Project Overview – Virtual PMO Services for PJM Students and Alumni This project is one I have wanted to do for some time now – in order to move it forward to our leaders for approval, it would be very helpful to have an integrated plan to share for decision making – a draft charter/ scope statement and workplan has been created for this project. The next planning step is to complete the risk work. Project Background Currently, each faculty within our PJM program shares a number of project management templates used in their own project management work for use within their courses. The intent is to collect and share these templates across all sections of a course so that all students have access to a number of potential templates in that subject area and can then create their own version of the template that best meets the needs of their assignment projects. This will also store all templates in one place for easy access – regardless of the course that one is in it is convenient to locate other templates that might be helpful for the work in any course. We also would like to make this available to alumni of the program – to allow them to benefit from our inventory of templates and also to allow them to contribute templates to the NU PJM community. This provides yet another opportunity for industry alignment and maintains a connection with our esteemed alumni. This project is still considered to be at the beginning of its efforts. It will be a visible project within the Northeastern community – for faculty, current students and alumni. Work to date – currently, there are many project management templates floating around our program. There has not been a coordinated effort to locate, vet and store these templates – nor have we considered if there are gaps in the templates provided. Work includes understanding the needs of faculty, students and alumni and then creating a shared repository solution that will meet these needs. At minimum, the project will identify all available templates from faculty, reviewing these to ensure they are comprehensive, clear and ready for use and well as to review the inventory of templates against good practices in project management and the PMBOK - and that there are no copyright issues with posting on our shared site. Both faculty and students near the end of the program should be included in the review of the templates. The shared site tool needs to be selected – this will require understanding the needs of faculty, students and alumni as well as standards to be followed in the IT constraints. The site needs to be designed and the templates uploaded. A process needs to be created and implemented for upkeep on the templates as well as how additional templates are submitted for consideration, vetted and the site updated. • • • Ÿ 1 A plan for transition and sustainment needs to be created and implemented – how will students and alumni find out about this site? Who do they contact if they have questions o ...

1. Project Overview –
Virtual PMO Services for PJM Students and Alumni
This project is one I have wanted to do for some time now – in
order to move it forward to our leaders for approval, it would be
very helpful to have an integrated plan to share for decision
making – a draft charter/ scope statement and workplan has
been created for this project. The next planning step is to
complete the risk work.
Project Background
Currently, each faculty within our PJM program shares a
number of project management templates used in their own
project management work for use within their courses. The
intent is to collect and share these templates across all sections
of a course so that all students have access to a number of
potential templates in that subject area and can then create their
own version of the template that best meets the needs of their
assignment projects. This will also store all templates in one
place for easy access – regardless of the course that one is in it
is convenient to locate other templates that might be helpful for
the work in any course.
We also would like to make this available to alumni of the
program – to allow them to benefit from our inventory of
templates and also to allow them to contribute templates to the
NU PJM community. This provides yet another opportunity for
industry alignment and maintains a connection with our
esteemed alumni.
This project is still considered to be at the beginning of its
efforts. It will be a visible project within the Northeastern
community – for faculty, current students and alumni.

2. Work to date – currently, there are many project management
templates floating around our program. There has not been a
coordinated effort to locate, vet and store these templates – nor
have we considered if there are gaps in the templates provided.
Work includes understanding the needs of faculty, students and
alumni and then creating a shared repository solution that will
meet these needs. At minimum, the project will identify all
available templates from faculty, reviewing these to ensure they
are comprehensive, clear and ready for use and well as to
review the inventory of templates against good practices in
project management and the PMBOK - and that there are no
copyright issues with posting on our shared site. Both faculty
and students near the end of the program should be included in
the review of the templates.
The shared site tool needs to be selected – this will require
understanding the needs of faculty, students and alumni as well
as standards to be followed in the IT constraints. The site needs
to be designed and the templates uploaded.
A process needs to be created and implemented for upkeep on
the templates as well as how additional templates are submitted
for consideration, vetted and the site updated.
• • •
Ÿ 1
A plan for transition and sustainment needs to be created and
implemented – how will students and alumni find out about this
site? Who do they contact if they have questions on the site?
Who will maintain it? It would seem that setting up an
internship or co-op opportunity for a PJM student to do this
work for 3 – 6 months and then transition the work to another
student would be an option.

3. I have provided preliminary information in the (very rough)
draft Scope Document, below. Preliminary planning has been
done – see the overview information below as well as the
attached (separate document) schedule. I have volunteered our
PJM 6015 course to build the risk management plan and risk
register for this work. This will finalize the draft plan for the
project for project review and approval.
Project Objective/ Success Criteria (Charter):
To design, build and implement a shared repository for project
management templates that will meet the needs of faculty,
current students and PJM alumni. In addition, to create and
implement an operating plan for the transition and sustainment
of the site.
Assigned Risk Manager (Charter): Members of PJM 6015
Sponsor (Charter): PJM Faculty member
Project Scope Description: The work of this project is to create
shared repository for PJM templates that is then implemented
within PJM CPS (Project Management at College of
Professional Studies).
Work Includes
Work Does Not Include
Creation of integrated project plan and project management of
project – biweekly reporting to begin after Planning approved
through project end
Ongoing maintenance of site
Finalized requirements
Training on use of templates
Selection of technology
Collection, refinement and approval of templates
Communication to faculty, students and alumni

4. Upload of templates to shared repository
Job aides for faculty and students prepared/ Integration into
courses
Process for maintaining site with industry aligned templates
Process for bringing on co-op/ intern student to manage site
Retrospective (Lessons Learned)
Acceptance Criteria
Faculty, students and alumni are prepared to use siteTemplates
are industry aligned and availableIT is prepared to support the
product from a technology perspectiveProcesses and site are
ready for Fall 2020 Project Exclusions – see out of scope above
Project Constraints
Schedule – work complete and ready for full implementation
Fall Quarter 2020 Project Assumptions:The core project team
(you) may only devote 50 percent of available effort to this
projectOther project resources will be negotiated per integrated
project plan.Hourly pay rate for each team member is $75.00
Major Milestones:
See project workplan
Unit 7 Problems
Work through the problems in Excel. Enter your answers in the
following Attach your Word file or Excel spreadsheet where
indicated. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR EXCEL
SPREADSHEET OR OTHER WORK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE

5. CREDIT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. FAILURE TO SUBMIT
THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET OR OTHER WORK WILL
RESULT IN A GRADE OF 0.
You will only have access to the problems once. Therefore,
complete all of the problems in Excel, and then enter your
answers and upload your Excel file.
Need both word and excel sheets. Allow excel to work the
problems. Need the formulas included in the spread sheet.
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Question 1 10 pts
A manager at Strateline Manufacturing must choose between
two shipping alternatives: two-day freight and five-day freight.
Using five-day freight would cost $135 less than using two-day
freight. The primary consideration is holding cost, which is $10
per unit a year. Two thousand items are to be shipped. Which
alternative would you recommend?
Group of answer choices
two-day shipping
five-day shipping
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Question 2 10 pts
A manager must make a decision on shipping. There are two
shippers, A and B. Both offer a two-day rate: A for $500 and B
for $525. In addition, A offers a three-day rate of $460 and a
nine-day rate of $400, and B offers a four-day rate of $450 and
a seven-day rate of $410. Annual holding costs are 35 percent
of unit price. Three hundred boxes are to be shipped, and each
box has a price of $140. Which shipping alternative would you
recommend? Explain.

6. Group of answer choices
A, two-day
A, three-day
A, nine-day
B, two-day
B, four-day
B, seven-day
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Question 3 10 pts
Use the assignment method to determine the best way to assign
workers to jobs, given the following cost information. Compute
the total cost for your assignment plan.
JOB
A
B
C
1
5
8
6
Worker
2
6
7

7. 9
3
4
5
3
Worker 1 should do job
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for a cost of
.
Worker 2 should do job
for a cost of Worker 3 should do job for a cost of Total cost $
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Question 4 10 pts
Assign trucks to delivery routes so that total costs are
minimized, given the cost data shown. What is the total cost?
ROUTE
A
B
C
D
E
1
4
5
9
8
7

8. 2
6
4
8
3
5
Truck
3
7
3
10
4
6
4
5
2
5
5
8
5
6
5
3
4
9
Truck 1 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 2 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 3 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 4 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 5 should take route at a cost of $ .
The total cost is $ .
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9. Question 5 10 pts
The following table contains information concerning four jobs
that are awaiting processing at a work center.
Job
Job Time
(days)
Due Date
(days)
A
14
20
B
10
16
C
7
15
D
6
17
1. Sequence the jobs using (1) FCFS, (2) SPT, (3) EDD, and (4)
CR. Assume the list is by order of arrival. List the jobs in order
with no spaces, such as ABCD.
FCFS
SPT
EDD
CR
2. For each of the methods in part a, determine (1) the average
job flow time, (2) the average tardiness, and (3) the average
number of jobs at the work center. Round to two decimal
places.
avg job flow time (days)
avg tardiness
(days)
avg #jobs

10. FCFS
SPT
EDD
CR
3. Which method is superior to the others?
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Question 6 10 pts
The following table shows orders to be processed at a machine
shop as of 8:00 a.m. Monday. The jobs have different operations
they must go through. Processing times are in days. Jobs are
listed in order of arrival.
1. Determine the processing sequence at the first work center
using each of these rules: (1) FCFS , (2) S/O.
2. Compute the effectiveness of each rule using each of these
measures: (1) average flow time, (2) average number of jobs at
the work center. Round to two decimal places.
FCFS average flow time
FCFS average number of jobs
S/O average flow time
S/O average number of jobs
Job
Processing

11. Time
(days)
Due
Date
(days)
Remaining
Number of
Operations
A
8
20
2
B
10
18
4
C
5
25
5
D
11
17
3
E
9
35
4
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12. Sheet1Risk IdentificationRisk AnalysisRisk Response PlanRisk
Monitoring and ControllingRisk NumberRisk StatementRisk
OwnerTriggerQualitatitive AnalysisQuantitative AnalysisRisk
ActionRisk ResponseDetail of ResponseIntegration with Project
PlanCost of ResponseReassessment of RiskContingency
PlanSecondary RiskSecondary Risk AnalysisSecondary Risk
ResponseRisk
StatusCauseConditionConsequenceCategoryProbabilityReasonin
gImpactExplanationEMV-CostReasoningEMV-
DurationReasoningProbabilityImpactRisk introduced based on
Risk Response1Growing competition may not allow adequate
interest from targeted users Existing technology or easier
repositories might already exist Meaning that the users might
not want to move to learning and using a new system for same
purpose Users Project SponsorLow interest in the development
of repository from certain students HighSimilar technologies
and respositories may exist thus competition for a better system
persists Significant Will make it difficult to help popularize the
repository amongst the competition Probability = 40% Impact =
$5000 EMV = $2000n/aResponse required2Requirement
gathering was not done properly All stakeholders were not
considered when requirements were gathered initially Leading
to change in scope Project Development Project Manager When
project is being developed, and analysis is being done, scope is
found to be limitedMediumStakeholders did not fully explain
their requirements and proper gathering processes were not
implemented Moderate Will impact the project time and budget
when new requirements will come in mid development Does not
require a formal response 3Users requirements and use cases
were not developed adequately, and user testing was inadequate
UI and user controls are not easy to use Leading to design flaws
User Acceptance Project Manager, Development Team User
Acceptance Test is failed Low Development team was not
skilled enough Low Will impact proper development of the
system Response required4Resources were delayed due to delay

13. in approval Industy level templates could not be found and
verified within given time Delay in project timelineResources
Project Manager, Project Team Incorporation of templates into
the system is delayed MediumApprovals from higer up and
management may take time due to agreeing on a standard
template Moderate Will impact the timeline of the project
Response required5Change in resources and technology a more
adavanced technology is needed to implement the project
specifications Leading to an increase in budget Project
Development Project Management, Developer Development
Phase MediumA newer technology might come up during
development process Moderate Will impact the timeline and
development Will resolve with the process 6Budget could not be
approved project proposal was not approved due to
unavailability of budget leading to the cancellation of the
project Sterring Committee Project Sponsor Project Charter
could not be approved due to nonavailability of fundsLow
Institute does not have the required budget Low Will impact
development Response required7The feature does not meet the
standard Feature is not user friendly and does not add to the
refinement of the software leading to rejection from sponsor
Project Development Project Manager, Development Team
Project Sponsor is part of the user acceptance testing
MediumIEEE standards and use cases were not followed
Moderate Will impact user experience Response required8Initial
scope did not include setting up a cloud based technolgy Change
in the server type means change in software development and
software size leading to underestimation of software size
Project Development Project Sponsor, Project Manager,
Development Team When the sponsor decided that they need a
more remote access for the respository HighScope changed due
to stakeholder demand Significant Will impact development
Response required9Inadequate assessment of scope Given that
the scope was underestimated leading to inadequate resources
Project Development Project Manager, Sponsor When resources
are required for functionality, they are inadeuqate Low Business

14. analyst was not skilled Low Will impact developmentResponse
required10organizational disputes lead to budget cuts
organizational change causes a budget cut for the project
leading to a descrease in budget Project Resource Project
Sponsor, Budgeting Manager Project will be constrained on
resources and development MediumInternal disputes in the
institution Moderate Will impact developmentResponse
required11Interns are not interested in the oppurunity due to a
non-paying position Students are not willing to invest time
since this is not a paid oppurtunity leading to unavailability of
anyone to manage the system Project Maintance Project
Manager, Sponsor Low interest from students to volunteer for
position HighThis oppurtunity is a new one and no one can
provide proof of development as of yetSignificant Will impact
maintanance and upkeep of system Response required12Features
were not developed keeping in mind HCI rules Some features
are not user friendly or standard leading to poor user experience
Project Development Project Manager, Development team Users
did not give positive feedback MediumInexperienced developers
Moderate Will impact developmentResponse required13An
older system is being used current in the system outdate
technology can not support newer technology meaning that
software tools can not be intergated into the current
systemTeam is unable to integrate the newer system
HighInexperienced developers Major Will impact system
implementation Response required14Functionalities are too
complex for students to use students require easy to use
functionalities students do not understand the functionality and
do not use it User Acceptance Project Managemer, Development
Team No positive response from users on certain functionalities
HighInexperienced developers Significant Will impact user
experience Response required
PJM 6015 – Project Risk Management - Week 4: Individual
Assignment

15. Overview and Rationale
In order to demonstrate proficiency with the content in this
course we will complete a number of different assignments to
validate your learning – and allow you to implement relevant
practices a real-world setting.
Program Level - Student Learning Outcomes:Create a risk
management plan to determine how both positive and negative
risks will be identified, analyzed and managedArticulate the
value and benefits of creating an effective approach to planning
for project risk managementIdentify project related risks and
their drivers by integrating best practices, tools and
techniquesAnalyze risks using qualitative methods for the
purpose of risk exposure and prioritization and communicate
their impact to the stakeholdersAnalyze risks using quantitative
methods for the purpose of risk exposure and prioritization and
communicate their impact to the stakeholdersRecommend risks
for risk response planning or watch listDevise a risk response
plan based on appropriate techniques and strategies that would
meet stakeholders’ expectations
Execute the risk management plan to continuously monitor risks
and risk responses
Describe how organizational and cultural factors may
undermine implementation of effective risk management and
develop strategies to overcome these factors
Week 4 Learning Objectives
Classify Positive and Negative Risk ResponseStrategies
Craftresponsestrategiestoensuretheresponsesareeffectivefortheri
skanditsimpact(canbemorethanone)
Integrateriskresponsestrategiesintoprojectplan(knowledge,applic
ation)
Reassessriskpost-
responseplantoconfirmeffectivesofriskresponseplan
Analyze and craft response to Secondaryrisks
Determine actions for Residual Risks
Communicate risk response strategies and post-analysis

16. through the Risk RegisterProduce recommendation for
Contingency ReserveEvaluate impact of risk response strategy
to other risks and their response strategies
Distinguish between Contingency vs. Management Reserve
Essential Components of the assignment
In the previous assignment, you have identified risks that
should be placed on a watch list or risks for which a response
plan must be established. In this phase of risk management you
will be developing your risk response plan. This assignment
provides the opportunity to review risk management practices
and create handling actions for analyzed risks. To do this you
will complete the following steps:
At the end of this assignment, you will submit your Risk
Register - filled out with identified risks, risk analysis and risk
response plansFor all required risks, identify the risk
response.Be very clear on the risk response strategy, how it will
be implemented and the planning deliverables that will be
changed to integrate the risk response. Do not just note that a
risk will be mitigated – explain how it will be mitigated. What
is the action plan for implementing that strategy? How do these
actions integrate with other planning deliverables (i.e. what gets
added to the WBS, does an estimate change?)Re-asses the risk
based on the handling actions- did the response strategy reduce
the probability and impact below the threshold value (as will be
set in the Risk Management Plan). If not, what additional
actions need to be taken?Consider the use of multiple responses
for critical risksCreate a contingency plan for those risks that
require this based on your determined guidelines .Identify and
analyze secondary risks created by the risk responses. Note any
responses needed.Include a summary paragraph sharing how
response plans were developed, what was effective about the
process and what you might do differently moving forward.Cite

17. any sources. The writing style should be concise and
straightforward. Please use a 12 point font.Refer to the Rubric
attached to the assignment for additional criteria for evaluation.
Assignment Rubric
Category
Above Standard
Meets Standards
Approaching Standards
Below Standards
Not Evident
Assignment
Goes well above the
Goes above the
Meets minimum
Meets some
Does not meet the
requirements (70%)
requirements of the assignment.
minimum requirements of the
assignment requirements
assignment requirements
requirements of the assignment.
Provides new
assignment
information, tools,

18. and/or techniques
Critical Thinking
Professional insights
Comprehensive
Includes an explanation
Includes a general
Does not explain the
(15%)
into depth and breadth
explanation of the
of the issue;
explanation of the issue
issue; does not explore
of assignment - goes
issue; exploration of
exploration of expert
but is vague or is not
expert viewpoints or
WELL beyond
expert viewpoints and
viewpoints and use of
clearly linked to the
use evidence to inform
assignment
use of evidence to
evidence to inform
identified risks;

19. interpretation and
requirements to
inform interpretation
interpretation and
includes some
analysis; does not
explore risks and/or
and analysis; thorough
analysis; includes an
exploration of expert
provide an evaluation
relevant new
evaluation of the
evaluation of the
viewpoints and use of
of the context
techniques.
context (historical,
context (historical,
evidence to inform
(historical, ethical,
ethical, cultural,
ethical, cultural,
interpretation and
cultural, environmental
environmental or
environmental or
analysis; includes a

20. or circumstantial
circumstantial
circumstantial
general evaluation of
settings), and self and
settings), and self and
settings), and self and
the context (historical,
others’ assumptions
others’ assumptions
others’ assumptions
ethical, cultural,
and perspectives when
and perspectives when
and perspectives when
environmental or
stating a position;
stating a position; well-
stating a position;
circumstantial
conclusions are not
informed conclusions
conclusions are based
settings), and self and

21. based on prioritized
based on methodically
on methodically
others’ assumptions
evidence and
prioritized evidence
prioritized evidence
and perspectives when
perspectives.
and perspectives.
and perspectives.
stating a position, but
lack specificity;
conclusions are based

22. on prioritized evidence and perspectives.
Communication (10%) (includes grammar and clarity)
Goes well beyond assignment requirements to communicate
information in a precise, insightful and professional manner.
Assignment is well organized, and the format can be followed.
It is evident to reader what is contained in each section of the
report. High quality grammar. No misspellings.
Assignment is organized, and the format can be followed. It is
evident to reader what is contained in each section of the report.
High quality grammar. No misspellings.
Assignment is well organized, and the format can be followed.
It is evident to reader what is contained in each section of the
report. Good quality grammar. Minor misspellings.
Assignment is not organized. It is not evident to reader what is
contained in each section of report. Low quality grammar,
misspellings.
Formatting
Virtually no errors in
Rare errors in
Some errors in
Multiple errors in
Does not submit
(5%)
formatting, citations,
formatting, citations,
formatting, citations,
formatting, citations,
assignment materials
NOTE: Gross
or references.
or references.
or references.
or references.
in APA 6 format.

23. failure to
provide
PROPER
citations and
references –
particularly

24. with regard to
direct quotes –
will result in
sanctions as
outlined in the
academic

25. honesty policy