3.13 STUDENT/READER ASSIGNMENT The reader should do a self-test by seeking the answers to the following questionsas well as following the instructions indicated for a fuller appreciation of the processes involved in tracking, monitoring, and controlling the design and execution of strategic management done in the context of projects. 1. Why does it make sense to review the status of the projects in an enterprise when evaluating the performance of strategic management within the enterprise? 2. Select an organization with which the reader is familiar and identify the stream of projects in that organization that should be reviewed to ascertain how well the organization is being pre- pared for its future. 3. What does a "failing" project in an enterprise do to the development and execution of future strate- gies for the organization? Identify some "failing" projects in an organization with which you are familiar. Relate these "failures to difficulties on the organization's part in the design and execution of future changes expected in the organization's environments. 4. Based on your current understanding of project management, what alternative strategies might be available to use in managing change in the enterprise? 5. What information should the project team have to make a strategic management control system operable