After you have completed all of the tutorials in Chapter 8, turn to page 635 in your textbook and do Case Problem 2, Willet Creek Golf Course. Make sure all files are uploaded to cPanel and submit your URL for the willet.htm file when you are finished.
Research the concepts "public good" and "private good". From a business ethics perspective, should corporations and society focus on the environment and healthcare as either "public goods" or as "private goods"? Use any of the ethical perspectives (Utilitarianism, Kant's Categorical Imperative, Rawl's Fairness as Justice, etc) to justify your position.
Unit 4 Project Management Application
NOTE: Our Project Management Assignment in this unit is a forum so that we can share our ideas in a collaborative discussion. Your main post to this forum must be entered on or before Thursday evening of this current week.
Every project has limitations or constraints. As our textbook points out, the number one constraint is the "availability of resources, both money and people, at the critical times they are needed" (Pinto, Project Management). We don't always have the people to perform project tasks, or the materials or equipment to complete a project. Further, money or budgets can limit project performance.
Managing and scheduling resources, which includes making sure resources are readily available, presents a challenge for any project manager.
Conduct some research on the Internet. Look for examples of projects that have suffered or are currently suffering from one of the following:
Time constraints
Resource constraints
Mixed constraints
In you
Unit 4 Discussion: Project Scheduling
In your Unit 3 Lab Assignment, you prepared a cost estimate for your project and you developed a delivery schedule. You created a Gantt chart for your project indicating critical paths, total project duration and float.
Respond to the following questions:
- What was the critical path for your project?
- What was your total project duration?
- What was the float on one of your tasks?
- When replying to your classmates, note if you had similar numbers. Do you think he/she had good timing and scheduling?
Unit 5 Discussion: Project Reflection
In your Unit 4 Lab Assignment, you finished out your project with resource leveling. In this final week, you are closing out your project. Let's reflect on your performance as a project manager.
Respond to the following questions and prompts:
Assess your performance as a project manager.
What are your strengths?
Where do you need to improve?
Test vouchers are available for project management certification. How would a certification in project management help to build your resume?
When replying to your classmates, how could they build upon their strengths and improve their skills?
Think about taking the Project Management Certification exam! Contact your program director.
Unit 5 Lab Assignment: Closeout and Termination
The Final Project Report is the administrative record of the completed project that identifies all its functional and technical components, as well as other important project history.
It includes all the strengths and weaknesses of the project as it progressed and offers a final assessment of what went right (or wrong) throughout the life of the project. It is essentially a "lessons learned" document of the project.
Your assignment is to:
Prepare a final Project Report of your project. Use MS Word for this report.
Your report should include these elements:
Project Performance
This should include a candid assessment of the project's achievements relative to its plan. Did the project achieve the goals you set out to accomplish? It should also include candid criticism as to the project performance. What caused this poor performance? What recommendations do you have to ensure it doesn't happen in future projects?
Administrative Performance
Wh
Unit 5 Discussion: Project Reflection
In your Unit 4 Lab Assignment, you finished out your project with resource leveling. In this final week, you are closing out your project. Let's reflect on your performance as a project manager.
Respond to the following questions and prompts:
- Assess your performance as a project manager.
- What are your strengths?
- Where do you need to improve?
- Test vouchers are available for project management certification. How would a certification in project management help to build your resume?
- When replying to your classmates, how could they build upon their strengths and improve their skills?
1. How do you think that an understanding of the principles behind Total Quality Management might influence an agile project management approach?
2. How is the role of a Project Management Office (PMO) different in an agile environment?
3. What do you think are the three most critical factors in a change management initiative? Why?
Requirement
Write a one page blog post on an emerging new technology