ITEC 640
Mid Exam
Nenna Sanoir
October 21, 2016
Introduction
The project management processes and product-oriented processes overrun throughout projects. Project management processes are interested in the work of the project and product-oriented processes as needed to produce a product, service, or information system. The project management processes are suitable to most projects. The project management processes are:
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
The initiating process defines the business need and the high expectations, resource budgets, and starts to identify those that may play a role in your strategy. The planning process details the project scope, time, resources, and risks, as intended approaches to communications, quality, and management of external acquisitions of goods and services. The working process establishes and guides the project team, communicating with and maintaining project listeners, and implementing the plans. The monitoring and controlling process handles the capture of performance. The closing process concludes in the end of all project activity.
Product oriented processes are concerned with generating the project product. Product oriented processes are usually designated by the project life cycle and differ by application area. The product-oriented or the Software Development Life Cycle or SDLC phases are:
Planning
Design
Coding
Testing
Deployment
Maintenance
The Planning is the
The first step will be to look at the goals of the project, and align them with the mission of the company. Systematically, the project will be broken into phases: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Budgeting, Evaluating, and Reporting. Each phase will be further broken down into tasks and placed into a work breakdown structure. From this view, one is able to see the entire project duration, critical path, and milestones. The Planning phase is integral in any project. This phase of the project defines project objectives, mission, goals, and approach. In addition, outlining key elements of the project is critical: performance expectations, risks analysis, and contingency plans. However, after completion
The planning process begins with a situation analysis of the external and internal forces affecting the organization. This examination helps identify and diagnose issues and problems and may bring to the surface alternative goals and plans for the firm. Next, the advantages and disadvantages of these goals and plans should be evaluated against one another. Once a set of goals and a plan have been selected, implementation involves communicating the plan to employees, allocating resources, and making certain that other systems such as rewards and budgets are supporting the plan. Finally, planning requires instituting control systems to monitor progress toward the goals.
Project management is short term; it has a beginning, an end, and has identified steps to take throughout the process. The steps of project management are as follows: proposal, initial investigation, detailed investigation, development and testing, trial, operation and closure, as well as, the evaluation. There are measurable benefits to using project management within an organization for certain key objectives or processes that need
Gray, C. F. & Larson, E. W. (2008). _Project Management: The Managerial Process_. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hills Companies, Inc.
Project management (PM) system processes are essential for successful performance within an organization. ?Successful performance leads to customer delight, although insured, is totally possible through proper application and quantifiable control of project management processes?, (Akkiraju, n.d., p. 2). Project management involves components that PM mangers follow when preparing to enter into a venture. The PM use planning, hazard management, execution management, change
Project management is managing the work to develop and innovate or even change within an existing operation. There are five steps in this management: Initiating the project, Planning and controlling all activities to keep the project on schedule, executing every phase of the projects process, monitoring/ controlling reviewing and regulating the progress and performance of all phases of the project, Closing process this is where all processes are finalized and completed to officially close the project out.
Whether you are a project manager or not, project management techniques are extremely helpful in meeting goals and objects. Project management techniques define a path to a specified goal and then supervise the implementation.
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
Next, the planning process begins to focus on the specifics. A specific migration path is created, including the goals and tentative schedules. In addition, the planning phase develops teams and tasks, chooses vendors and negotiate contracts, and creates a comprehensive implementation plan (Amayayakul, 2012).
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.
The nature and scope of a project is determined at the initiation stage. This involves analyzing the business needs, developing goals, budgets, tasks, deliverables, and the stakeholder analysis. The project planning stage determines the planning team, develops the scope, and identifies work breakdown structure and activities that will be needed to complete deliverables. The planning stage also estimates time and cost activities, develop schedule and risk plan, and gain formal approval for work to begin. The executing stage involves all processes used to meet the project requirement and involves managing people and resources. The process that entails the identification of potential problems and
Question 1. What project selection method described in the chapter will ABI probably employ for this proposal? Answer According to the description, the project selection method is profitability of numeric model. We might see the points from the business strategy 1) Bid only on good margin products that have the potential for maintaining their margins over a long term. 2) Pursue only new products. 3) Utilize the most advanced technology in new projects. “ project champion” approach to innovation and creativity. no more than 480 employees. 4) Foster the
Project Management can be defined as the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. The different processes involved in project management are, (Guide 2001)
A project is a transitory effort attempted to develop an exceptional merchandize or service. Since all projects are distinctive in nature and include a specific level of ambiguity, they are distributed into particular stages that improve and support overall management and control. According to Hormozi, McMinn, and Nzeogwu (2000), every “projects have a life cycle and they are born from an idea, develop into a finished product or service, and then terminate” (p.45). The stages or phases of project life cycles may vary depending on management strategy, industry, application/ methodology being used for a particular project. However, in general the project life cycle stages include: (1) Initializing, (2) planning, (3) execution, (4) controlling, and (5) closing or termination.
The process of project management also includes a statement of the most effective ways of implementing the project plan along with the best controls that will ensure that the objectives of the organization are met effectively and efficiently. It is thus important for organizations to have effective project management plans so that their operations are flawless as well as having most of those involved to take their places at the most appropriate time. For this to happen, the process of project