Lesson 1: Project Management
Discussion Question 1 (50 points)
Reread Case Study #2, E-Commerce for a Small Supermarket, on page 31 of yourtextbook. Pretend you are a consultant helping Matt and Grace. Describe in an essay the tasks their project will entail in each of the four (4) phases of the project life cycle. (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 1: Project Management
Discussion Question 2 (50 points)
Design an RFP (request for proposal) to meet Matt and Grace's needs and concerns. (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 3: Project Management Information
Discussion Question 1 (50 points)
Discuss at least 10 common features of project management information systems. In your opinion, which of these are the most important? (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 3: Project Management Information
Discussion Question 2 (50 points)
Discuss how the Internet can facilitate project communications. (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 5: Risk Mitigation
Discussion Question 1 (50 points)
Describe what needs to be done to manage risk on a project. When should this be done? How can a risk assessment matrix help in this process? What risks for a project have the highest priority? Does the priority for a risk change as the project progresses? (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 5: Risk Mitigation
Discussion Question 2 (50 points)
What is resource leveling with a project plan? Discuss the internal post project evaluation process and the two types of meetings involved. What are some ways you can obtain feedback from a customer after a project has been completed? How would you use this information? (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Lesson 2: Project Objectives, Needs, Scope, and Risks
Activity 2: Just Right Company – WBS and Responsibility Matrix (100 points)
Congratulations! Have It Your Way Company has awarded The Just Right Company a new contract worth $250,000, and you have been chosen the sole project manager!
Have It Your Way is a fast-food restaurant company with thousands of franchise organizations all around the country. They desperately need you and Just Right Company to develop their latest software application to run on their local store computers. This important application will help them become more efficient at inventory/supply management and billing functions, which, in the long term, will enable Have It Your Way to continue to meet Wall Street financial quarterly projections, as well as investor expectations.
The following are project particulars, which will be used throughout this and Lesson 4's activity.
1. Project Start Date: January 3, 2007
2. Cost: Whatever it takes to complete the project, but keep in mind that your billing revenue cannot exceed $250,000, and you need to make a profit on this contract!
3. Overhead Charges: The rates that The Just Right Company's internal accounting department charges to your contract are as follows.
a. Eighteen percent (18%) of the billing revenue is charged for any and all lab and testing facilities.
b. Twenty percent (20%) of the billing revenue is charged to your staff members.
4. Project Team Members: You are the Project Manager. The rest of your team is listed below.
Primary Support
Activity Responsibility Responsibility
Development Dan Mike, Bill
Support Bill Sal
Deployment David Sal
Design Dan Mark
Training David Jen
Documentation Mark Jen
Testing Amy Jon, Bill
5. All necessary lab and testing facilities are available to your team during this 120-day period.
Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself.If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style.(A WBS and matrix are required.)
Part A Create a work breakdown structure (WBS) similar to the one found on page 117 of the text.Research and include at least two (2) logical subdivisions for each Activity's Support Responsibility team members.
Part B Create a responsibility matrix, similar to the one found on page 128 of the text.Use each of the names listed under Support Responsibility as a "Primary" for one of your subdivisions and as Support for the other subdivision.
Note:You may use MS Word (organizational chart function, tables, textboxes, etc,) or Excel to develop your WBS and responsibility (relationship) matrix for submission.
Lesson 4: Project Scheduling
Activity 4: Agile Project Management (100 points)
Describe the agile project management for a project where a Scrum master is facilitating the Scrum development process for a software development project. Include the following:
Part A A description of agile project management.
Part B The roles of the participants involved in the scrum approach.
Part C A description of the six steps in the agile project management process.
Lesson 6: The Project Manager and the Project Management Office
Activity 6: Project Conflict and Problem Solving (100 points)
Part A Project conflict is inevitable.
1. Outline the seven (7) sources of conflict that can arise during a project.
2. Discuss the five (5) approaches that people typically use to deal with conflict.
3. Is conflict always bad? Explain.
Part B Problem Solving
1. Write a short summary about the "Nine-Step Approach to Problem Solving."
2. If you were the project manager for a virtual team, explain whether your approach would change if a problem arose between the virtual team members. If it would change, explain why and how it would change. If not, explain why not.
(100 points) (A 4-page response is required.)
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