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• INF 338 Week 1 Assignment Virtual Teams

• INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 1 Teamplayer

• Virtual Teams. In a two- to three-page paper (not
  including the title and reference pages)
• Discuss how virtual teams have changed project
  management.
• Identify the tools needed to effectively manage
  a virtual team.

• Teamplayer. After reviewing the readings for this
  week and the article Building Virtual Teams
  Strategies for High Performance, answer the
  following in 200 words
• What are some of the characteristics of effective
  teams?

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• INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 2 Team Development

• INF 338 Week 1 Quiz

• Team Development. Review the Stages of Team
  Development website at
• http//www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormin
  gnormingperforming.htm
• and use the model to examine a team in which you
  are/were a member.

• 1. Another team decision making method is called
  the average of members opinions. In this example
  the team decision is based on the average of
  individual team members opinions.

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• INF 338 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Styles

• INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 1 Project vs. Operation

• Leadership Styles. In a two- to three-page paper
  (not including the title and reference pages)
• Discuss the different styles of leadership you
  have experienced while working in project
  management or on projects.
• Identify and describe a leadership style that
  you find most effective.

• Project vs. Operation. How does a project differ
  from everyday, routine operations? What are some
  of the key characteristics of a project? Assuming
  differences exist, what are the implications for
  the project manager? Respond to at least two
  other students in a substantive way.

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• INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 2 Leadership Activities

• INF 338 Week 2 Quiz

• Leadership Activities. Read the article
  Leadership Model for Professionals. After
  reading article, list the top two leadership
  activities that you feel are most important in
  obtaining the maximum performance from your team
  and explain why these two activities are the most
  important ones. Respond to at least two other
  students in a substantive way.

• 1. Project management is a relatively new
  profession and is growing at a remarkable rate.
  Fortune magazine called project management
  Career Number 1 for the 1990s.
• 2. WBS stands for
• 3. Cost, time, and performance is all that is
  needed for a project.

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• INF 338 Week 3 Assignment Project Design

• INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 1 Stakeholder Management

• Project Design. Using the information that you
  gained from the readings thus far, write a three-
  to four-page paper (not including the title and
  reference pages) that describes a project that
  you might undertake (this can be a fictitious one
  or one that you have actually worked on).

• Stakeholder Management. After reading the article
  Crafting the Art of Stakeholder Management,
  explain the key points of stakeholder
  involvement, and explain how you would apply this
  new knowledge in your work. Respond to at least
  two other students in a substantive way.

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• INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 2 Critical Success
  Factors

• INF 338 Week 3 Quiz

• Critical Success Factors. Study the Critical
  Success Factors and Their Importance for System
  Implementation figure on page 81 of the text.

• . Activities for which the earliest and latest
  times turn out to be equal are called critical.

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• INF 338 Week 4 Assignment Meeting Plan

• INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 1 Long Projects

• Meeting Plan. Review the Meeting section in
  your text Teamwork and Project Management (p.
  103-105). In a two- to three-page paper (not
  including the title and reference pages),
  describe the topic of your final project
  including the types of team members needed to
  complete the project (i.e., project leader,
  administrative support, content experts, etc.),
  and create a meeting plan for the initial team
  meeting.

• Long Projects. What are some things that you can
  do to improve the functioning of teams during the
  course of a long project? List some ideas here
  and show how they facilitate team cohesion and
  team development. Would these enhancements be
  different for virtual teams? Respond to at least
  two other students in a substantive way.

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• INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 2 Peer Assessments

• INF 338 Week 4 Quiz

• Peer Assessments. After reading Peer Assessment
  on page 111 of the text, explain how peer
  assessments can strengthen a team.

• 1. The current quality movement started with work
  by W Edward Deming in the 1940s and progressed
  through a series of initiatives, the first being
  continuous quality improvement (CQI).

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• INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 1 Project Communications

• INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 2 Software

• Project Communications. What are your
  recommendations for communications during a
  project? What are some of the key issues that you
  are likely to encounter and how will you address
  them? Respond to at least two other students in a
  substantive way.

• Software. Is Project Management software a form
  of communications? What types of information can
  be determined by team members by viewing most
  software programs? What types of information will
  have to be augmented by the Project Manager to
  make sure that everyone has current information?

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• INF 338 Week 5 Final Paper (2 Papers)

• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
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• This paper will demonstrate your understanding of
  the key concepts at the core of good project
  management practices covered throughout this
  course.

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