Based on listed above chapters and external research from PMI and/or other professional publications, please answer to the following four questions:

1. How Project Portfolio Management process could provide business advantage to the company? As a project manager develop a strong statement (1.5 pages) supporting implementation of PPM in your organization.

2. As a project manager how you see the role and the functions of a Project Office in your company? If the Executive Board asks you to prepare a strategic plan for creating a Project Office in your organization, write a 1.5 page statement of support with considerations, if you have any, regarding this initiative.

3. As a project manager how you should prepare yourself for managing an international project? Write 1.5 pages outline focusing on the most important considerations if you need to manage an international project.

4. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Agile project management approach. When and why we should apply Agile PM as opposed to traditional PM approach? Write 1.5 pages analysis Agile vs. Traditional PM approach.

For a full score the student needs to use external professional resources, preferable from PMI web site at: http://www.pmi.org - searching under Knowledge & Tools section for articles and / or White Papers on the suggested questions and / or other professional sources.