Press Skip. (If you get another error message, just press
skip until error messages stop).
16. MS Project did not perform leveling because it could not do
so.
17. How would you solve this problem? Without affecting the
project finish date? Look at the suggestion that MS Project is
giving you. Perhaps if you went to the Resource Sheet view and
changed the maximum units for this resource?
18. So do it. Change the maximum units for Systems Analyst to
200%. What happened?
19. Once you resolve the problem so that no resource is
overallocated, print out the following:
15. · A Project Summary Sheet
· A Task Usage Report (showing work by weeks)
20. The above reports will be printouts 2 and 3 respectively.
Again make sure proper project header information is included.
21. Check point: 37.5 days. (Plus see project statistics below).
22. Change back to Gantt chart view and save your file.
When submitting required printouts, if you are not bringing
them to class, from the Print Preview Page, take a screen shot
(in Windows <ALT><Prt Scr>) of the report and paste the
screen shot to a MS Word Document. Make sure to crop the
screen to show only the report. After cropping, resize the image
appropriately. If the printout is on more than 1 page, paste each
page individually. Save the Word document containing printouts
as Week_5_Printouts_XXX.docx (where XXX are your initials)
and submit this file to the Weekly iLab Dropbox.
Check Point for the End of Lesson 5
Addendum
Task Information for the Beginning of Lesson 5
Project Information Statistics at the Beginning of Lesson 5
When you have completed this lesson please save it as
MyLab5_xxx.mpp and submit the file to the Weekly 5 iLab
Dropbox.
16. Also complete the following page and submit the Review
Question sheet to the Weekly iLab Dropbox.
Review Questions
Name ____________________________
Answer the following questions:
1) What is resource overallocation?
2) What is resource leveling?
3) Under what circumstances would you want to manually
resolve conflicts?
17. 4) What would be the caution of adding more resources to a task
to resolve resource conflicts?
5) What would be the caution of rescheduling a task to resolve a
resource conflict?
Turn in this sheet with your MS Project file to the Week 5 iLab
Dropbox.
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