week 5 disvnnn Project Baseline (graded)

We have now moved from the planningstage to the doingpart of project management. Following good project management practices, we haveset a baseline. How is a project baseline used to guide the execution of the project’s work, to evaluate progress and performance, and to control the project?

Also, as you continue to think about monitoring and controlling the project, specifically consider the question: How can the project baseline and the earned value approach for variance analysis be used to monitor and report project progress?

Discuss the importance of communication and information exchange to project success. What are the crucial features and elements of effective communication and information exchange in successful projects?

week 6 discnn

Read the case study 4.2 Finding the Emotional Intelligence in the text on pages 130.

1. What are the differences between leaders and managers? Can anyone be a leader? Which would you prefer to work for and why?
2. Share an example from your work or school experience with working through the five stages of team development.
3. Select one of the characteristics of an effective project manager and tell why it is important.
4. Take the Future Time Perspective scale on page 129. Share your results and comments with the class.

Read about the Quality Management Process on page 25 of the text.

1. Why are measurements critical to quality management? What types of measures are available for quality?
2. How important is it to include a quality assessment in your project WBS? What can happen if quality is overlooked?
3. Let’s do a little research on Six Sigma. What is it and why is it important to quality management?

week 7 discnn

Review case study 14.2 on page 471. Answer the three questions at the end of the case. Your answers must be supported by the facts of the case. You will be graded on the content of your answers as well as your feedback to other responses.

Review case study 11.1 on page 375. Answer the three questions at the end of the case. Your answers must be supported by the facts of the case. You will be graded on the content of your answers as well as your feedback to other responses.