Assigned Readings:

Chapter. 13 Progress and Performance Measurement and Evaluation

Chapter. 14 Project Closure

Chapter. 15 International Projects

Chapter. 16 An Introduction to Agile Project Management

from the book: Larson, E. (2021). Project Management - The Managerial Process, 8th Edition, ISBN: 9781260238860

1. Why is it important for project managers to resist changes to the project baseline? Under what conditions would a project manager make changes to a baseline? When would a project manager not allow changes to a baseline?
2. Imagine you are conducting a review of the International Space Station project. Research press coverage and the Internet to collect information on the current status of the project. What are the successes and failures to date? What forecasts would you make about the completion of the project, and why? What recommendations would you make to the top management of the program, and why?
3. Use an Internet search engine to find the most recent International Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) released by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International.

• Check your predictions with the Index.
• How well did you do? What countries surprised you? Why?