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Is it possible to adjust the schedule so that the worst net cash position is below $4,000,000?
Rearrange the timing of the projects to enhance the early wins. Take into account the following constraints:a. A maximum of two projects can be started in the same year.b. The sponsoring group can release a maximum of $2,000,000 in any year.
Discuss how each of the methods to calculate the value of benefits and the investment would suit your organization. Which method would be most effective? Justify your suggestions.
If the economic environment was turbulent and the discount rate likely to vary over the period of the initiative, how would you advise the sponsoring group?
If the discount rate was 8%, how would that affect the investment appraisal?
Calculate the payback periods for each project and the program using both the nondiscounted and discounted values of the benefits.
If the budget was limited to $1,500,000 overall, which project(s) would you recommend undertaking?
Which project is the least attractive? Explain your reasoning.
Which project is the most attractive? Explain your reasoning.
Using a discount rate of 5%, calculate the following for each project and the program, as a whole): • BCR (not discounted) • NPV • BCR (discounted)
IT Program Problem: A city council, with a number of teams of inspectors, has several teams who must be mobile in order to gather data from the recreational areas, grass and wooded areas of council lands, and also for development locations (both residential and industrial). The current system
Road and Public Transport Program Problem: Traffic from the northern and western suburbs converge to one junction, which has reached capacity and resulted in congestion at that point. Travel times into and out of the city have lengthened for car passengers and bus traffic. In addition, feeder
Investigate the approach to the early engagement of stakeholders within initiatives. Present a critical analysis of this approach with recommendations for improvement.
Find examples of different types of programs and explain the characteristics which are important in their categorization:a. Strategic initiativesb. Evolving initiativesc. Compliance initiativesd. Technology-driven initiatives
Identify the drivers for the initiative using the PESTLE model. Why is the initiative important to the organization?a. Politicalb. Economicc. Sociald. Technologicale. Legalf. Environmental
Discuss the use of written role descriptions and how they might be used to establish teams.
How could the roles described here be integrated into your organization’s change teams?
Consider the teams with which you are familiar. How were these roles applied? Analyze how the roles could have been applied more effectively.
Consider the documents listed in this chapter. Which of these are currently in use within your organization? Can some of these be combined with documents which are already used within initiatives?
Compare the definitions provided in this chapter with the terminology used within your organization. What other terms do you use?
Using the CEDEFOP model, identify benefits which would fall into each of the three categories:a. Microb. Mesoc. Macro
Discuss which categories of benefits are appropriate in your experience and your organization’s environment.
Are there any differences between the characteristics of an APF team and an xPM team?
If you have a project that fits the conditions of an xPM project, why might you want to use an APF approach?
Is APF or xPM more likely to waste less of the client’s money and the team’s time if the project is killed prior to completion? To answer the question, you have to consider when the decision to kill the project is made in APF versus in xPM projects, and what is known at the time the decision is
In the formation stages of a project, are there any distinct disadvantages to using APF over xPM for an extreme project? If so, identify them. In considering your answer, think about what is really known versus what may be only speculation, and how speculating might create problems.
Can APF be used on an extreme project? Why, or why not? Be specific.
How does xPM differ from APF? Discuss their differentiating characteristics.
Referring to the PDQ case study described in earlier chapters, what situation would allow you to embed an APF approach into a TPM approach? In other words, what conditions would you expect to see for that approach to be feasible? Give an example and be specific.
Suppose a project should have used a TPM approach, but used APF instead. Comment on what might be different. Would the TPM approach have produced a better outcome? Why or why not? Be specific.
What differences might you see if it were possible to do the same project twice—once using the traditional approach and once using APF? Be specific. How might the differences in implementation affect your comparison of the approaches? Again, be specific.
You have completed your first APF project. Compare and contrast the traditional and APF approaches when both of them have reached the completion point.
You are the project manager over one of your company’s first APF projects. You are having trouble getting the client’s involvement.What do you do?
A member of your team is a systems analyst from the “old school,”and just cannot adjust to APF. Her problem is that the client has decision-making authority over the direction your software development project is taking and the client is, shall we say, technically challenged. How do you handle
You are the development team manager. You aren’t comfortable with the way your client team manager interacts with you during the Client Checkpoint phase. If there is a problem here, you need to get it out in the open and resolve it. What do you do? Be specific.
Compare what happens to a TPM project versus an APF project when a team member is taken off of the team and no longer available.What are the impacts on each approach? Which approach is least affected by such a change?
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of using a high-tech versus a low-tech approach in this phase of the project. Discuss your findings. Does one approach win out over the other? In what ways?
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of using or not using a project management software tool for the Cycle Planning phase of an APF project. Discuss your findings. Is either approach superior to the other? In what ways?
Suppose your team has one person who can’t do without the support of a software tool and another who is vehemently opposed to using them. You are the project manager. How might you resolve this dilemma?
Clients are always reluctant to get too involved in planning. What might you do to sell them on the idea that their full involvement in APF is needed for the effort to succeed?
From what you know so far about APF, do you see a conflict between staff, process, and technology? Explain.
You are a senior project manager in your company. You have 15 years’ experience with the company and a solid reputation for delivering successful projects. What might you, acting on your own, do to get your organization to appreciate the value of APF? What plan might you follow to bring APF into
Under your leadership, your organization has spent considerable effort to adopt a traditional approach to project management. It has reached maturity level three—that is, there are fully documented project management processes and templates, and everyone is following them. PMBOK is the recognized

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