Unit 9

The following activities were performed: Handing over deliverables Defining and establishing objectives Identifying timeline and budget Preparing status reports Which of the following represents the correct order of stages within the project life cycle?

Q1) Write Current situation and Problem/Opportunity statement, analysis of options and recommendations and Preliminary project requirements as part of the business case for renovating the seminar room in the ground floor of College of business Q2) Write success criteria and Approach for the new renovated College of business seminar room as part of the project charter.

Explain why earned value management (EVM) is not widely used in cost control and project success monitoring, and provide some speculation as to why this is the case. Following a few basic guidelines, it is possible to calculate a positive or negative cost performance index (CPI) or a schedule performance index (SPI).

Define Program evaluation with suitable example?

ew Assessment X G As an independent pro x vle.phoenix.edu/ultra/courses/_386284_1/grades/asse X The project you have been hired to turn around is one that was started 18 months ago and was managed by the then-director of customer service, who, after 20 years, has left for another opportunity. This project, like other projects at the company, is floundering. It is already six months behind schedule and over budget, and it lacks commitment from the four other functional groups who are key stakeholders: sales, accounting, IT, and order processing. The project you are charged with getting back on track and completing is for a new customer service system that is projected to create efficiencies, automate call center functions, and increase the quality of customer service. Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words using MS Word. 1. Assess two reasons why the previous manager may not have been the right person to run this project. The previous manager was the director of…

Deavyanne Johnston, the engineering manager at TZO Chemicals, wants to complete an alternative evaluation study. She asked the finance manager for the corporate MARR. The finance manager gave her some data on the project and stated that all projects must clear their average (pooled) cost by at least 4%. a. Use the data to determine the minimum MARR.b. The study is after-taxes and part (a) provided the before-tax MARR.Determine the correct MARR to use if Te was 32% last year and the finance manager meant that the 4% above the cost is for after-tax evaluations.

Describe project quality management (PQM) for IT projects in terms of planning for quality, quality assurance, and quality control to continuously improve the project’s products and supporting processes. Please provide specific examples.

Montgomery Healthcare System is a  health system that has 14 hospitals and 32 outpatient clinics. The leader is responsible for working with a team of health professionals to improve clinical errors, compile reports, implement evidence based management practices, and collaborate to provide training to health professionals at all levels. The leader is working with an interdisciplinary team of various specialties, backgrounds, and personalities. This is a high visibility project as the  CEO wants weekly reports on progress  based on the outcomes.  Unfortunately there are a  few team members that do not get along and it is challenging to get these professionals to work together to achieve the goals defined.  Please remember to write from a 3rd person perspective and use references to support ideas, assumptions, and answers for this analysis.  Thank you!    Please write a paper describing the following:  Who's on the team? Define team roles? What is the actual interpersonal conflict? How…

After six months of work on the project’s site, your company collected the following information relating to work done so far on the project BAC=$156,478.00, planned value=$95,565.24, Earned value =$92, 985.56, Actual cost =$95986.60.  Calculate the cost and schedule performance indices and interpret your results

Discuss the elements for designing a long term plan and data required for the exercise.

Case Study: Planning for a New Residential Development Background: A developer is planning to build a new residential development on a piece of land located on the outskirts of a growing city. The land is currently zoned for agricultural use, but the developer wants to rezone it for residential use. The development will consist of 200 single-family homes on 50 acres of land. The developer is responsible for all infrastructure, including roads, water, and sewage systems. 1. What are the main planning considerations for this residential development? 2. What are some potential challenges the developer may face during the planning process?

Firm: Baker Tilly Product: In-house architected solutions using Microsoft Power BI, Tableau and Qlik. Background: Top 100 Firm Baker Tilly acquired data analytics firm Talavant in March 2020 and folded it into its digital practice. Dave DuVarney, who now serves as a principal at the firm, formerly was president of Talavant, which he co-founded. Selection: Typically, when a client seeks out Baker Tilly’s analytics services, they are prompted by one of two factors: general lack of visibility into their data, or the need to get data insights on a frequent basis. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, DuVarney said, companies need to see their financials in real time instead of 10 days after close. DuVarney explained that there is a maturity cycle that organizations tend to go through in their analytical journey. They will often start out using Microsoft Excel and doing report-based analytics, which is slow and doesn’t offer a lot of detail. Then they may move to quicker operational…

The decision was made by JMP management that a certain critical development in the overall project will be subcontracted-out to a vendor.  JMP has issued a six-month cost plus fixed fee contract for that development, and you are the vendor's project manager. The approved JMP budget for your development is $500,000.   A recent Earned Value Analysis that your firm (the vendor) has done shows that you will complete the project four weeks ahead of time, thus depriving your firm of $80,000 of billable time. Among your options are: 1.  Since it was the approved budget, go ahead and bill JMP for the entire $500.000. 2.  Inform JMP of the project status and completion date, and ask if they'd like to add any features to account for the monies spent. 3.  Inform JMP of the project status and completion date. 4.  Bill JMP for the $500,000 by adding more work at the end of the project.

Jamison Day Consultants has been entrusted with thetask of evaluating a business plan that has been divided into foursections—marketing, finance, operations, and human resources.Chris, Steve, Juana, and Rebecca form the evaluation team. Eachof them has expertise in a certain field and tends to finish thatsection faster. The estimated times taken by each team memberfor each section have been outlined in the table below. Furtherinformation states that each of these individuals is paid $60/hour.a) Assign each member to a different section such that JamisonConsultants’s overall cost is minimized.b) What is the total cost of these assignments?Times Taken by Team Members for Different Sections (minutes)MARKETING FINANCE OPERATIONS HRChris 80 120 125 140Steve 20 115 145 160Juana 40 100 85 45Rebecca 65 35 25 75

The Measurable Organizational Value (MOV) is the goal of the project and is used to define the value that your project will bring to your client. To provide real value to an organization, a project must align with and support the organization's vision, mission, and strategy. Explain the importance of a project’s MOV supporting an organization’s mission and strategies. What are the downside impacts of a project that does not align with those elements?

XYZ Grocery Stores has a plan to introduce a new section into their stores in the next 10 months, in which customers can mix their own choices of flavors and additives into yogurt. For this, they should develop a O Short-term plan Intermediate plan O Long-term plan Scenario plan

Task: Assume that you have been contracted as a marketing consultant by a sportsorganization, and have been asked to develop and submit a marketing and sponsorship plan for the Shevern John's Norh Windward t10 tournament. The marketing plan is a comprehensive, written framework for strategically obtaining marketing objectives. The sport-marketing plan can be written for a single sportproduct/service, a group of products/services, a new promotional strategy, or an entire sportsorganization.The Marketing and Event Proposal should include the following:1. Executive Summary - a condensed overview of the marketing plan2. Introduction - Description of the event3. Marketing Strategies:• A strategy for Market Segmentation: What will serve as the basis forsegmentation, and why? What is the rationale for selecting the target markets?• A discussion of the Product: What is the core product, and what are theproduct extensions? 4. A discussion of the Place the event is held and the means of its…

Managed by Q case wage analysis: Cleaning operators and handymen are two of the most important jobs that Manged by Q employs since they are the face of the company. 2015 pay rates and bonuses are listed in the case for the markets of New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Managed by Q, during this time, was assessing moving into Boston, Atlanta, and Washington DC. Create a job description for each of these two roles (cleaning operators and handymen)

Mini Case Study Martha has been assigned a team of 10 people to help her plan a major customer appreciationevent. They have been working together for over a month now and they just haven’t really cometogether as a team. She was sure she started off well. She contacted each individual on the teamand let them know their responsibilities on the project. Each of the members gets the taskscompleted, but don’t seem concerned with the others on the team. If someone needs help, no onepitches in to assist. If a team member has a problem, no one helps him to solve that problem. Justyesterday one of the team members had an emergency and asked if someone on the team couldhave a call with the sales team so she could leave early. No one offered to help so Martha jumped in to assist. Martha had to do something. This was a bad experience for everyone frankly and somefolks already were talking about getting off the project. Plus she felt the event won’t be as good asit could if they just came together…

Mini Case Study Martha has been assigned a team of 10 people to help her plan a major customer appreciationevent. They have been working together for over a month now and they just haven’t really cometogether as a team. She was sure she started off well. She contacted each individual on the teamand let them know their responsibilities on the project. Each of the members gets the taskscompleted, but don’t seem concerned with the others on the team. If someone needs help, no onepitches in to assist. If a team member has a problem, no one helps him to solve that problem. Justyesterday one of the team members had an emergency and asked if someone on the team couldhave a call with the sales team so she could leave early. No one offered to help so Martha jumped in to assist. Martha had to do something. This was a bad experience for everyone frankly and somefolks already were talking about getting off the project. Plus she felt the event won’t be as good asit could if they just came together…

According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Project Quality includes the processes and activities that determine quality policies, objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken. Explain with a sketch the CONSTRAINT in PM necessary to achieve project quality.

Hoosier Burger Juan Rodriquez has assigned you the task of requirements determination for the Hoosier Burger project. You are looking forward to this opportunity because it will allow you to meet and interact with Hoosier Burger employees. Besides interviewing Bob and Thelma Mellankamp, you decide to collect information from Hoosier Burger’s waiters, cooks, and customers. Mr. Rodriquez suggests that you formally interview Bob and Thelma Mellankamp and perhaps observe them performing their daily management tasks. You decide that the best way to collect requirements from the waiters and cooks is to interview and observe them. You realize that discussing the order-taking process with Hoosier Burger employees and then observing them in action will provide you with a better idea of where potential system improvements can be made. You also decide to prepare a questionnaire to distribute to Hoosier Burger customers. Because Hoosier Burger has a large customer base, it would be impossible to…