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CMGT 575 Entire Course (UOP)

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CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 1

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In his 2007 article, Cervone discusses PMIs five

process groups and nine knowledge areas. Which
two knowledge areas are most critical in delivering a
successful project and why?

CMGT 575 Week 1 DQ 2

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Carton et al (2007) describe what they consider a

successful enterprise resource planning
implementation. What aspects of the project made it
successful, in their definition? Why or why not would
your organization describe this as successful?

CMGT 575 Week 1 Summary

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What are the most important points that you've

learned during week 1 of the class?

CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 1

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In their 2008 article, Turner et al describe the

relatively low implementation rate of Gantt chart,
CPM diagrams, etc. in projects. Does your
organization use these tools? How does this data
compare to the implementation of these tools in
your organization? Why?

CMGT 575 Week 2 DQ 2

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In their 2008 article, Cavaleri and Reed talk about

the difficulties of defining the interdependencies
between tasks. Why do they think this is so difficult
and what affect does this complexity have on
planning and managing project time?


CMGT 575 Week 2 Individual Assignment SR-rm
-004 Project (UOP)

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Resources: Service Request SR-rm-004, Analyze HR

System from the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
Organization and the Microsoft Project file Riordan
HR Integration Template
Access Service Request SR-rm-004.

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Summarize what you have learned from the

readings, research, and discussion activities during
the week.

CMGT 575 Week 3 DQ 1

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Based on the article by Mizell and Malone (2007),

present a complex approach to cost estimation on
large projects. Compare and contrast the
advantages and disadvantages of the approach you
currently use for similar projects to its simulation
approach

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According to Bryde and Robinson (2007), what is the

relationship between total quality management and
project quality? Why does that relationship exist and
why is it important to effective project
management?

CMGT 575 Week 3 Individual Assignment

Develop SR-rm-004 Project Task Sequence
(UOP)

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Resource: Microsoft Project file Riordan HR

Integration Template
Update the Riordan HR Integration Template based
on your facilitators feedback, and develop the task
sequence by establishing task dependencies.
Submit the updated project plan to your facilitator
for grading.

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Summarize what you have learned from the

readings, research, and discussion activities during
the week.

CMGT 575 Week 4 DQ 1

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Communications within the personnel on a project is

crucial to project success. Decker et al. (2007)
present an intriguing use of Internet 2 technology to
assist in facilitating this communications process.
Based on your past experience in project
management, analyze and evaluate adopting this
technique into your future project planning systems.
Do you see these techniques dramatically improving
communications over your past techniques?

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When a decision is made to outsource a part or your

entire project to another country, many
communication challenges appear. Winkler et al.
(2008) present a study of such a situation between
German customers and Indian suppliers. What key
lessons can you take away from the study of this
article and apply to your future IT projects? Explain
how knowledge of the techniques in this article
could have helped in past projects?

CMGT 575 Week 4 Individual Assignment

Identify SR-rm-004 Resources and Proposed
Costs (UOP)

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Resource: Riordan HR Integration Template

(Microsoft Project file)
Update the Riordan HR Integration Template based
on facilitator feedback, and identify the resources
and proposed costs needed to complete the project.
Submit the updated project plan to your facilitator
for grading.

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Summarize what you have learned from the

readings, research, and discussion activities during
the week

CMGT 575 Week 5 DQ 1

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The Philbin (2008) article examined the use of

various level os sophisticated tools in the project
planning of large, complex projects in effort to
reduce the risk of project failure. What types of tools
do you or your company use for large, complex
projects toward reducing the risk potential?

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In his 2009 article, what are some of the software

features Barlow describes that can help project
managers manage portfolio risk? How and why do
these features help manage risk? Does your
organization use any of these tactics in its project
risk management, and, if so, how effective are they?
Why or why not are they effective?

CMGT 575 Week 5 Individual Assignment

Explain SR-rm-004 Project Approach (UOP)

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Resource: Riordan Manufacturing Microsoft Project

file
Draft a 2-3 page narrative of your HR integration
project to explain your approach to the projects
sponsor, Hugh McCauley.

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Summarize what you have learned from the

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CMGT 575 Week 6 DQ 1

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Based on the Chiocchio (2007) article, compare and

contrast the reasons in the performance differences
between the high performing and the low
performing teams. Generalize those results to
methods that you can use in your own project
management skill set to improve performance in
future projects managed.

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Weinstein (2007) defined five issues in his article.

Explain why you think each of these would be
problems in projects.

CMGT 575 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment

SR-kf-001 Project Final (UOP)
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Resources: Service Request SR-kf-001 from the

Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization and the
Kudler Coupons Microsoft Project file
Write and submit a paper summarizing the teams
project proposal and plan to get the coupons project
back on schedule.

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Summarize what you have learned from the

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