You need to organize your home office, especially your paperwork. You have three general kinds of paperwork: tax files, bill files, investment files. You estimate that you have 10 tax files, 30 bill files, and 15 investment files. Each month you access each tax file three times; each bill file, two times; and each investment fil
A risk of discipling employees is that some may retaliate. To avoid that risk, what Organizational policies might encourage low-performing employees to leave while encouraging high-performing employees to stay? Consider the Sources of Employee Satisfaction & Dissatisfaction
1) a) Tropical Sweets is considering a project that will cost $70 million and will generate expected cash flows of $30 million per year for the next three years. The cost of capital for this type of project is 10 percent and the risk free rate is 6 percent. After discussions with the marketing department, you learn that there
Using the project you created in Unit 1 Individual Assignment, put together a proposal for the customer that includes the following: Briefly describe the first five points of the Project Scope Checklist in relation to your project: What are the project objectives? List the deliverables. Identify the milestones of the
Although this product is being targeted at the home consumer, the sales department thinks there is great potential in the commercial market, and it should be pursued. You brought this issue to the project sponsor who, in turn, brought it to executive management. They decided that this opportunity should be investigated as part o
The problem involves setting a production schedule for an auto glass producer. I have attached the problem for your review.
What are key attributes for a high quality university that are critical to success?
Consider the tasks, durations, and predecessor relationships in the following network. Draw the AON network and answer the questions that follow. Activity Description Immediate Predecessor(s) Optimistic (Weeks) Most Likely (Weeks) Pessimistic (Weeks) A --- 4 7 10 B A 2 8 20 C A 8 12 16 D B 1 2 3 E D, C 6 8 22 F C 2
Emerson Company makes surfboards. Each surfboard requires 9 pounds of fiberglass to produce. The sales forecast for March is 1,700 surfboards. Estimated beginning and desired ending inventories for March are the following: Estimated Beginning Inventory Desired Ending Invent
Assume you are hired to manage the following software development projects. Make a list (each should have at least two but no more than five) of the stakeholders for each and their relative level of control of the project: Amazon.com website College telephone directory A graduate research project
Give an example of a project that is driven by each of the following needs. (Each need should have a different project described.) Marketing Demand Business Need Customer Request Technological Advance Legal Requirement Social Need
Use your favorite search engine for the term "project management" adding other key words to this search such as "project management objectives," "project management life cycle," "project management work breakdown structure," etc. What did you find? Locate a Website that provides suggestions for developing effective proposals.
Allied uses debt in its capital structure, so some of the money used to finance the project will be debt. Given this fact, should the projected cash flows be revised to show projected interest charges? Explain. Suppose you learned that Allied had spent $50,000 to renovate the building last year, expensing these costs. Should
Explain how the project manager will communicate performance evaluation results to both management and the customer.
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In the attached problem I need to draw a decision tree and fill in the table. I also need to find the critical path and duration and slack. See attached file for full problem description. Activity Predecessor Duration Earliest Start Earliest Finish Late Start Late Finish Slack A n/a 7 B n/a 5 C A 3 D B 5
A firm has the following investment opportunities: Investment NPV IRR Project A Investment $150,000 NPV $30,000 IRR 14% Project B Investment $120,000 NPV $20,000 IRR 13% Project C Investment $100,000 NPV $25,000 IRR 12% Project D Investment $ 10,000 NPV $ 6,000 IRR 11% If
As a financial officer, you must determine which project your company should accept. The projects are mutually exclusive and the net present value (NPV) calculations for each take into account the project's risk. Which project (A or B) would you recommend and explain your reasons for this recommendation. See attached file for
A measurable plan to monitor the human change elements of the project 1. The project is implementation of RFID tags at Target Companies 2. Please provide: Identify and explain a concise clear and measurable plan to monitor the human change elements of the Target project. 3. I am using Kotter's Eight-Step Model of chang
Try to choose a project that is business-related. Designate a Project Manager and describe the roles of each of the other team members. Submit a project plan with AT LEAST each of the following considerations: Needs identification Project goals and objectives Schedule and WBS Charts (Gantt, CPM, PERT) Budget Consid
Put together a proposal for the customer that includes the following: Briefly describe the first five points of the Project Scope Checklist in relation to your project: What are the project objectives? List the deliverables. Identify the milestones of the project. List the technical requirements. What are the limits
A manufacturer of electricity and steam cogeneration systems produces low-cost and environmentally sound turbine/generator sets for use at locations were steam is to be consumed. The project network for a segment of manufacturing activities is shown below. a) Determine the start and finish times, slack of each activity and th
Why is it important for project managers to resist changes to the project baseline? Under what conditions would a project manager make changes to a baseline? When would a project manager not allow changes to a baseline? Be specific with examples and supporting research.
The chances of risk events occurring and their respective costs increasing change over the project life cycle. What is the significance of this phenomenon to a project manager? Can risk be eliminated if a project is carefully planned? Why or why not?
1. Discuss the importance of top management commitment and the development of standards for successful project management. Provide examples to illustrate the importance of these items based on your experience on any type of project. 2. Apply the four frames of organizations to an information technology project with which you
Is it necessary to plan complex projects differently than simple projects? Why or why not?
The following project is at the end of its sixth week. Find the cost and schedule variances using the proportional earned value rule. Also find the CPI and SPI. Then find the critical ratio of the project using earned value calculations. Finally, calculate the ETC and EAC for the project. Complete in MS Word or excel.
Where a production facility is located can have a significant impact on how efficiently the facility operates. 1a) Where would you locate a clothing manufacturer that makes light-weight jackets out of cotton? 1b) What factors would influence your decision on where to locate that facility? 2a) Where would you locate a pla
Briefly describe the first five points of the Project Scope Checklist in relation to your project: What are the project objectives? List the deliverables. Identify the milestones of the project. List the technical requirements. What are the limits and exclusions? Please include the following items in your example.
Read an article about a recipient of PMI's project of the year award, such as the Salt Lake City Organization committee mentioned on PMI's Web site. Write a one-page paper summarizing the project, focusing on how the project manager and team used good project management practices.