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UMUC Week 6 7 & 8 Business Project Management Discussions
Week6
Based upon your knowledge of CCPM and the information located at the following url http://www.focusedperformance.com/ccfaq.html#08 (Links to an external site.) ,
- What are the benefits of CCPM?
- What potential impacts to the Triple Constraints (either positive or negative) could CCPM bring by building slack into the schedule ?
- How would a Project Manager factor in expected cuts into the overall project and projected life-cycle costs?
- Week 7
- The video is a Dilbert parody of some examples of why projects fail. After watching the video, please answer the following questions:
- What are your thoughts of the situations illustrated within the video?
- Have you ever experienced any of these situations?
- Please describe one such event? (Your example does not have to be a direct project management activity.)
- What was the end result?
- What could have occurred to alter the outcome?
- Were you personally impacted or affiliated with the project/activity?
Week 8
- Based upon your knowledge of project management, respond to the questions below:
- If you were tasked to be the Project Manager of a $1 million dollar project to build a shed for your organization, what would be your first five steps and why?
- What would be your biggest three risks and mitigation strategies?
- How would you measure and control the project?
(Evaluate how you would have responded to this same discussion post during Week 1 versus how you will now, during Week 8.)