Submit a word document with your answer.

1. Define the key terms (in your own words) - functional organization, projectized organization, matrix organization.

2. Describe the concept of Agile Project Management (3 sentences).

3. Why organizational culture is important in project organization? Watch the video and write your comments.

4. Give three reasons for using a project charter. What are some typical elements of a charter?

5. Go through Project Management in Action (pages 93 to 96 of the textbook) - Information Systems Enhancement Project Charter. Read carefully "Design Principles" and "Content Principles" for this project, and notice how they have been applied in this project charter. Write your observations with regard to how well the design principles and content principles have been incorporated in this project. Also comment on if any further improvement could have been made in this project charter.

Submit a word document with your answer. 1. Define the key terms (in your own words) - functional organization, projectized organization, matrix organization. 2. Describe the concept of Agile Project Management ( 3 sentences). 3. Why organizational culture is important in project organization? Watch the video and write your comments. 4. Give three reasons for using a project charter. What are some typical elements of a charter? 5. Go through Project Management in Action (pages 93 to 96 of the textbook) - Information Systems Enhancement Project Charter. Read carefully "Design Principles" and "Content Principles" for this project, and notice how they have been applied in this project charter. Write your observations with regard to how well the design principles and content principles have been incorporated in this project. Also comment on if any further improvement could have been made in this project charter. 96 Part 1 Organizing Projects Ghapter 3 Chartering Projects 95 CONTENT PRINCIPLES Project Risks and Assumptions: This section identifies major risks and how the team will either reduce their probability of happening and/or their impact if they do occur. One person is assigned responsibility for each risk. Resources Needed: This is an estimate of the money, personnel, and other resources expected to be needed. Stakeholder List: Identifies those individuals and groups who have an interest in elther the project process andior results. prefer larger type. Use a conventional typeface, such as Arial, Times Roman, or Palatino. White Space: Use white space to separate document sections attractively and to improve readability. Page Breaks: When possible, complete entire sections on the same page. Redesign documents where one or two lines of text from a section run onto the next page. 94 Part 1 Organizing Projects Questions for Students to Answer: 3. Work with at least two other people and brainstorm 1. Given the intormation provided in Chapter 2 on how portinent risks. Assess them to determine which you this project was selected, creste scope overview and believe are major risks, and develop at lesst one business case sections tor a charter. response for each major risk. 2. If you were the project manager, what expertise would 4. Who are the key stakeholders for this project and what you like from the sponsor, stakeholders, or core team is the interest of each? Which stakeholders have the members to create a milestone schedule with accepmost power? tance criteria? Semester Project Instructions Determine one member of your student project team to Once the charter is in rough-draft form, subait it for be the primary contact with the project sponsor (the comments to your professor. Armed with the professor's manager or executive who came to class when projects suggestions, you can present it to your sponsor and any were announced). The sponsor is also the customer other people your sponsor chooses. Often, this may representative. This sponsor was encoteraged by your involve a leadership team, department heads (functional professor to come with a draft of the business case managers), and/or project team members. One differand scope overview sections of the charter, but some ence on this project is that your student team will likely sponsors probably did a better job than others. You do most of the planning and only part of the execution. need to ensure that you understand these statements while members of the organization for whom you are and how they fit with the organization's goals. planning the project will need to complete the execution. Then, your student team needs to draft the remain- Therefore, you need to consider how you will transition der of the charter with as much help as you can get from responsibility over to the parent organization near the the sponsor and/or other people at the organization. end of the class: PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION Information Systems Enhancement Project Charter The following charter was used when a nonprofit from a communications perspective regarding how to agency formed a project team to upgrade its informa- write a project charter, and comments on the right side tion systems. Comments on the left side give advice. offer suggestions regarding the content of each