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Project risks canlcannot be eliminated if the project is carefully planned. Explain.
How do activities differ from events?
What other factors should be considered before finalizing the schedule?
What would the new schedule look like?
If so, how would you recommend changing the original schedule (Part A) and why? Assess the relative impact of crashing activities versus introducing lags to shorten project duration.
Is it possible to meet the deadline?
Given the following information, draw a project network. Activity Predecessor None G E, I, H AAABBCDEE .D ABCDEFGH
Use the following information to draw a project network. Activity ABCDEFGH I J Predecessor None None None A, B B,C D, E F F G H,I
Draw a project network from the following information. Activity Predecessor None ABCDEFGH None AB A, B A, B C,D E F 1 F, G
Given the following information, draw a project network. Activity Predecessor None None AAB F B C, D, E, F ABCDEEC G
Use an example of a project you are familiar with or are interested in. Identify the deliverable~ and organizational units (people) responsible. How would you code your system?Give an example of the work packages in one of your cost accounts.
Develop a WBS matrix for a local stage play. Be sure to identify the deliverables and organizational units (people) responsible. How would you code your system? Give an example of the work packages in one of your cost accounts.
What is the meaning of the term "project rollup," and what is its significance to the project manager?
What is a time-phased budget in a work package?
What kinds of information are included in a cost account?
How could Nicolette and her task force use the WBS to generate cost estimates for the tournament? Why would this be useful information?
Where can Nicolette find additional information to help her develop a WBS for the tournament?
How would developing a WBS alleviate some of the problems that occurred during the first meeting and help Nicolette organize and plan the project?
Develop a draft of the work breakdown structure for the tournament that contains at least three levels of detail. What are the major deliverables associated with hosting an event such as a soccer tournament?
Describe an operative system that will prioritize projects by their contribution to the strategic plan. How does this system assist in allocating organization resources and avoiding overcommitment of resources? How does your system differ from the case study model?
What kind of training in project management should the Rodriguezes, the administrative staff, and tour guides receive to improve the operation of Adventures Unlimited? Try to identify major topics or skill sets that should be addressed.
To what extent does project management apply to Adventures Unlimited?
Check out the Project Management Institute's home page at www.pmi.org.a. Review general information about PMI as well as membership information.b. See if there is a PMI chapter in your state. It not, where is the closest one?c. From the news link, access information on PMI's Project Management Body
Implementing project management techniques into an organization appears to be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Why is it improbable that an organization will be able to leapfrog to a holistic project management system in one year?
Define a project. What are four characteristics that help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization?
4 Why might recruiting an external project manager be beneficial, and what risks would there be?
3 How might identifying ail the people who could hold up progress earlier in the project baire increased the speed of achieving the project goals?
2 Describe the complexity of the project.
1 What was the nued and how did the project go towards meeting this?
7 Identify an overlap with another management discipline - such as marketing, finance, operations, HRM - and consider how this material has direct relevance to project management. What are the aspects of each of the subjects that overlap that could be developed?
6 What are the personal applications of the work that you have covered on project management? Draw up a list of five areas of personal change that you would want to make following on from this material.
5 Carry out a review of the organisational change literature. Identify the overlaps with that on project management and, in particular, section 15.5.
4 Are the principles of 'lean' truly applicable to project management? What are the limitations likely to be?
3 Identify the role that benchmarking and BPR can play in improving project per-formance in organisations. What are the potential drawbacks?
2 Why are the best 'better at getting better?' Are there any limitations to this?
1 How might an organisation recognise their level of performance and plot a way forward?
4 Show how relating the customer attributes, in their own words, to 'engineering characteristics' may help the provision of a product that is more in line with their needs.
3 Discuss the nature of the changes that can occur in passing information about customer requirements from a marketing department to the engineering depart-ment and to the manufacturing department.
2 Why is the 'voice of the customer' so important in this process?
3 Identify why the various design reviews should take place. How might they rep-resent an improvement over and above a single design review process at the end of the product design stage?. I Phase -Develop'he process (do time'!
10 Discuss the role of review in the process of continuous improvement and why this is vital for the survival of organisations.
9 Considering the very varied nature of the different audits and reviews that can be carried out, is it likely that these can be done at one time by one person?
8 What are the criteria that should be taken into consideration when selecting an auditor/reviewer?
7 Distinguish between audits and reviews.
6 Construct an audit questionnaire of management performance, which could be given to members of a project team. Test this on someone who has managed you. What areas would you suggest for improvement?
5 What are the likely benefits that will be realised from reviews at different times?
4 What issues must be considered when deciding how far post-delivery service should extend (such as providing free consultancy with new IT systems)?
3 Why might compiling project documentation be considered such a burden to the team, yet be so essential?
2 Show the activities that must be completed during the final phases of a project.
1 Why is there a tendency for personal projects in particular, to spend '90 per cent of their time 90 per cent complete'.
5 What additional suggestions do you have for the company?
4 How could these be overcome?
3 What are the barriers to progress likely to be?
2 How do you suggest that they ensure that these problems 'never happen again'? Use an appropriate framework to structure your arguments.
1 What are the root causes of the problems that VCS faced during the V.3 project? Carry out a review of the project to determine what went wrong.
15 Forecast what the home of ten years1 time will contain in the way of labour-saving gadgets and entertainment. If there are 30 million homes in the UK by this time, consider how many of these will have taken up this technolow. Filter these ideas by considering:(a) the cost-benefit to the
14 Discuss the benefits of ensuring that a I 'hard' and 'soft' information is included in the decision-making process.
13 Discuss the role that decision-suppo ffect on your finances of various decisions ummer.systems such as expert systems will play in the decision-making of the moden| -roject manager
12 Use a decision-tree model to show the regarding the choice of a holiday this
10 Select a problem with which you have been involved, and use the Ishikawa/ diagram to structure the of the problem. Indicate what you feel to be the biggest causal factor.State the same problem using cause-ejfect-cause analysis, showing the relation-ship between the various facets of th problem.
9 You are the coordinator of a mode problems have arisen during the exec resulting delays as shown. Use an a the problems you would focus your analysis graphically.11 irately complex project. The following ution phase of previous projects with the ppropriate technique to show which of ttention on
8 As a project manager in a development activity for a new range of computer software, discuss how uncertainty may be handled.exercise?
7 What are the basic forms of systems model? Give an example of each and their role in a project environment.
6 What are the major inputs to the decision-making process and how might these be best harnessed to ensure that the decision-making process is effective?
5 What is the role of'brainstorming' and how might it be used to greatest effect?
4 Show the effect of time on problem-solving and give practical examples of each of the different timescales.
3 Show the advantages of having preprogrammed actions:(a) as part of a health and safety policy - for example, in the event of a fire(b) in the handling of client enquiries(c) for the installation of new work procedures.
2 How might the tools outlined in this chapter reduce the risk in decision-making?
1 Discuss the statement made by Price in the introduction to this chapter that 'Man is a risk-addictedanimal'.
4 Evaluate the 'future reality tree' - does it resolve the UDEs listed at the start of the
3 Why would focusing on 'selling effectiveness' lead to a better understandingof the market?
2 Why is it necessary to insert additional elements into the tree?
1 What is the benefit of constructing a 'current reality tree'?
7 How is the Internet changing the role of the purchasing function? Carry out a search of software vendors and investigate the kinds of features that are being offered here. What are the possible benefits for project managers of these?
6 What are the likely trade-off issues in the purchasing decision, and how would you resolve these?
5 You have been offered tickets to your favourite entertainment event of the year by a major potential supplier. The offer includes full corporate hospitality treat-ment. Should you accept this offer?
4 Surely it would be better for project managers simply to deal directly with sup-pliers? Under what circumstances would such an arrangement be beneficial and when would it be inappropriate?
3 Why the trend to outsourcing? Suggest how this might or might not be beneficial to a project organisation.
2 Why is the process for procurement so involved? Figure 12.2 contains significant bureaucracy that surely does not help the objective of getting the project completed. Suggest why these processes are in place and how they might be simplified.
business and formed a parmership-type relationship?
1 Consider the way that you make purchases for yourself. How do you decide from whom to buy? Are there examples of your personal purchasing where you have frequented a particular
3 Carry out further research to identify further examples of partnering in projects. How well do they appear to be working?
2 What might be the drawbacks for both parties of such an arrangement?
1 Summarise the arguments for such a policy of partnering with a major supplier such as BAA and MACE have done here.
Identify the use and limitations of contracts in modem supply chain relationships.
Discuss e evolution of the approaches to provision of boupht-in products and services, from purchasing to the current state of supply chain management: Describe the nature of the supply chain relationships that can exist;
Identify the rois of the supply chain in project management and its importance in ensuring project success;
7 Carry out a search of patents relating to an object that you have recently purchased using the www.patent.gov.uk website
6 Why is configuration management and change control so important to the project manager?
5 What are the potential advantages of the Last Planner approach to project control? Are all members of a project team likely to be so happy with
4 Carry out an internet search for examples of earned value being used in practice. What are the limitations of this technique?
3 How do measures of conformance and performance differ?
2 Why is making progress visible so important?
1 What is control in the context of project management?
3 How might the data better demonstrate progress in this project?
2 What data, other than costs incurred and estimated times, might help the project manager to form a better overall picture of progress?
1 From the plans of Fig. 11.9 and the history of the project to date, is it realistic to think that the project will be completed with only a small amount of slippage? How do you know and could you say this with any certainty?
14 How might a project manager differentiate between management paradigms that may prove beneficial and those which are going to be of no benefit?
13 Compare one major popularist text (e.g. In Search of Excellence) with an aca-demic journal article of your choice. What are the purposes, potential audiences and likely effects of each of these?In your view, what is their role in forming management thinking?
12 Show how the emergence of humanism changed the way in which people are treated within organisations.

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