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2. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Entire Course BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Risk • BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Risk • BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 2 Planning for Risk • BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management • BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors • BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation • BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2 Stakeholder Analysis • BUS 519 Week 1 DQ • "What is Risk?" Please respond to the following: • · Risk concerns both positive and negative aspects of an event. Analyze why it is important to consider both perspectives when addressing risk for an organization. Include an example to support your response.

3. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 1 DQ 2 Planning for Risk BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management • Week 1 Discussion 2 • Top of Form • "Planning for Risk" Please respond to the following: • There are three schools of thought regarding risk. The first considers the positive and negative aspects of risk, but sees them as separate • BUS 519 Week 2 DQ • "Need for Risk Management" Please respond to the following: • · There are four (4) critical success factors that are important for effective risk management: supportive organization; competent people; appropriate methods, tools and techniques; and simple, scalable process. Determine three (3) obstacles for an organization to manage risk effectively.

4. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational Readiness (2 Papers) • Week 2 Discussion 2 • "Critical Success Factors" Please respond to the following: • There are four critical success factors that are important for effective risk management: supportive organization; competent people; appropriate methods, tools and techniques; and simple, scalable process. Predict the outcome of a project if any of these critical success factors is absent for a project. Support your predictions. • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers • BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational Readiness • Due Week 3 and worth 200 points • Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another.

5. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2 Stakeholder Analysis • Week 3 Discussion 1 • Top of Form • "Project Initiation" Please respond to the following: • One of the most important aspects of managing risk for a project is to accurately define the size of the project. Determine the criteria that must be considered to perform the project sizing and create one additional factor with rationale. • Week 3 Discussion 2 • "Stakeholder Analysis" Please respond to the following: • Using the “Stakeholder Analysis Template” (Appendix B2 in the Hillson and Simon text) for a company that you currently work for or you are familiar with, determine the key stakeholders and categorize them by their attitude, power, and interest dimensions

6. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 4 Assignment 2 Risk Management Plan (2 Papers) BUS 519 Week 4 DQ 2 Defining Risks • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers • BUS 519 Week 4 Assignment 2 Risk Management Plan • Due Week 4 and worth 240 points • Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another • Week 4 Discussion 2 • Top of Form • "Defining Risks" Please respond to the following: • Imagine you have addressed the risks identified in Discussion 1. Now you have decided to proceed with your plan to open the pet store. Determine your potential stakeholders in the venture and analyze how they affect your risk management plan.

7. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 5 DQ 1 Risk Perception BUS 519 Week 5 DQ 2 Risk Responsibility • BUS 519 Week 5 Discusion • "Risk Perception" Please respond to the following: • · Using the information presented in “Common Influences on Risk Perception” Figure 6-3 (Hillson and Simon text), determine the conscious factors, subconscious factors, and affective factors for this project. Examine how awareness of such factors influences the decision of hiring outside vendors. • Week 5 Discussion 2 • "Risk Responsibility" Please respond to the following: • It is important to identify responsible individuals to be risk owners. Imagine you have identified the highest risk for your project and you plan to assign responsibilities to an individual. Compose a list of at least eight questions that you would want to have the individual answer satisfactorily before you assign the responsibilities.

8. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 6 Assignment 3 Risk Workshop and Risk Register (2 Papers) BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 1 Possible Risk Impacts • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers • BUS 519 Week 6 Assignment 3 Risk Workshop and Risk Register • Due Week 6 and worth 240 points • Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. • Week 6 Discussion 1 • "Possible Risk Impacts" Please respond to the following: • Using Table 5.4 Possible Risk Impacts, (Chapter 5 of the Heldman text), select the top-three most critical risks regardless of the size or scope of a project. Justify your selection. • Suggest strategies for the project manager to address each type of the risks selected in Part 1 of this discussion. Support your suggestion.

9. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 2 Quantitative Risk Analysis BUS 519 Week 7 DQ 1 Response Strategies • BUS 519 Week 6 DQ • "Quantitative Risk Analysis" Please respond to the following: • · Review the Monte Carlo Analysis method presented in Chapter 15 of the Hillson and Simon text. Then, determine whether or not you would recommend to a project manager the use of this methodology for a large, complex project. Include an example to support your response • Week 7 Discussion 1 • Top of Form • "Response Strategies" Please respond to the following: • After a risk workshop has been completed, risk interviews are often completed with subject matter experts. Assess the value of the interviews to identify risk response strategies. Provide one example of a subject area you would expect to be addressed in the interview and explain why.

10. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 7 DQ 2 Planning for Unknowns BUS 519 Week 8 DQ 1 Ongoing Risk Management • BUS 519 Week 7 DQ • Planning for Unknowns" Please respond to the following: • •Evaluate your project management options in terms of schedule, performance, and cost for the following scenario. Support your evaluation. • BUS 519 Week 8 DQ • "Ongoing Risk Management" Please respond to the following: • · In many risk programs, risks are managed individually. However, a robust risk program considers the cumulative effect of all risks. Assess the following scenario and identify the effect of multiple events on a risk management strategy:

11. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 8 DQ 2 Risk Review Process bus 519 week 9 assignment 4 project progress (2 papers) • Week 8 Discussion 2 • “Risk Review Process” Please respond to the following: • · • Identify the use of major and minor reviews during a project’s life cycle, and determine which project factors (e.g., size, complexity, budget, schedule, human resources) would aid in the determination of the use of the reviews. Support your position(s). • This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers • BUS 519 Week 9 Assignment 4 Project Progress • Due Week 9 and worth 200 points • Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another.

12. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 9 DQ 1 Post-Project Review BUS 519 Week 9 DQ 2 Small-Project Application • "Post-Project Review" Please respond to the following: • Assess the importance of completing post-project reviews, and determine what project documentation must be updated as a result of the review meeting. Discuss the risks associated with failing to complete the documentation to the organization. Discuss how this should be handled when not completed from a managerial perspective. • Week 9 Discussion 2 • "Small-Project Application" Please respond to the following: • Compare and contrast the differences in the ATOM methodology for large versus small projects. Analyze why it is important to address these differences when preparing the initial project plan.

13. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 10 DQ 1 ATOM for Large Projects BUS 519 Week 10 DQ 2 Project Lessons Learned • BUS 519 Week 10 DQ • "ATOM for Large Projects" Please respond to the following: • · Debate whether or not the cost of utilizing ATOM for large projects is justified when an organization has limited resources to dedicate to risk management efforts. Provide a description that you would present to your managers to persuade them to see matters your way • Week 10 Discussion 2 • Top of Form • "Project Lessons Learned" Please respond to the following: • Using Figure 16-2, “Sources of Risks at the Program Level” from the Hillson and Simon text as the basis for your discussion, provide three reasons why it would be appropriate to address risks at all levels in the organization.

14. BUS 519 Course Experience Tradition / bus519mentor.com BUS 519 Week 11 DQ 1 Methodology Comparison BUS 519 Week 11 DQ 2 Course Lessons Learned • Week 11 Discussion 1 • "Methodology Comparasion" Please respond to the following: • From the e-Activity, choose one project risk management methodology (not ATOM), compare and contrast the steps of the methodology you chose with ATOM. Provide an example of how each methodology is clearly used. • Week 11 Discussion 2 • "Course Lessons Learned" Please respond to the following: • Identify three concepts that you have learned in this course that will be useful for project work in your current organization. • Explain how you would justify the use of the three concepts identified to other members of your organization.

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