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INF 410 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.inf410mart.com     INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1
Project Life Cycle INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The
Importance of Project Management INF 410 Week 1
Quiz INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project Charter INF 410
Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management Plan INF 410 Week
2 Quiz INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk
Identification INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple
Constraint INF 410 Week 3 Quiz
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INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle (Ash) FOR
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Life Cycle. The four main elements of the project
life cycle are defining, planning, executing and
closing. Give an example of a task you performed
on a project, either as a leader or team member,
and identify what stage of the life cycle it was
in and why. Describe if you felt the task was
strategically important to the project and also
the company. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project
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VISIT www.inf410mart.com     The Importance of
Project Management. Project management has become
an important aspect of business in many
companies. Projects are integrated with the
strategic views of the corporation to ensure
maximum benefits are achieved. Describe how
project management techniques enable the company
to meet their strategic mission. Do you feel that
project management is becoming more important in
business today, or less important? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 1 Quiz (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.inf410mart.com     Quiz 1. The
professional certification for project managers
is a Project Management Professional (PMP). 2.
Creating teams using the project form of
project management structure results in the
maximum technological expertise being brought to
bear on project problems. 3. Project
management integration necessitates combining all
of the major dimensions of project management
under one umbrella.
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INF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project Charter (Ash) FOR
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Charter. Describe the importance of a project
charter to the project manager. How does a strong
project sponsor and clear project scope apply to
the overall success of a project? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management Plan
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  Project Management Plan. List three important
items that belong within a project management
plan, and the importance of breaking the project
into phases. Additionally, please comment on the
importance of obtaining sponsorship approval when
concluding each phase of the project. Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 2 Quiz (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.inf410mart.com     Quiz 1. The
backward pass in project network calculations
determines the 2. People working on prototype
development needing time to interact with the
design engineers after the design is completed is
an example of 3. Learning curves are more
likely to apply in situations where most of the
costs.
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INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Identification
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  Risk Identification. State the importance of
identifying risks and categorizing them as high,
medium or low probability. Explain why risks
associated with the critical path of the project
need special attention. Respond to at least two
of your classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple Constraint (Ash) FOR
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Constraint. Thetriple constraint in project
management is traditionally time, resources and
scope. Provide an example of a project you have
been involved with that had limited resources.
What types of resource constraints affected the
project, and how? Please comment if the limited
resources also impacted the timeline and scope of
the project. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 3 Quiz (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.inf410mart.com QUIZ 1. The initial
step in the risk management process is to 2.
Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak
demand on resources is known as resource 3.
Project budgets are developed by time-phasing
which of the following? 4. All of the following
are included in the risk identification process
except 5. Heuristics are used in
resource-constrained projects to develop the
optimal schedule 6. Due to the impact over a long
period of time, risk events that occur in the
early stages of a project will have a greater
cost impact than those that occur in later stages.
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INF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report
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VISIT www.inf410mart.com   Monthly Status Report
to Sponsors. Assume you are the project manager
for a software company and your team is in charge
of delivering an update to tax preparation
software for the next tax season. The project
team has ten software developers working
together, but located across the country. You
have the following information about the project,
and need to provide a status to the sponsors.
Please write a one page status report to the
sponsors in APA format, providing a clear
indication of status of the project. (Suggestion
Red, Yellow, or Green for status). The sponsors
also like to only know the two most important
risks, and what could be done to mitigate the
risk if it happens.
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INF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeholder Communication
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Stakeholder Communication. Project managers must
understand and communicate with all the
stakeholders of a project. The project sponsor is
one very important stakeholder that needs to be
satisfied with the outcome of a project. Describe
why the project sponsor is one of the most
important stakeholders, and what a project
manager should do to keep them informed of the
status of a project. Provide professional
examples if possible. Respond to at least two of
your classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 4 DQ 2 Team Development Model
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  Team Development Model. Review the five stage
model of team development in the required reading
of Chapter 11. Describe a project that you are
involved with right now, and the stage that the
project team is currently in. Comment on what
makes this particular stage enjoyable, or
difficult. If you are not involved with a project
currently, describe your favorite stage of a
project you have been involved with in the past.
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.
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INF 410 Week 4 Quiz (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.inf410mart.com QUIZ 1. The storming
stage of team development is completed once
members begin to think of themselves as part of a
group 2. Project leadership is about coping
with 3. In mapping dependencies for a project,
the project manager should 4. Which of the
following would be defined as the ability or
skill to perceive, assess and manage the emotions
of one 's self and others? 5. During which stage
of team development is high performance not a top
priority and team member emotions run from upbeat
to depressed?
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INF 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Project Closure (Ash) FOR
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Closure. The decision to close a project before
actual completion can happen for many different
reasons. Describe a project you have been
involved with, or of which you have knowledge,
where one of these barriers to project success
actually occurred and the project closed before
completion. Is there something the project
manager could have done to prevent the early
termination? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 410 Week 5 DQ 2 Globalization and Project
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VISIT www.inf410mart.com   Globalization and
Project Management. The globalization of the
workforce is an important trend in many
industries and organizations. Not only are some
project managers assigned to different countries
to complete an assignment, but many virtual teams
also have membership that spans different regions
of the globe. Describe a project that you have
been involved with, or are interested in, that
may have a project team that is truly global.
Determine the cultural aspects and possible
conflicts of that project team, and how a
successful project manager can overcome the
issues.
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INF 410 Week 5 Final Paper Project Management
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Focus of the Final Paper The final six to eight
page paper must demonstrate understanding of new
learning in the field of project management. It
is mandatory to have research from the classroom
text, as well as two sources from the internet or
online library to support your views. It is
recommended to use examples from your
professional experience where possible, or build
from your learning in the discussion boards.
(Suggestion use at least one project of which
you have been either a team member or a project
manager as an example to describe the topics
below) Define project management and explain its
importance to the business world.
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