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INF 410 Entire Course (Ash)

INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle
INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project Manag
ement
INF 410 Week 1 Quiz
INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project Charter
INF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management Plan
INF 410 Week 2 Quiz
INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Identification
INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple Constraint
INF 410 Week 3 Quiz

INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project

Life Cycle (Ash)
Project Life Cycle. The four main elements of the proje
ct life cycle are defining, planning, executing and closing
. Give an example of a task you performed on a project,
either as a leader or team member, and identify what st
age of the life cycle it was in and why. Describe if you fel
t the task was strategically important to the project and
also the company. Respond to at least two of your class
mates postings.

INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Im

portance of Project Manage
ment (Ash)

The Importance of Project Management.

Project management has become an important aspect o
f business in many companies. Projects are integrated
with the strategic views of the corporation to ensure ma
ximum benefits are achieved. Describe how project ma
nagement techniques enable the company to meet thei
r strategic mission. Do you feel that project managemen
t is becoming more important in business today, or less
important? Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings

INF 410 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)

Quiz:
1.
The professional certification for project ma
nagers is a Project Management Professional (PMP)
.
2.
Creating teams using the project form of pr
oject management structure results in the maximu
m technological expertise being brought to bear on
project problems.
3.
Project management integration necessitate
s combining all of the major dimensions of project
management under one umbrella.

INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project

Charter (Ash)
Project Charter. Describe the importance of a project c
harter to the project manager. How does a strong proje
ct sponsor and clear project scope apply to the overall s
uccess of a project? Respond to at least two of your clas
smates postings

INF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project

Management Plan (Ash)
Project Management Plan. List three important items
that belong within a project management plan, and the
importance of breaking the project into phases. Additio
nally, please comment on the importance of obtaining s
ponsorship approval when concluding each phase of th
e project. Respond to at least two of your classmates p
ostings.

INF 410 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)

Quiz:
1.
The backward pass in project network calcul
ations determines the
2.
People working on prototype development
needing time to interact with the design engineers
after the design is completed is an example of:
3.
Learning curves are more likely to apply in s
ituations where most of the costs are
4.
The project structure chosen to manage the
project will have little impact on the actual project
work to be accomplished.

INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Id

entification (Ash)
Risk Identification. State the importance of identifying
risks and categorizing them as high, medium or low pro
bability. Explain why risks associated with the critical pa
th of the project need special attention. Respond to at l
east two of your classmates postings.

INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple C

onstraint (Ash)
Triple Constraint. The triple constraint in project ma
nagement is traditionally time, resources and scope. Pr
ovide an example of a project you have been involved w
ith that had limited resources. What types of resource c
onstraints affected the project, and how? Please comme
nt if the limited resources also impacted the timeline an
d scope of the project. Respond to at least two of your c
lassmates postings

INF 410 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)

QUIZ:
1.
The initial step in the risk management proc
ess is to
2.
Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak
demand on resources is known as resource
3.
Project budgets are developed by time-phas
ing which of the following?
4.
All of the following are included in the risk i
dentification process except
5.
Heuristics are used in resource-constrained
projects to develop the optimal schedule
6.
Due to the impact over a long period of tim
e, risk events that occur in the early stages of a pro

INF 410 Week 4 Assignment

Monthly Status
Monthly Status Report to Sponsors. Assume you are
the project manager for a software company and your t
eam is in charge of delivering an update to tax preparati
on software for the next tax season. The project team h
as ten software developers working together, but locate
d across the country. You have the following informatio
n about the project, and need to provide a status to the
sponsors. Please write a one page status report to the s
ponsors in APA format, providing a clear indication

INF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeh

older Communication (Ash)
Stakeholder Communication. Project managers must
understand and communicate with all the stakeholders
of a project. The project sponsor is one very important s
takeholder that needs to be satisfied with the outcome
of a project. Describe why the project sponsor is one of
the most important stakeholders, and what a project m
anager should do to keep them informed of the status o
f a project. Provide professional examples if possible. R
espond to at least two of your classmates postings.

INF 410 Week 4 DQ 2 Team D

evelopment Model (Ash)
Team Development Model. Review the five stage mod
el of team development in the required reading of Chap
ter 11. Describe a project that you are involved with righ
t now, and the stage that the project team is currently i
n. Comment on what makes this particular stage enjoya
ble, or difficult. If you are not involved with a project cu
rrently, describe your favorite stage of a project you hav
e been involved with in the past. Respond to at least tw
o of your classmates postings

INF 410 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)

QUIZ:
1.
The storming stage of team development is com
pleted once members begin to think of themselves as p
art of a group
2.
Project leadership is about coping with:
3.
In mapping dependencies for a project, the proje
ct manager should:
4.
Which of the following would be defined as the a
bility or skill to perceive, assess and manage the emotio
ns of one 's self and others?

INF 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Project

Closure (Ash)
Project Closure. The decision to close a project before
actual completion can happen for many different reaso
ns. Describe a project you have been involved with, or o
f which you have knowledge, where one of these barrier
s to project success actually occurred and the project cl
osed before completion. Is there something the project
manager could have done to prevent the early terminati
on? Respond to at least two of your classmates posting
s.

INF 410 Week 5 DQ 2 Globali

zation and Project Managem
ent (Ash)

Globalization and Project Management. The globaliz

ation of the workforce is an important trend in many in
dustries and organizations. Not only are some project
managers assigned to different countries to complete a
n assignment, but many virtual teams also have membe
rship that spans different regions of the globe. Describe
a project that you have been involved with, or are intere
sted in, that may have a project team that is truly global
. Determine the cultural aspects and possible conflicts o
f that project team, and how a successful project manag
er can overcome the issues. Respond to at least two of y
our classmates postings.

INF 410 Week 5 Final Paper P

roject Management (Ash)
Focus of the Final Paper
The final six to eight page paper must demonstrate und
erstanding of new learning in the field of project manag
ement. It is mandatory to have research from the classr
oom text, as well as two sources from the internet or on
line library to support your views. It is recommended to
use examples from your professional experience where
possible, or build from your learning in the discussion b
oards. (Suggestion: use at least one project of which yo
u have been either a team member or a project manage
r as an example to describe the topics below):

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