Posted: February 10th, 2015

Managing Complex Projects (Part 2)

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

 

 

Course work for Units 5 through 8 as outlined in the attached file (Writing Assignments). Please submit each unit assignment as they are ready in order to receive and implement the feedback from the professor.

MBA-6951 Managing Complex Projects

Text Book

Gido, J., & Clements, J. (2012). Successful project management (5th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.

Unit IV

Chapters 8 & 9

Scholarly Activity

This next phase of the project is meant to build off the previous phases and chapters:

Phase III: More Lessons Learned

Phase III Work Breakdown:

1. Analyze and critique the NMCI project in terms of its:

-risk identification and management,

– its scheduling,

-its budgeting, and

-its manner of project execution and closure.

You are to refer back to your knowledge from previous units to complete this portion.

2. Explain the challenges EDS faced in each of these areas, how and why they went astray, and how EDS might have managed these areas to prevent the problems or at least lessen their impact.
3. Determine whether this project could be judged a success or failure from a stakeholder’s perspective by reviewing the article “The NMCI Experience and Lessons Learned” by Kenneth Jordan. The link to the article may be found by clicking here.

https://online.columbiasouthern.edu/CSU_Content/Courses/Business/MBA/MBA6951/13E/TheNMCIExperienceandLessonsLearned.pdf

4. Phase III Deliverable

For this assignment, you are to submit a four-page report that presents an analysis, critique, and recommendations/remedies regarding the project management areas of risk management, risk response, scheduling, budgeting and project execution, and closure as they apply to NMCI’s performance. The report should also include your post-project evaluation of whether this project is/was a success from the stakeholders’ perspectives.

Finally, describe the elements of this project that could have led to its early termination.

(4 Pages Minimum)

Unit VI

Chapters 12 & 13

Assignment

Project Management Presentation

For this activity, you are going to create talking points for a presentation on the barriers and challenges surrounding project management communication.   You should act as though you are presenting this in a business professional environment to people who are new to project management. Within the presentation, you should address:

-the barriers to effective communication in a project (approximately 100 word in point form)

-its purpose (approximately 100 word in point form)

-the elements of a project communication plan (approximately 100 word in point form)

-how it can address these challenges (approximately 100 word in point form)

-describe what is needed to conduct an effective meeting (approximately 100 word in point form)

-provide a summary of various collaboration tools to enhance the project experience (approximately 100 word in point form)

Again, this presentation talking points should be business professional and cater to those who are new to the project management experience.

You should use Times New Roman, 12 point font throughout your presentation. Any sources used throughout the presentation (including your textbook) should be appropriately cited using APA style writing.

(2 Page Minimum)

Unit VII

Chapter 10

Scholarly Activity

As the general manager of a large contracting firm, it is your responsibility to hire employees who will positively contribute to the organization. Recently, your project manager of the past 20 years, who has been both reputable and trustworthy, retired from the position. As such, you need to hire a project manager who can immediately contribute to the organization and would be able to fulfill the role right away with minimal training.

For this assignment, you are to create a job posting for the position of project manager at your company to which, hypothetically, people would apply. This posting should contain the following areas:

1. Job description
2. Responsibilities of the position
3. Necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities
4. General qualifications
5. Education and/or experience

Since there is no general standard for the length of a job description, it should be as thorough as possible, at least two pages of material. If you use a website as a reference, it should be noted on a separate reference page. If any material is used verbatim from a website, it should be appropriately cited using APA style writing.

(2 Page Minimum)

Unit VIII

Chapter 11

Final Project

For this final assignment, you are to create talking points for a presentation that discusses the project management process with a focus on effectiveness and ways teams can prevent some of the pitfalls to a project. Here is an outline of items you

should address:

-The purpose of a project proposal

(approximately 200 word in point form)

 

-The project scope document

(approximately 200 word in point form)

 

-The importance of estimating costs, budget, and earned value

(approximately 200 word in point form)

 

-Risk management, risk mitigation, and risk response

(approximately 200 word in point form)

 

-Communication between the project team, project manager, and the stakeholders

(approximately 200 word in point form)

 

-The importance of the project manager

(approximately 200 word in point form)

-Additionally, you should include points that you believe are important to project management. These should relate to the course objectives with a thoughtful, critical mindset.

(approximately 150 word in point form)

 

Overall, this presentation talking points should be a reflection of your knowledge regarding project management.

 

The presentation points should be written for business professional group, with Times New Roman, 12 point font. Any sources used should be appropriately cited using APA style writing.

(5 Pages Minimum)