This document discusses processes and process operations in operating systems. It defines processes and process identifiers. It describes how processes are organized in a tree structure, with one parent process and multiple child processes. It explains that child processes are constrained by their parent's resources and may share or partition resources. The document also covers how processes are created and terminated in UNIX and Windows operating systems.
The document discusses threads and threading models. It defines a thread as a basic unit of CPU utilization. It describes how traditional processes have a single thread, while multiple threads in a process can perform more than one task simultaneously by sharing resources. The main threading models of many-to-one, one-to-one, and many-to-many are summarized. Key thread libraries like pthreads and differences between user and kernel threads are also outlined.
The document discusses the kernel of an operating system. It defines the kernel as the core component where the OS code and functionality lies. It is responsible for scheduling processes and allocating memory. The responsibilities of the kernel include device management, handling system calls, memory management, and process management. Kernel mode allows privileged access to hardware while user mode restricts this for security. The dual mode architecture prevents user programs from interfering with the OS or other processes.
1) A thread is a basic unit of CPU execution that shares code, data, and resources with other threads in the same process. It has its own program counter, register set, and stack.
2) In a single-threaded process there is one thread of control, while a multithreaded process can have multiple threads running concurrently.
3) Benefits of using threads include improved responsiveness, resource sharing, reduced overhead, and better utilization of multiprocessor systems.
Backing up data involves taking copies of data so it can be recovered if the original is lost. Archiving moves less frequently used data to backup storage to free up space. An effective backup strategy includes choosing backup media, determining backup methods and frequency, storing and rotating backups, and being able to recover data from backups. Common media are tapes and external drives, while full, differential, and incremental backups are frequent methods. Rotation schemes like grandfather-father-son improve cost-efficiency and ensure all files are protected. Verification and recovery processes are also important parts of the strategy.
The document discusses different allocation methods for managing disk space for files in an operating system. It describes contiguous, linked, and indexed allocation. Contiguous allocation allocates files in contiguous blocks, simplifying access but wasting space. Linked allocation uses pointers to non-contiguous blocks, avoiding fragmentation. Indexed allocation uses an index block to store block addresses, requiring multiple accesses to retrieve a block.
The document discusses the buffer cache in an operating system kernel. It describes the structure of the buffer cache including buffer headers, the buffer pool, and hash queues. It outlines 5 scenarios for retrieving a buffer from the cache, including when the block is found in a hash queue, when a free buffer needs to be allocated, and when a block is busy. It also covers reading disk blocks using the bread() call and how disk I/O is handled.
This document discusses processes and process operations in operating systems. It defines processes and process identifiers. It describes how processes are organized in a tree structure, with one parent process and multiple child processes. It explains that child processes are constrained by their parent's resources and may share or partition resources. The document also covers how processes are created and terminated in UNIX and Windows operating systems.
The document discusses threads and threading models. It defines a thread as a basic unit of CPU utilization. It describes how traditional processes have a single thread, while multiple threads in a process can perform more than one task simultaneously by sharing resources. The main threading models of many-to-one, one-to-one, and many-to-many are summarized. Key thread libraries like pthreads and differences between user and kernel threads are also outlined.
The document discusses the kernel of an operating system. It defines the kernel as the core component where the OS code and functionality lies. It is responsible for scheduling processes and allocating memory. The responsibilities of the kernel include device management, handling system calls, memory management, and process management. Kernel mode allows privileged access to hardware while user mode restricts this for security. The dual mode architecture prevents user programs from interfering with the OS or other processes.
1) A thread is a basic unit of CPU execution that shares code, data, and resources with other threads in the same process. It has its own program counter, register set, and stack.
2) In a single-threaded process there is one thread of control, while a multithreaded process can have multiple threads running concurrently.
3) Benefits of using threads include improved responsiveness, resource sharing, reduced overhead, and better utilization of multiprocessor systems.
Backing up data involves taking copies of data so it can be recovered if the original is lost. Archiving moves less frequently used data to backup storage to free up space. An effective backup strategy includes choosing backup media, determining backup methods and frequency, storing and rotating backups, and being able to recover data from backups. Common media are tapes and external drives, while full, differential, and incremental backups are frequent methods. Rotation schemes like grandfather-father-son improve cost-efficiency and ensure all files are protected. Verification and recovery processes are also important parts of the strategy.
The document discusses different allocation methods for managing disk space for files in an operating system. It describes contiguous, linked, and indexed allocation. Contiguous allocation allocates files in contiguous blocks, simplifying access but wasting space. Linked allocation uses pointers to non-contiguous blocks, avoiding fragmentation. Indexed allocation uses an index block to store block addresses, requiring multiple accesses to retrieve a block.
The document discusses the buffer cache in an operating system kernel. It describes the structure of the buffer cache including buffer headers, the buffer pool, and hash queues. It outlines 5 scenarios for retrieving a buffer from the cache, including when the block is found in a hash queue, when a free buffer needs to be allocated, and when a block is busy. It also covers reading disk blocks using the bread() call and how disk I/O is handled.
The kernel is the central and most important component of an operating system. It manages hardware resources like the CPU, memory and I/O devices, and allows processes and applications to access these resources through system calls and inter-process communication mechanisms. The kernel translates requests from software into instructions for hardware components. It provides protection from faults and allows for synchronization and communication between processes running concurrently. Kernels can have different designs like monolithic, micro, or hybrid depending on how hardware management is separated from other operating system services.
The document discusses several key structures and components of operating systems, including:
1) System calls that provide interfaces to OS services like process control and file management.
2) The system call mechanism which generates interrupts to transfer control to the OS kernel.
3) System programs that perform tasks like file management and system status monitoring.
4) Operating system design approaches like layered structures, microkernels that separate kernel and services, and modular designs using loadable modules.
Mach is an object-oriented operating system kernel. It defines basic abstractions like tasks, threads, ports, and memory objects. Tasks provide execution environments, threads are units of execution, ports enable communication between tasks using messages, and memory objects are sources of shared memory. Tasks communicate asynchronously through message passing to ports using the mach_msg system call.
IPC allows processes to communicate and share resources. There are several common IPC mechanisms, including message passing, shared memory, semaphores, files, signals, sockets, message queues, and pipes. Message passing involves establishing a communication link and exchanging fixed or variable sized messages using send and receive operations. Shared memory allows processes to access the same memory area. Semaphores are used to synchronize processes. Files provide durable storage that outlives individual processes. Signals asynchronously notify processes of events. Sockets enable two-way point-to-point communication between processes. Message queues allow asynchronous communication where senders and receivers do not need to interact simultaneously. Pipes create a pipeline between processes by connecting standard streams.
The document discusses operating systems, their components, functions, and history. It provides an overview of:
1) What an operating system is and its main goals of executing programs, making the computer convenient to use, and efficiently managing hardware resources.
2) The typical components of a computer system including hardware, operating system, application programs, and users.
3) The functions of an operating system which include providing a user environment, resource management, and error detection.
The document discusses various UML constructs including generalization, specialization, categories, aggregation, association, realization, and dependency. It defines each construct and provides examples. Generalization extracts common characteristics from classes into a superclass. Specialization creates subclasses from an existing class. Aggregation represents a "has-a" relationship where objects have their own lifetimes, while composition represents a stronger ownership where child objects rely on the parent object. The document compares different relationship types using examples.
A distributed operating system allows applications to run on multiple interconnected computers. It makes the distributed computers appear as a single centralized system to users. There are two main types - networking operating systems, which allow file and printer sharing on a local network, and distributed operating systems, where users are unaware of the underlying machines. Effective communication between the distributed systems requires addressing issues like naming, routing, connections, and dealing with contention for shared resources. While distributed systems provide benefits like improved performance and reliability, they also face challenges such as security, bandwidth limitations, and reduced performance due to network delays.
The document discusses several important operating system security issues. The operating system must provide protection mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to processes and resources. It also needs flexibility to configure how resources are shared between processes and change these configurations as needed. Key security issues for an operating system include implementing protection mechanisms, controlling resource sharing, enforcing security policies, and utilizing authentication and authorization.
1. Protection and security are mechanisms used in operating systems to control access to resources and safeguard them from threats. Protection focuses on internal threats while security addresses external threats.
2. Protection involves setting and changing access permissions for resources and checking access for users. Security involves authenticating users, adding/removing them, and using anti-malware software to protect from external threats.
3. A security model like the access matrix model defines the set of subjects, objects, and access rules to represent an organization's security policy for controlling access between users and resources.
- Directory structures organize files in a storage system and contain metadata about each file's name, location, size, and type. They allow operations like creating, searching, deleting, listing, and renaming files.
- Early systems used single-level directories with one list of all files, but this does not allow multiple files with the same name or grouping of files.
- Modern systems commonly use tree-structured directories that allow nesting files into subdirectories, making searching more efficient and allowing grouping of similar files. Directories can also be connected in acyclic graphs to enable sharing of files between directories through links.
1) An abstract data type (ADT) defines the operations that can be performed on a certain type of data but does not define how those operations are implemented.
2) Common examples of ADTs include lists, stacks, queues, and trees. Each ADT has multiple possible concrete data type implementations.
3) To define an ADT, one identifies the essential data fields and operations without specifying how they are stored or computed. This provides an abstract model of the problem domain.
This document discusses string formatting in Python. It explains that Python uses placeholders like %s and %d to format strings with values. The % operator method of string formatting is deprecated in Python 3 and the str.format() method is recommended instead. The format() method allows accessing formatting arguments by position or name to customize the order and labels of values in formatted strings.
In this day and age, data grows so fast it’s not uncommon for those of us using a relational database to reach the limits of its capacity. In this session, Kwangbock Lee explains how Samsung uses ClustrixDB to handle fast-growing data without manual database sharding. He highlights lessons learned, including a few hiccups along the way, and shares Samsung's experience migrating to ClustrixDB.
A stack is a linear data structure that follows the LIFO (last in, first out) principle. Elements can only be inserted or removed from one end, called the top. Stacks have common operations like push to add an element and pop to remove the top element. Stacks have many applications including evaluating arithmetic expressions in postfix notation, implementing recursion, and solving puzzles like Towers of Hanoi. The document discusses stack implementations using arrays and linked lists and provides examples of stack applications.
This document provides an overview of object-oriented programming (OOP) including:
- The history and key concepts of OOP like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation.
- Popular OOP languages like C++, Java, and Python.
- Differences between procedural and OOP like top-down design and modularity.
This document discusses threads and multithreading in operating systems. A thread is a flow of execution through a process with its own program counter, registers, and stack. Multithreading allows multiple threads within a process to run concurrently on multiple processors. There are three relationship models between user threads and kernel threads: many-to-many, many-to-one, and one-to-one. User threads are managed in userspace while kernel threads are managed by the operating system kernel. Both have advantages and disadvantages related to performance, concurrency, and complexity.
Distributed file systems allow files to be shared across multiple computers even without other inter-process communication. There are three main naming schemes for distributed files: 1) mounting remote directories locally, 2) combining host name and local name, and 3) using a single global namespace. File caching schemes aim to reduce network traffic by storing recently accessed files in local memory. Key decisions for caching schemes include cache location (client/server memory or disk) and how/when modifications are propagated to servers.
Modules in Python allow organizing classes into files to make them available and easy to find. Modules are simply Python files that can import classes from other modules in the same folder. Packages allow further organizing modules into subfolders, with an __init__.py file making each subfolder a package. Modules can import classes from other modules or packages using either absolute or relative imports, and the __init__.py can simplify imports from its package. Modules can also contain global variables and classes to share resources across a program.
Franchise Agreement Analysis Paper Guidelines and Grading Guide.docxMARRY7
This document provides guidelines for a project that involves analyzing a franchise agreement. Students will complete the project in three milestones. The final paper should be 6-8 pages and include an overview, critical assessment of the agreement, and conclusions. It will be graded based on inclusion of main elements, inquiry and analysis, milestone submissions, critical thinking, research, writing skills, and overall requirements.
Leadership Development Plan MBA 610This Leadership Developm.docxsmile790243
Leadership Development Plan MBA 610
This Leadership Development Plan serves as your road map for short-term training and
development activities that will enhance your leadership competencies. You will review, revise,
and update your plan several times during the course of your MBA degree program at UMUC.
Your name:
Your current job title:
Long-Term Career Goal
Make sure your goal is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.
In 3 to 5 years, my goal is to…
Short-Term Skills Development Needs
What skills will you need to acquire to achieve your long-term career goal?
1.
My leadership skills training and development goals for the next 1 to 2 years are to…
Print this page, then sign and date the hard copy.
Signature ________________________ Date ________________
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Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 1 above.
Training &
developmental activities
toward Goal 1
Examples:
• Attend a conference
on ethical leadership
• Read a book on the
importance of
cultural competence
in my industry
• Learn several key
phrases in a new
language
Target completion date /
actual completion date
Set your target dates at
the outset.
Update with actual dates
when you have
completed each task.
Resources & costs
What costs are
associated with
completing this activity?
What resources will you
use to cover those costs?
Expected
outcomes/measures
How will you know you
have succeeded? How
will you demonstrate
your acquired
competency? How might
someone else be able to
validate your
new competency?
Target: Click
here to enter a date.
Actual: Click
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Target: Click
here to enter a date.
Actual: Click
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Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 2
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activities toward Goal 2
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actual completion date
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costs
Expected
outcomes/measures
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The kernel is the central and most important component of an operating system. It manages hardware resources like the CPU, memory and I/O devices, and allows processes and applications to access these resources through system calls and inter-process communication mechanisms. The kernel translates requests from software into instructions for hardware components. It provides protection from faults and allows for synchronization and communication between processes running concurrently. Kernels can have different designs like monolithic, micro, or hybrid depending on how hardware management is separated from other operating system services.
The document discusses several key structures and components of operating systems, including:
1) System calls that provide interfaces to OS services like process control and file management.
2) The system call mechanism which generates interrupts to transfer control to the OS kernel.
3) System programs that perform tasks like file management and system status monitoring.
4) Operating system design approaches like layered structures, microkernels that separate kernel and services, and modular designs using loadable modules.
Mach is an object-oriented operating system kernel. It defines basic abstractions like tasks, threads, ports, and memory objects. Tasks provide execution environments, threads are units of execution, ports enable communication between tasks using messages, and memory objects are sources of shared memory. Tasks communicate asynchronously through message passing to ports using the mach_msg system call.
IPC allows processes to communicate and share resources. There are several common IPC mechanisms, including message passing, shared memory, semaphores, files, signals, sockets, message queues, and pipes. Message passing involves establishing a communication link and exchanging fixed or variable sized messages using send and receive operations. Shared memory allows processes to access the same memory area. Semaphores are used to synchronize processes. Files provide durable storage that outlives individual processes. Signals asynchronously notify processes of events. Sockets enable two-way point-to-point communication between processes. Message queues allow asynchronous communication where senders and receivers do not need to interact simultaneously. Pipes create a pipeline between processes by connecting standard streams.
The document discusses operating systems, their components, functions, and history. It provides an overview of:
1) What an operating system is and its main goals of executing programs, making the computer convenient to use, and efficiently managing hardware resources.
2) The typical components of a computer system including hardware, operating system, application programs, and users.
3) The functions of an operating system which include providing a user environment, resource management, and error detection.
The document discusses various UML constructs including generalization, specialization, categories, aggregation, association, realization, and dependency. It defines each construct and provides examples. Generalization extracts common characteristics from classes into a superclass. Specialization creates subclasses from an existing class. Aggregation represents a "has-a" relationship where objects have their own lifetimes, while composition represents a stronger ownership where child objects rely on the parent object. The document compares different relationship types using examples.
A distributed operating system allows applications to run on multiple interconnected computers. It makes the distributed computers appear as a single centralized system to users. There are two main types - networking operating systems, which allow file and printer sharing on a local network, and distributed operating systems, where users are unaware of the underlying machines. Effective communication between the distributed systems requires addressing issues like naming, routing, connections, and dealing with contention for shared resources. While distributed systems provide benefits like improved performance and reliability, they also face challenges such as security, bandwidth limitations, and reduced performance due to network delays.
The document discusses several important operating system security issues. The operating system must provide protection mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to processes and resources. It also needs flexibility to configure how resources are shared between processes and change these configurations as needed. Key security issues for an operating system include implementing protection mechanisms, controlling resource sharing, enforcing security policies, and utilizing authentication and authorization.
1. Protection and security are mechanisms used in operating systems to control access to resources and safeguard them from threats. Protection focuses on internal threats while security addresses external threats.
2. Protection involves setting and changing access permissions for resources and checking access for users. Security involves authenticating users, adding/removing them, and using anti-malware software to protect from external threats.
3. A security model like the access matrix model defines the set of subjects, objects, and access rules to represent an organization's security policy for controlling access between users and resources.
- Directory structures organize files in a storage system and contain metadata about each file's name, location, size, and type. They allow operations like creating, searching, deleting, listing, and renaming files.
- Early systems used single-level directories with one list of all files, but this does not allow multiple files with the same name or grouping of files.
- Modern systems commonly use tree-structured directories that allow nesting files into subdirectories, making searching more efficient and allowing grouping of similar files. Directories can also be connected in acyclic graphs to enable sharing of files between directories through links.
1) An abstract data type (ADT) defines the operations that can be performed on a certain type of data but does not define how those operations are implemented.
2) Common examples of ADTs include lists, stacks, queues, and trees. Each ADT has multiple possible concrete data type implementations.
3) To define an ADT, one identifies the essential data fields and operations without specifying how they are stored or computed. This provides an abstract model of the problem domain.
This document discusses string formatting in Python. It explains that Python uses placeholders like %s and %d to format strings with values. The % operator method of string formatting is deprecated in Python 3 and the str.format() method is recommended instead. The format() method allows accessing formatting arguments by position or name to customize the order and labels of values in formatted strings.
In this day and age, data grows so fast it’s not uncommon for those of us using a relational database to reach the limits of its capacity. In this session, Kwangbock Lee explains how Samsung uses ClustrixDB to handle fast-growing data without manual database sharding. He highlights lessons learned, including a few hiccups along the way, and shares Samsung's experience migrating to ClustrixDB.
A stack is a linear data structure that follows the LIFO (last in, first out) principle. Elements can only be inserted or removed from one end, called the top. Stacks have common operations like push to add an element and pop to remove the top element. Stacks have many applications including evaluating arithmetic expressions in postfix notation, implementing recursion, and solving puzzles like Towers of Hanoi. The document discusses stack implementations using arrays and linked lists and provides examples of stack applications.
This document provides an overview of object-oriented programming (OOP) including:
- The history and key concepts of OOP like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation.
- Popular OOP languages like C++, Java, and Python.
- Differences between procedural and OOP like top-down design and modularity.
This document discusses threads and multithreading in operating systems. A thread is a flow of execution through a process with its own program counter, registers, and stack. Multithreading allows multiple threads within a process to run concurrently on multiple processors. There are three relationship models between user threads and kernel threads: many-to-many, many-to-one, and one-to-one. User threads are managed in userspace while kernel threads are managed by the operating system kernel. Both have advantages and disadvantages related to performance, concurrency, and complexity.
Distributed file systems allow files to be shared across multiple computers even without other inter-process communication. There are three main naming schemes for distributed files: 1) mounting remote directories locally, 2) combining host name and local name, and 3) using a single global namespace. File caching schemes aim to reduce network traffic by storing recently accessed files in local memory. Key decisions for caching schemes include cache location (client/server memory or disk) and how/when modifications are propagated to servers.
Modules in Python allow organizing classes into files to make them available and easy to find. Modules are simply Python files that can import classes from other modules in the same folder. Packages allow further organizing modules into subfolders, with an __init__.py file making each subfolder a package. Modules can import classes from other modules or packages using either absolute or relative imports, and the __init__.py can simplify imports from its package. Modules can also contain global variables and classes to share resources across a program.
Franchise Agreement Analysis Paper Guidelines and Grading Guide.docxMARRY7
This document provides guidelines for a project that involves analyzing a franchise agreement. Students will complete the project in three milestones. The final paper should be 6-8 pages and include an overview, critical assessment of the agreement, and conclusions. It will be graded based on inclusion of main elements, inquiry and analysis, milestone submissions, critical thinking, research, writing skills, and overall requirements.
Leadership Development Plan MBA 610This Leadership Developm.docxsmile790243
Leadership Development Plan MBA 610
This Leadership Development Plan serves as your road map for short-term training and
development activities that will enhance your leadership competencies. You will review, revise,
and update your plan several times during the course of your MBA degree program at UMUC.
Your name:
Your current job title:
Long-Term Career Goal
Make sure your goal is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound.
In 3 to 5 years, my goal is to…
Short-Term Skills Development Needs
What skills will you need to acquire to achieve your long-term career goal?
1.
My leadership skills training and development goals for the next 1 to 2 years are to…
Print this page, then sign and date the hard copy.
Signature ________________________ Date ________________
Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 1
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Complete the following table with the details of your plan for Goal 1 above.
Training &
developmental activities
toward Goal 1
Examples:
• Attend a conference
on ethical leadership
• Read a book on the
importance of
cultural competence
in my industry
• Learn several key
phrases in a new
language
Target completion date /
actual completion date
Set your target dates at
the outset.
Update with actual dates
when you have
completed each task.
Resources & costs
What costs are
associated with
completing this activity?
What resources will you
use to cover those costs?
Expected
outcomes/measures
How will you know you
have succeeded? How
will you demonstrate
your acquired
competency? How might
someone else be able to
validate your
new competency?
Target: Click
here to enter a date.
Actual: Click
here to enter a date.
Target: Click
here to enter a date.
Actual: Click
here to enter a date.
Target: Click
here to enter a date.
Actual: Click
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Short-Term Leadership Skills Development Goal 2
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Training & developmental
activities toward Goal 2
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actual completion date
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costs
Expected
outcomes/measures
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Consultants experience constant pressure on deadlines, maybe even more acutely than in other industries. A few techniques and good practices, starting with better time management habits, can help you to handle the pressure.
Consultants experience constant pressure on deadlines, maybe even more acutely than in other industries. A few techniques and good practices, starting with better time management habits, can help you to handle the pressure and become more effective.
The document provides five different templates for project status reports that can be used to summarize and communicate project status to stakeholders and management. The templates include a periodic progress summary report, a report focusing on major task completion, a report measuring work plan progress, a presentation format for management meetings, and a multiple project status summary. Regular status reports help ensure transparency of a project's status and issues while keeping management informed to enable effective decision making.
The document provides an introduction and overview of Microsoft Project 2000 tutorial lessons on using the software to plan and manage projects. It discusses starting a new project file, entering tasks and assigning durations, linking tasks, and applying constraints. Resources, assignments, and costs are also introduced as topics to be covered in upcoming lessons. The goal is to explain how MS Project 2000 can help the user organize all aspects of a project from initial planning through tracking progress and costs.
Quick and Easy Guide to Planning & Scheduling with Microsoft ProjectDeepak Alse
These are 8 slides that I’ve repeatedly used to train consultants, clients or consulting teams when I want to quickly get them onboard the idea of using Microsoft Project.
The slides do not make you an expert but if you know how to get through these 8 steps, you’ll feel comfortable with using Microsoft project for basic project planning and scheduling.
Before you begin this assignment, be sure you1.Read the UMUC.docxlascellesjaimie
Before you begin this assignment, be sure you:
1.
Read the “UMUC Haircuts Case Study” & review “Walmart Example.”
2.
Review the process you identified in stage one and your instructor’s feedback on all previous assignments.
Purpose of this Assignment
This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the concepts of this course to address the planning, development, implementation and on-going management of the technology solution you have proposed for the UMUC Haircuts business.
This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcome to enable you to:
·
identify and plan IT solutions that meet business objectives.
Overview of Outline of Next Steps for UMUC Hair Cuts
For your Stage Case Study1, you identified a
strategy for competitive advantage
and
a
business process
that you would improve through the application of technology to a business process for UMUC Haircuts.
For your Stage 2, you identified a
proposed IT solution
to improve that
business process
. Your research included planning for IT and business resources, identifying
solution
components, and
identifying ways the
new technology would improve the business process
and
support the strategy for competitive analysis
. Modeling the AS IS and TO BE Processes helped identify the steps in the business process you are improving for UMUC Haircuts.
In Stage 3, you evaluated
IT considerations
as to their role and importance to the
proposed IT solution
to be implemented to improve the business process for UMUC Haircuts.
In Stage 4, you prepared an
Executive Briefing
of your findings, including project
management
, the
system development life cycle
, and
change management.
In Stage 5, you will prepare an
annotated outline
of the next steps in the Implementation of Your Information Technology
Solution
which also includes next steps in the areas of
project management
, the
system development life cycle
, and
change management.
Outline of Next Steps for UMUC Haircuts
Following your presentation of your Stage 4 project, the owner of UMUC Haircuts has decided to move ahead and implement your proposed solution. Prior to beginning the project, the owner has asked you to prepare an outline explaining the next steps. For this assignment, you will develop an annotated outline that identifies the next steps to implement the solution described in Stages 2-4, addressing a number of areas such as project management, system development life cycle, change management, etc.
Resources:
Annotated Outline:
An annotated outline provides the basic information in
full sentences
, but in outline form rather than in paragraph form.
·
In this case, you will address each aspect of the next steps to be taken to implement your technology solution.
·
You should provide all of the important facts, without the expanded discussions used in full papers.
·
Each of the topics in the assignment list should be explained as they apply to your proposed technology.
For this project you may choose one that is of interest to you or .docxbudbarber38650
For this project you may choose one that is of interest to you or you may choose to begin planning for your senior project. When selecting a project, avoid picking one that is either too big or too small. For example, do not decide to build a new stadium for your local sports team (too big) or to plant your summer garden (too small).
“The opening of a coffee shop” is my topic
Due Week 2: Project Charter
Due Week 3: Scope Statement
Due Week 4: Work Breakdown Structure and Network Diagram
Due Week 5: Risk Management Plan
Due Week 6: Resource Management Plan
Due Week 7: Communication Plan
Due Week 8: Final Project Package
Deliverables
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Due Week 2: Project Charter
Provide a project charter of your selected project in accordance with the charter template found in Doc Sharing. The project will be the project your team will use for the remainder of this course.
For your new project, please develop a project team (citing names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers).
Be certain to include the following.
Project Objectives
Project Statement of Work
Milestones
All other sections as required in the project charter
Please put this in proper business writing format. Consider me to be your boss.
If working in a group, include a statement of participation, describing how each person contributed to this project deliverable. Please have each person sign the statement.
Deliverables:
Project charter (in MS Word)
Due Week 3: Scope Statement
Prepare a scope statement using either the model on pages 144-145 in the text as a template or the scope template in Doc Sharing. Remember to be tangible, measurable, and specific. Be sure to include all sections required in the Practitioner section of the Week 2 Lecture.
Deliverables:
Project scope statement (in MS Word)
If working in a group, include a statement of participation, describing how each person contributed to this project deliverable. Please have each person sign the statement.
Due Week 4: Work Breakdown Structure and Network Diagram
According to the PMBOK® Guide, "the WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables." In other words, it lists the project's tasks, the subtasks, the sub-subtasks, and so on.
For this phase, you will create a work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project you selected during phase one. Remember that the WBS starts with your major deliverables (that you stated in your scope management plan) at the highest level. The lower levels have the tasks required to complete those deliverables. You should have at least three tasks under each deliverable, but you may have as many tasks as needed to ensure that the deliverables are complete. Review the textbook (and the PMBOK® Guide, if you have it) for some suggestions on how best to create a WBS. From your work breakdown structure, develop a project task list with dependencies, add durations,.
GG Freightways (GGFRT) IT Decision Paper AssignmentBefore you be.docxshericehewat
GG Freightways (GGFRT) IT Decision Paper Assignment
Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the “GG Freightways Case Study,” any feedback on your proposed IT project from your ITSP Part 2 assignment, and the previously assigned course materials.
Purpose of this Assignment
This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the course concepts to develop an IT Decision Paper to explain and defend an IT project at GG Freightways (GGFRT). This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes to enable you to:
· Apply best practices in information technology management and governance to make, defend, and justify an IT decision.
IT Decision Paper for Your Proposed IT Project
For your ITSP, Part 2, you proposed an IT project for GGFRT. Lance, the CIO at GGFRT, has asked you to write an IT Decision Paper to explain your proposed project. He wants to use the Paper to gain approval from the Governance Board to move forward with the project. This assignment uses a format for a Decision Paper that has been tailored to the course material covered in this class. You may work for an organization that has a format for IT decision papers, and it would be a good idea for you to look at it, but it will likely be structured a little differently from this one. Each organization develops tools and techniques that will work for them.
Assignment
You will develop an IT Decision Paper, using the outline below. Each of the topics to be included in your outline is covered in the course content readings assigned thus far. In addition to the course materials, at least one external resource (resource other than those provided in the class) must be used. Two or more cited references will earn top credit. Use a separate References page to list just the references you have cited. Remember to use the APA formatting rules and correctly cite and reference your sources with APA format. Use the Grading Rubric to be sure you have covered everything.
Please use this outline to build your IT Decision Paper. Use the numbering and headings shown below.
1. Project Description – In two or three sentences:
(1) describe the IT project you proposed for GGFRT in Part 2 of your ITSP.
(2) Describe what major function(s) the system would perform and who would use it. (Do not provide a technical description with hardware, software, etc.)
2. Strategic Alignment – In a short paragraph:
(1) explain how the proposed project aligns to the business strategic objectives in Part 1 of your ITSP, and,
(2) how the proposed project aligns to the IT strategies in Part 2 of your ITSP.
Your proposed project must be aligned directly with at least one business strategic objective and one IT strategy shown in your ITSP.
3. IT Portfolio Roadmap Alignment – In a short paragraph:
(1) Briefly explain where this project fits into the IT Portfolio Roadmap you included in Part 2 of your ITSP.
(2) What functional area does it support?
(3) W ...
This internship report summarizes Aditya Choudhary's internship at Suven Consultants & Technology Pvt. Ltd. The report acknowledges the guidance provided by the director, Mr. Mukul Goyal. The internship focused on data quality checks and manual improvements on Excel files containing builder data like names, addresses, phone numbers. The tasks involved sorting data into appropriate columns, checking for duplicates, hiding unnecessary columns, formatting numbers for easy viewing, and using sorting functions to organize the phone number columns according to country codes and number formats.
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STUDENT
NAME:
TUTOR NAME: Alex Borman
PROGRAMME: BEng/MEng (All Pathways)
MODULE CODE:
EGR1013M
MODULE
TITLE:
COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERS
SUBJECT: COURSEWORK 1: MICROSOFT EXCEL
COURSEWORK
TITLE:
MICROSOFT EXCEL SKILLS COURSEWORK
COURSEWORK
WEIGHTING (%):
50%
Issue Date:
04/12/2017
Due Date:
14/01/2018
Feedback Date:
2 weeks after hand-in
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA:
TARGETED LEARNING OUTCOMES
LO1 Use engineering software to model simple systems, and interpret the results
LO2 Design and write structured programs in a high-level language
LO3 Locate and use learning resources in the development of coding solutions
LO4 Manage their time effectively and work independently
Important Information – Please Read Before Completing Your Work
All students should submit their work by the date specified using the procedures specified in the Student Handbook. An
assessment that has been handed in after this deadline will be marked initially as if it had been handed in on time, but
the Board of Examiners will normally apply a lateness penalty.
Your attention is drawn to the Section on Academic Misconduct in the Student’s Handbook.
All work will be considered as individual unless collaboration is specifically requested, in which case this should be
explicitly acknowledged by the student within their submitted material.
Any queries that you may have on the requirements of this assessment should be e-mailed to [email protected] No
queries will be answered after respective submission dates.
You must ensure you retain a copy of your completed work prior to submission.
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COURSEWORK BRIEF:
This coursework will assess your abilities with Microsoft Excel, testing a range of skills developed during the
course of the lectures and supplementary tutorial activity.
This piece of work, being taught simultaneously with Statics for all full time students, will focus on an aspect of this
module and using Excel to take in data, process it and produces solutions to the question posed. For any students
not taking the Statics module this year, your ability to solve the statics problem is not being assessed and help will
be given in this task if difficulties are faced with this aspect of the coursework.
The specific question that will be considered is a Structural Analysis problem, as displayed below.
The Truss used to support a balcony is subjected to the loading shown. Using the method of joints, determine the
force in each member, stating also whether members are in tension or compression.
Test Data Set (these values will be varied when marked):
P1 = 60kN; P2 = 40kN; X1=4m; X2=4m; Y1=4m
Test data results:
FAD = 84.9kN (C); FAB = 60.0kN (T); FBD = 40kN (C); FBC = 60kN (T); FDC = 141 kN (T); FDE = 160kN (C)
Your task is to produce a spreadsheet capable of collecting values for the five variables and outputting ...
Following your analysis of the business environment and the business.docxhoundsomeminda
Following your analysis of the business environment and the business and IT requirements, Myra Morningstar has decided to move ahead and implement an IT solution. She has asked you to identify an IT solution and explain what the steps would be to implement it. For this assignment, you will develop an annotated outline that identifies an appropriate IT solution and the next steps to implement the solution. Resources to assist you in developing the annotated outline follow the Assignment Instructions below.
In Stage 4, you will prepare an
annotated outline
of your
proposed IT solution
and the
next steps
in the implementation of that solution. The next steps will include: project management, system development life cycle, process changes, training and measurements of success as they apply to the process being improved and the IT solution you are proposing.
Since UMUC Haircuts is a small business, Myra should take advantage of a Software as a Service (SaaS) or cloud-based system that has already been developed and is maintained and operated by a vendor. You should do some research and find a vendor-provided solution that will support the process that is being improved. Refer to the process model and your Stage 2 inputs, processing and outputs that define the business requirements; and refer to your Stage 3 IT requirements as you select an appropriate solution. Consider the cost of the solution as you make your choice, so that your recommended solution will be affordable for Myra.
Assignment:
Outline of IT
Solution
and Next Steps
Your annotated outline will define and explain the IT solution you are proposing and address each of the next steps shown below that UMUC Haircuts will take to implement your technology solution.
I.
Project Description:
A.
Introduction
1.
Strategy for competitive advantage: (just name the strategy)
2.
Business process to be improved: (just name the process)
B.
Proposed solution and IT components needed to implement the project
1.
Selected system
a)
I
dentify the vendor and the system you selected to improve the process at UMUC Haircuts
.
b)
Explain why you selected that system over others, including how it best meets the business requirements (see Stage 2) and IT requirements (see Stage 3) of UMUC Haircuts. Explain if/how cost was a factor in your selection.
2.
Major hardware needed
–
list the hardware components that Myra will need to install at UMUC Haircuts in order to implement your proposed solution.
3.
Facility requirements – identify where Myra should place the hardware.
4.
Telecommunication needs -
identify what kind of telecommunications will be needed for the solution, including local connectivity inside UMUC Haircuts and internet access, if appropriate, and whether it will be used for data, voice and/or video.
C.
Business resources needed to complete the project.
1.
It Skills & Services –
identify the technical skills needed to implement the solution including applicatio.
Group Presentation Strategy Research. Using the comprehensive s.docxwhittemorelucilla
Group Presentation: Strategy Research. Using the comprehensive strategic framework.
Using at least one factor from each of the three strategic consideration (see figure below), please try to explain the major reasons for the general market success or failure of a well-known firm as they responded to a SPECIFIC major opportunity or threat in a foreign country (anytime over the last five years). Please include your definition or understanding of what the factors mean. The presentation should be at least 12 slides. Upload to Ilearn after presentation.
Presentation outline:
I. Describe the initial Situation: background, situation: success or failure
II. Describe or define the strategic factors and why they were chosen by your group.
III. Explain how the factors affected the firm’s behavior and performance
IV. Your Analysis of the outcome: could the firm have done better or worse.--(Chen)
V. Which Strategic perspective best explained the behaviors & outcomes and why.
****Use the strategic analysis framework below to guide you.
Comprehensive Strategic Analysis Framework
Resource
-
Based Considerations
*focus on
internal
capabilities
,
re
sources
& relationships as well
of the company
V)
Value outweighs costs
R)
Rarity of capabilities
I.)
Imitability of capabilities
O)
Organization of activities
Industry
-
Based Considerations
Inter
-
firm Rivalry
Entry Barriers
Bargaining Power of Suppl
iers
Bargaining Power of Buyers
Substitute Products/Services
Impact of Networks & Alliances
(5 Forces Analysis & Networks)
Institution
-
Based Considerations
Formal
institutional constraints
such as laws & regulations.
Informal
institutional constraints
su
ch as cultural values, &
social pressures (norms).
Formal & informal International
Market Agreements
The Success
or Failure of
Firms or
Sectors
Assignment 1
Project Proposal
This project is being undertaken in order to simplify the personnel and deployment management system within an agency. This application will house all agency employees as well as their training data and work title information. The unique part of this application is the Voluntary Responder Component. This component will be comprised of employees that apply for specific positions, complete required position specific training and possess the clearances to immediately respond to an incident. The application process for volunteers occurs before an incident to ensure that the agency has response capability before an unforeseen emergency takes place. The application also ensures that all employees get an opportunity to serve on an emergency response incident. By having all of this information in the same database makes it easier for dispatch employees to put together the appropriate teams to respond to emergency situations. At the current time dispatch employees does not have a database that gives them access to all of the needed information to successfully deploy responders in support of emerge ...
No matter how hard we try, planning is not perfect, and sometimes .docxhenrymartin15260
The document provides instructions for creating a conceptual database model using MS Visio and then implementing that model in an MS Access database. Key steps include:
1. Adding two new entities (OrderLine and Orders) to an existing Visio ERD model, including attributes and relationships.
2. Specifying data types and field lengths for attributes in the Visio model to prepare for implementation in Access.
3. Creating a new MS Access database and using the Visio ERD model to generate tables, attributes, and relationships between the Suppliers, Products, OrderLine, and Orders tables.
This document discusses splitting user stories into smaller stories. It defines a user story and notes their typical size is 0.5-10 effort days. Stories are split to make prioritization and planning easier and improve estimation accuracy. Ways to split stories include separating data boundaries, exception handling, operations, CRUD functions, functional vs. non-functional parts, and smaller stories of different priorities. The overall goal of splitting is to define discrete units of work that can be planned, estimated, developed and tested independently.
Mgmt404 entire class course project + all 7 weeks i labs devry universitykghkghfh
The document outlines the course project for a project management course. Students must complete a series of milestones over 8 weeks to plan a project from start to finish, including selecting a project, developing a scope statement, work breakdown structure, network diagram, risk management plan, resource management plan, communication plan, and final integrated project plan. The project aims to have students practice skills learned in class and can be for planning their own senior project. Guidelines provide examples of acceptable project types and content requirements for the milestones.
Mgmt404 entire class course project + all 7 weeks i labs devry universitysacascscasc
The document outlines the course project for a project management course. Students must complete a series of milestones over 8 weeks to plan a project from start to finish, including selecting a project, developing a scope statement, work breakdown structure, network diagram, risk management plan, resource management plan, communication plan, and final integrated project plan. The project aims to provide students experience planning a project using methodologies learned in class and to potentially begin planning for their senior project.
Mgmt404 entire class course project + all 7 weeks i labs devry universityiutiuriaolcom
This document provides instructions and guidelines for a course project in Devry University's MGMT404 Complete course. It outlines 8 milestones for the project from project selection to the final project package. It provides details on the objectives, guidelines, deliverables, and grading rubrics for each milestone. Some of the key deliverables include a project selection, scope statement, work breakdown structure, risk management plan, resource management plan, communication plan, and final integrated project plan.
Constituer une équipe de consultants est un exercice à la fois critique et délicat que tout manager fraîchement promu se doit de maîtriser. Cette présentation vous donnera quelques techniques et bonnes pratiques pour vous familiariser avec cet exercice.
Assemblig a consulting team is a critical and delicate challenge that every (newly appointed) Manager should be comfortable with. In this presentation you will find tips and best practices to help you with it.
Consultants spend most of their time working on assignments. There are som DO's and DON'Ts to keep in mind in order to take a successful start in the consulting industry.
Les consultants passent la majeure partie de leur temps en mission. En appliquent un certain nombre de règles et de bonnes pratiques, vous pouvez prendre un bon départ dans la profession.
Les consultants, peut-être même plus que les autres professions, connaissent une pression constante sur les délais. Quelques techniques et bonnes pratiques en matière de gestion du temps peuvent vous aider à faire face à la pression.
The document provides an introduction to the field of consulting. It defines consulting as giving expert advice to other professionals and defines related terms. It then discusses that consulting involves finding solutions to clients' problems and facilitating change. The document further explores the different structures consulting can take, such as various types of consulting firms and roles within firms. It also outlines how consulting work is segmented based on the client's category of need, sector of business, and functional area. Examples are given to illustrate consulting assignments related to strategies, processes, and information systems.
Il y a 1001 façons de devenir consultant. Cette présentation vous guide à travers la 'jungle' du conseil en détaillant les différents types de structure, leur fonctionnement, leur façon de segmenter et de servir leurs clients.
Contactez consultorama.101@gmail.com pour plus de renseignements.
Becoming a (good) consultant requires a wide skill set that goes far beyond a quick mind and common sense.
Consultorama can give you an easy access to necessary knowledge and skills
Becoming a (good) consultant requires a wide skill set that goes far beyond a quick mind and common sense.
Consultorama can give you an easy access to necessary knowledge and skills
Designing and Sustaining Large-Scale Value-Centered Agile Ecosystems (powered...Alexey Krivitsky
Is Agile dead? It depends on what you mean by 'Agile'. If you mean that the organizations are not getting the promised benefits because they were focusing too much on the team-level agile "ways of working" instead of systemic global improvements -- then we are in agreement. It is a misunderstanding of Agility that led us down a dead-end. At Org Topologies, we see bright sparks -- the signs of the 'second wave of Agile' as we call it. The emphasis is shifting towards both in-team and inter-team collaboration. Away from false dichotomies. Both: team autonomy and shared broad product ownership are required to sustain true result-oriented organizational agility. Org Topologies is a package offering a visual language plus thinking tools required to communicate org development direction and can be used to help design and then sustain org change aiming at higher organizational archetypes.
12 steps to transform your organization into the agile org you deservePierre E. NEIS
During an organizational transformation, the shift is from the previous state to an improved one. In the realm of agility, I emphasize the significance of identifying polarities. This approach helps establish a clear understanding of your objectives. I have outlined 12 incremental actions to delineate your organizational strategy.
Originally presented at XP2024 Bolzano
While agile has entered the post-mainstream age, possibly losing its mojo along the way, the rise of remote working is dealing a more severe blow than its industrialization.
In this talk we'll have a look to the cumulative effect of the constraints of a remote working environment and of the common countermeasures.
Colby Hobson: Residential Construction Leader Building a Solid Reputation Thr...dsnow9802
Colby Hobson stands out as a dynamic leader in the residential construction industry. With a solid reputation built on his exceptional communication and presentation skills, Colby has proven himself to be an excellent team player, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment.
A team is a group of individuals, all working together for a common purpose. This Ppt derives a detail information on team building process and ats type with effective example by Tuckmans Model. it also describes about team issues and effective team work. Unclear Roles and Responsibilities of teams as well as individuals.
Ganpati Kumar Choudhary Indian Ethos PPT.pptx, The Dilemma of Green Energy Corporation
Green Energy Corporation, a leading renewable energy company, faces a dilemma: balancing profitability and sustainability. Pressure to scale rapidly has led to ethical concerns, as the company's commitment to sustainable practices is tested by the need to satisfy shareholders and maintain a competitive edge.
A presentation on mastering key management concepts across projects, products, programs, and portfolios. Whether you're an aspiring manager or looking to enhance your skills, this session will provide you with the knowledge and tools to succeed in various management roles. Learn about the distinct lifecycles, methodologies, and essential skillsets needed to thrive in today's dynamic business environment.
Impact of Effective Performance Appraisal Systems on Employee Motivation and ...Dr. Nazrul Islam
Healthy economic development requires properly managing the banking industry of any
country. Along with state-owned banks, private banks play a critical role in the country's economy.
Managers in all types of banks now confront the same challenge: how to get the utmost output from
their employees. Therefore, Performance appraisal appears to be inevitable since it set the
standard for comparing actual performance to established objectives and recommending practical
solutions that help the organization achieve sustainable growth. Therefore, the purpose of this
research is to determine the effect of performance appraisal on employee motivation and retention.
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2. To do list| flash card
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Objective
Structured list of tasks to be performed in
the near future, with prioritization and
progress status information.
Standard agenda
▪ Task description
▪ Ownership*
▪ Criticality
▪ Deadline
▪ Status
▪ Comment
*if shared with team or client
Use cases
▪ ‘individually’ : used to ensure you do
not forget to do anything important
▪ ‘collectively’: used to share tasks and
progress within team &/or with client
Implementation guidance
▪ Must present tasks in a very clear,
specific but synthetic way
▪ Systematically allocate ownership
▪ Must be easy to read, preferably with
colours or icons
Tools
▪ MS PPT, MS XL, MS Notes
▪ Gmail, MS Outlook …
▪ Apps (todoist for ex.)
Templates
▪ See following slides
3. 3 ground principles you should respect when designing and updating a to do list
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It should only take you
a few minutes per day
to update
Use numbers and
accurate terms to
describe your tasks
Any member of your
team should be able to
understand and take
over your tasks
Easy to do Easy to read Specific
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4. There are different solutions to design and update a to do list …
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Design your own to do
list
Use to do list templates
Use your e-mail task
management
functionalities
Use a dedicated
app
To do list
5. … each of them presenting specific advantages
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Scalable Collaborative Easy to use Automated
Design your own
Use e-mail
Use templates
Use a apps
Low Average High
and the winner is ….
If you design your own
to do list, you can add
& remove as many
columns as you want,
depending on your
needs
E-mail & dedicated apps
have been natively
designed to encourage
collaborative work
Apps and templates are
very easy to use – UX
strongly varies from
one e-mail software to
another
E-mail & dedicated apps
have very useful
features such as
alerting,
interconnection with
agenda & e-mails
6. To do list – a basic MS XL version
Part 1: Nature
Part 2: Priorities
Part 3: Progress status
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# Category Task description Owner Criticality Deadline Status Comment
A001 Category 2 Owner 6 2 Not started
A002 Category 1 Owner 4 3 In progress
A003 Category 1 Owner 4 1 In progress
What are we trying to achieve?
What should be
done first?
Where are we standing?
Criticality Deadline
7. # Category Task description Owner
A001 Category 2 Owner 6
A002 Category 1 Owner 4
A003 Category 1 Owner 4
To do list – Part 1: the objective is to determine what needs to be achieved
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2
3
The ‘#’ column is used to allocate a series
number to each task in your list. It makes
navigation and exhaustiveness controls easier.
You can couple ‘#’ with the category column (for
instance, all tasks in Category A have a AXXX
series number)
The ‘Category’ column is useful when you need to
track the nature of the tasks you perform :
▪ You work on several work-streams or
assignments in parallel
▪ You cover a wide task spectrum
Apply the ‘MECE’ principle
The ‘Task description’ column is used to … describe the
task, following some simple rules:
▪ Be specific and synthetic
▪ Start description with an action verb
▪ Avoid grouping tasks together (even if they are
connected to oneanother, they may have specific
deadlines)
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The ‘owner’ column is used to identify who is
responsible / accountable for each task. Use it when
you need to share your to do list with your team or
client.
Task ownership is critical as it is a sine qua non
condition for having someone starting to work on the
task.
You can use either full name or initials to identify
ownership.
8. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 1
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Sub-category Deliverable Team
2
3
To be used when you need to present the
deliverable (name &/or nature) that will be
produced as an output of the task
To be used when you need to analyse
the tasks through organizational
lenses; you can add team,
department, company … column(s)1
To be used when you need to analyse the
tasks through different lenses (you can add
several ‘sub-category’ columns)
9. To do list | Part 2 aims at identifying what should be done first
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The ‘Criticality’ column is used to measure the importance of all the tasks in the list.
You can use a 3 value scale (high – medium – low) to qualify all tasks in the list
keeping in mind that in general, you should have a majority of ‘medium’ items and
limited numbers of high and lows.
Criticality Deadline
1
2
The ‘Deadline’ column is used to identify urgent matters, i.e.
with close due date.
It is critical to allocate an explicit deadline to all tasks in the
list (ASAP is to be avoided).
Precise whether deadlines you display in this column are
initial deadlines, revised deadlines, actual deadlines.
10. Criticality & deadlines can be used to fill-in an Eisenhower matrix
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Ui UI
ui uI
U: urgent -> close deadline
Tasks that need to be done quickly to respect a commitment
u: not urgent -> far deadline
Tasks that have no time constraint (at least not in the immediate)
I: important -> high criticality
Tasks with a big impact (positive if done or negative if missed)
i: not important -> low criticality
Tasks with no or limited impact (either positive or negative )
11. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 2
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Priority level Dependency Order
2
To be used when you need to connect tasks with one another:
▪ Upwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed before
▪ Downwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed after
Tracking down dependencies is easier when you have allocated a number to all tasks
3 To be used to order tasks
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Priority level is a combination of importance and urgency.
You can use a 3 degree system with:
P1: high priority tasks, corresponding to UI category in the Eisenhower matrix
P2: average priority tasks, corresponding to uI and Ui categories
P3: low priority tasks, corresponding to ui categories
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Creation date Initial deadline Actual deadline
5
To be used if you monitor the discrepancy between
initial deadline and actual deadline
4
To be used if you want to keep track of the lag
between creation and completion, or simply
have some chronology elements
13. ticality Owner Deadline Status Comment
Owner 6 Not started
Owner 4 In progress
Owner 4 In progress
Low
Medium
High
To do list | Part 3 aims at defining where you are presently standing
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2
The ‘Comment’ column is used to give additional
information on progress, threats, overdues …
The ‘Status’ column is used to determine if tasks are
performed following the right path and at the right
speed.
You can use a 4 value system:
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Done
Not started
In Progress
On hold
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Overdues Threats
2
Used to highlight future overdues by explaining the
nature / cause / consequences of potential threats
1
Used to clearly highlight overdues (and subsequently re-
prioritise your work or take any other remediation action).
You can use a formula based on deadline, report date and
status, in order to identify overdues.
Overdues
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Use scrolling lists for fields that
need to be filled in with
homogeneous data (status,
criticality, category, owner mainly)
Use conditional formatting for fields with
visual content (status, criticality for
example)
Use formulas to calculate
‘advanced’ fields such as
overdues
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