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INF 410 Course Success Begins / tutorialrank.com

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.tutorialrank.com<br>Project Life Cycle. The four main elements of the project life cycle are defining, planning, executing and closing. Give an example of a task you performed on a project, either as a leader or team member, and identify what stage of the life cycle it was in and why. Describe if you felt the task was strategically important to the project and also the company. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.<br>

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  1. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com For More Tutorials www.tutorialrank.com

  2. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle ASHFORD INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project Management • Project Life Cycle. The four main elements of the project life cycle are defining, planning, executing and closing. Give an example of a task you performed on a project, either as a leader or team member, and identify what stage of the life cycle it was in and why. • The Importance of Project Management. • Project management has become an important aspect of business in many companies. Projects are integrated with the strategic views of the corporation to ensure maximum benefits are achieved. Describe how project management techniques enable the company to meet their strategic mission.

  3. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 1 Quiz ASHFORD INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project Charter • 1. The professional certification for project managers is a Project Management Professional (PMP). • 2. Creating teams using the project form of project management structure results in the maximum technological expertise being brought to bear on project problems. • Project Charter. Describe the importance of a project charter to the project manager. How does a strong project sponsor and clear project scope apply to the overall success of a project? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

  4. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management Plan ASHFORD INF 410 Week 2 Quiz • Project Management Plan. List three important items that belong within a project management plan, and the importance of breaking the project into phases. Additionally, please comment on the importance of obtaining sponsorship approval when concluding each phase of the project. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. • Quiz: • 1. The backward pass in project network calculations determines the • 2. People working on prototype development needing time to interact with the design engineers after the design is completed is an example of:

  5. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Identification ASHFORD INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple Constraint • Risk Identification. State the importance of identifying risks and categorizing them as high, medium or low probability. Explain why risks associated with the critical path of the project need special attention. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. • Triple Constraint. The “triple constraint” in project management is traditionally time, resources and scope. Provide an example of a project you have been involved with that had limited resources. What types of resource constraints affected the project, and how?

  6. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 3 Quiz ASHFORD INF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report to Sponsors • QUIZ: • 1. The initial step in the risk management process is to • 2. Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak demand on resources is known as resource • 3. Project budgets are developed by time-phasing which of the following? • Monthly Status Report to Sponsors. Assume you are the project manager for a software company and your team is in charge of delivering an update to tax preparation software for the next tax season. The project team has ten software developers working together, but located across the country.

  7. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeholder Communication ASHFORD INF 410 Week 4 DQ 2 Team Development Model • Stakeholder Communication. Project managers must understand and communicate with all the stakeholders of a project. The project sponsor is one very important stakeholder that needs to be satisfied with the outcome of a project. • Team Development Model. Review the five stage model of team development in the required reading of Chapter 11. Describe a project that you are involved with right now, and the stage that the project team is currently in. Comment on what makes this particular stage enjoyable, or difficult.

  8. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 4 Quiz ASHFORD INF 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Project Closure • QUIZ: • 1. The storming stage of team development is completed once members begin to think of themselves as part of a group • 2. Project leadership is about coping with: • 3. In mapping dependencies for a project, the project manager should: • Project Closure. The decision to close a project before actual completion can happen for many different reasons. Describe a project you have been involved with, or of which you have knowledge, where one of these barriers to project success actually occurred and the project closed before completion.

  9. INF 410 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD INF 410 Week 5 DQ 2 Globalization and Project Management ASHFORD INF 410 Week 5 Final Paper Project Management • Globalization and Project Management. The globalization of the workforce is an important trend in many industries and organizations. Not only are some project managers assigned to different countries to complete an assignment, but many virtual teams also have membership that spans different regions of the globe. • Focus of the Final Paper • The final six to eight page paper must demonstrate understanding of new learning in the field of project management. It is mandatory to have research from the classroom text, as well as two sources from the internet or online library to support your views.

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