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    Information Systems

    I need some help with these questions: 1. What types of project staffing skills have been identified as important for successful IT project managers? 2. What information is typically included in an initial IT project request? In a project charter? 3. What is a work breakdown analysis, and why is this concept important?

    Communication in Project Management

    Just as deciding how to communicate with your key stakeholders is important, listening to your key stakeholders is important for effective communication. How can you improve your listening skills?

    Project Management: How Long Will the Project Take?

    You currently work for a retail store that carries basic household goods, some groceries and health and beauty products. The store is located in a small community (approximately 5,000 total residents) in which you live and is looking to expand its operations in some way. For this assignment, you are required to develop a major p

    IT management changes Leslie should request for success

    Can you hep me with the following: Based on the information below, what IT management changes should Leslie request that would likely increase the success of the IT acquisition projects? Explain for each change why it would likely increase IT project success. Leslie has a successful track record in managing IT acquisition

    Risk Matrix

    What is a risk matrix and how can it help with the process of identifying and assessing project risks?

    Likelihood of Occurrence

    What determines the likelihood of occurrence on projects? What gives a risk high priority status and how can a contingency plan safeguard against threats?

    Project Requirements Document

    Imagine that you have been selected as the PM for a process or product improvement activity or the design of a new product or service in your organization. Write a Project Requirements Document for this project that answers the following items: a. A description of the problem or opportunity b. Impact or effects of t

    When to Form the Project Team

    Project teams are an essential part of most projects and depending on the project scope and work scope team membership is likely to change. The question is "When should the Project Manager form a project team?" An expert answers this for you!

    Project Risk Management in Project Planning

    1. Why should all projects include risk in their project planning? What are some of the drawbacks if risks are not considered? 2. What does project risk management mean in the context of project management? Describe project risk management as a component of the project management process.

    Finding Portfolio Risk

    An investor is considering a two-asset portfolio. Stock A has an expected return of $4.50 per share with a standard deviation of $1.00, while stock B has an expected return of $3.75 with a standard deviation of $0.75. The covariance between the two stocks is -0.35. Find the portfolio risk if: a) the stocks are weighted equal

    Project in businesses

    Define projects in project management and why are so many businesses reorganizing to include them?

    Balancing Productivity with Quality

    What factors need to be considered when balancing productivity with quality in a service organization? What are the consequences of focusing on only one factor?

    Project Management Methology

    Please help with the following problem. As a project manager to build a new data center for XXX Inc., how do you estimate this project's costs? This is the first time that your company is bidding on this project and there is no historical data available to use. Suggest three methodologies that you will use to estimate the co

    Total Cost for Project Completion

    Please reference the attachment. Given the project information shown below in the network and time/cost table: (see attached file for diagram) Task Duration Fixed Cost Resource Resource Usage Cost/hour A (1,2) 7 $2,000 Jean 50% * $30 B (1,3) 10 $1,850 Julie 100% $40 C (2,3) 4 $1,260 David 100% $45 D (3,4)

    Project Management Task

    The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 50,000 seat Greendale baseball stadium. The construction must start on Monday July 2, 2012, and be completed in time for the start of the 2015 season. A penalty clause of $10,000 per workday of delay beyond May 31, 2015 is written into the contract. Ben Keith, the president of

    Project Management Case Study: Report Breakdown and Analysis

    Please reference the attachment. Assume you are the director of external affairs for a national not-for-profit medical research center that does research on diseases related to aging. The center's work depends on funding from multiple sources, including the general public, individual estates, and grants from corporations, f

    Propose Research Project

    Propose Research Project You are a brand manager of a snack chip. Your goal is to determine what effects different levels of online advertising (see http://www.sramanamitra.com/2011/01/11/top-10-online-advertising-trends-of-the-decade/) have on a consumer's behavior. The VP of Brand Management will want strong justification

    Effective Project Management

    Need assistance answering this question: An effective project manager needs a variety of both technical and business skill sets. Identify the non-technical skills that have been associated with superior project management.

    Gauging Success

    Recap a software implementation project that you have experienced. Describe your role as well as the purpose and results of the project (or expected results if the project is still in progress). Then, identify three issues or trade-offs that you would like to have seen done differently. Explain the long term "costs" - the impact

    Systems View Approach

    What does it mean to take a systems view of a project? Why or why not is this a good way for an organization to view projects? What are the pros and cons to the systems view approach?

    Project Management for Information Technology

    1. What is the role of the project manager? 2. What are the two most important abilities a good project manager should have? 3. Would you feel comfortable in a role as project manager? 4. What is your experience in project management? What is your experience in information technology project management? 5. Do you possess th

    Project Management: Designing New IT Services for the Business

    You have been promoted to manager of a six-member team responsible for designing new IT services for the business. The idea the team is working on involves personal video streaming, which could take social networking and customer relationship management to the next level. The company wants to beat the competition to the market a

    Project Management Opinion

    Do you agree or disagree with the statement: "Technology tends to suffer in a pure product organizational form because no group is solely responsible for long-term planning, whereas the pure functional organization tends to sacrifice time and schedule".

    Project Planning and Selection

    Why is the process of identifying and selecting projects so crucial to an organization's success? Why is it that organizations undertake information system (IS) projects. Do you have any experience as a team member in making go/no go type of project decisions?

    Project Management Processes

    I need some assistance with this assignment: You are designing a grocery delivery business. Via the Internet, your company will offer staples and frozen foods in a large metropolitan area and then deliver them within a customer-defined window of time. You plan to partner with two major food stores in the area. What should be