Student ID : CGSSO00019503
Student Name : AHMED ABDI OSMAN
Course Code : BMOM5203
Course Name : Project management
Program : MASTER OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Semester : ONE/ MAY SEMESTER 2015
Assignment : ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS MANAGEMEN
Facilitator : ISMAIL ALOW
Date due : 02/07/2015
Submission Date : 29/08/2015
Table of Contents 2
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Literature Review 5
2.1 Schedule 5
2.2 Cost 6
3.3 Scope 6
3.0 Discussion of Triple Constraints 7
4.0 Discussion on execution of the three elements by Project Manager for the successful planning, resourcing and execution of a project. 10
4.1 The best-made schedules can change. 10
4.1 Crashing, Not Burning 11
5.0 Conclusions 12
1.0 Introduction
Project management has become one of the most admired tools for both public and private organizations as project handlers have wanted ways to develop their operations. Project managers seek to accomplish success across all sectors when handling a mission. Technological development, new product development and reform of business perspectives are examples of targets place by project managers. During the initiation of a project, there is the careful scheduling, organizing and prioritizing obtainable income achieving the desired result or the project outcome in the least. At beginning stage, a project seeks to accomplish the place down target within a smallest time while using
In the current business environment, the demand for project managers is ever growing. In short, project management is a provisional project constrained by time, cost and scope (A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 2013). Between the immense organization, optimization, and communication assets skilled project management brings to a project, it is easy to see why project management is a booming field of study. Furthermore, project management can be both financially and personally rewarding when long term milestones and goals come to fruition.
Project Management Institute. (2000). _A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (4th ed.)._
While Roger was at the VA hospital in Phoenix, an RN case manager came to talk with him. She did an assessment on him that included his medical and social background, so she could make sure that Roger has a safe discharge. Her job is to make sure that when Roger discharges from the hospital, he will have resources in place to help him get better, and to avoid getting so ill that he has to go back into the hospital.
According to the CMSA (Case Management Society of America) and several others organizations that case management alone means that it is a collective system that helps the patient and their family needs through the communication, available resources of promoted quality, and cost-effective outcomes.
Chris Smith received a promotion to executive assistant to the chief executive officer at Faith Community Hospital. On Chris’s first day as executive assistant his boss, Pat, the CEO of Faith Community Hospital, meets with Chris to discuss, what the hospital does and some of the problems that the hospital is having. At the end of the meeting, Pat asks Chris to prepare a report that covers three areas: what is going on right now, what they can do about it, and what they should do about it.
The VP of marketing, Lori, selected Elliot Wood as the project manager for the Video Game Market Research Project. Elliot had previous project management and market research experience within the company, and he also was an avid video game enthusiast. He still had the Atari system he used to play in high school, and he enjoyed playing newer games with his two children. Elliot, however, was wary of doing business on the Internet and refused to make any of his own purchases online. He also did not let his grade school children use the Internet unless they were
Even though the price would be lowered because of the bad weather as per the tying in price and weather policy, not everyone would still want to go away. Either it needs to be explained clearly on the website that undesirable weather will not entitle any customer to a refund or to change or cancel their booking without penalty; or the policy must be clear in whatever the company decides is fair. For example, it may state that if the weather is unpleasant can change (but not cancel) the booking to another time.
Consumer and Industrial Products, Inc manufacture a variety of different products for individuals and businesses. Due to ineffective accounts payable system, Consumer and Industrial Products, Inc started a new project called Payables Audit Systems (PAS). The process of beginning this new project was taken very seriously. Roles were assigned and defined. Ted Anderson was the director of the project. Peter Shaw was assigned the responsibility of user project manager. The user project manager was “responsible for making sure that the system meets the user department’s
In late 1980s, in order to curve the increasing medical expenses, American government have launched case management. Case management not only effectively decreased the medical expenses, but also guaranteed the patients can get the necessary medical service they need. According to American Case Management Association, a non-profit organization that support the practice of case management, case management is "a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s and family’s comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost effective outcomes”(ACMA, 2015). The personnels involve in the case management system are called case managers. Case manager is a professional with nursing qualifications holding a case load with responsibility for overseeing and/or delivering the processes of case finding, assessment, care delivery, monitoring and review for, and with, a patient and their family carer(s) (Goodman et al. 2010). Case management was first found in early twentieth century by social workers and public health nurses(Patricia, 2011). For this model, nurses, social workers, and other disciplines can work as case managers. However, in this article, I will focus on the nurse care case managers. In the Nursing case management model, all patients are assigned to a nurse case manager. For example, all the pediatric patients are assigned to
The purpose of this paper is to recommend that Project Management is a concept that focuses on the dynamic characteristics of a multi-facetted organization. In such a changing situation, effective communication is a characteristic that should be stressed and becomes the most important tool for the project manager and team members.
In order to achieve their business objective, project management and the used methodology are key factor which will be responsible for the success or failure of this project.
Reorganizing the business of Harrison Books is the project which needs to be initiated setting the plan. Plan has to be the series of processes direct towards the required result in time. Scheduling is very important in this project as it has very limited time and process dependencies. Planning of the project will maintain and ensure the process is fulfilling the need of the business.
Project management is an essential part of businesses and industries in order to advance ahead and add value to products. Project management enables companies to innovate, plan strategically, and for the economy to progress. The important parts of projects are often values such as team working, planning, innovation, time and budget management, and leadership. In the modern society, some projects can be pharmaceuticals (inventing new drugs), IT solutions (new technologies), energy and environment (other sources of energy such as solar), and military (new weapons and machines). The similarities are such that these projects are undertaken to improve the lives of
The information in the following sections is derived from: Loulakis, M. C. and McLaughlin, L. (2009). Government Found Liable for Delays in Design/ Build Project. Civil Engineering, Vol. (79). p96-96. 1p.
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