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INF 338 Week 1 Assignment Virtual Teams FOR MORE
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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. Explain the
advantages and disadvantages of using virtual
teams.
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INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 1 Teamplayer FOR MORE
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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? As a manager, how can you
help promote these characteristics in your
team? Respond to at least two of your classmates
posts.
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INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 2 Team Development FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.inf338mentor.com   Team
Development. Review the Stages of Team
Development website athttp//www.businessballs.co
m/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm and
use the model to examine a team in which you
are/were a member. How well does the model
explain your experiences as a developing team?
How could you use this model to better manage a
team in which you were charged as the leader?
What are the implications for project management
when a project needs to begin quickly and perform
at a high level in a short period of time?
Respond to at least two other students in a
substantive way.
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INF 338 Week 1 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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. 2. The expert member method can be used
as a method of team decision making. The most
expert member is allowed to decide for the team.
The difficulty with this method often lies in
deciding who has the most expertise, especially
when those with power or status in the team
overestimate their expertise.
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INF 338 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Styles FOR
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hip 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.
Explain how the use of this leadership style
enhanced the project and your experience as a
team member.
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INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 1 Project vs.
Operation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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.
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INF 338 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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. 4. Heuristics
are essential for successful project management,
because every project is unique and requires its
own approach. Ravindran, Phillips, and Solberg
(1987) present these modeling heuristics except
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INF 338 Week 3 Assignment Project Design FOR MORE
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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).
Describe the major steps and the milestones of
your project along with a timeline for each step.
Be sure to explain how to address team conflicts
and how to help ensure team cohesion and
collaboration. You are required to use at least
two scholarly sources in addition to the text in
the construction of your paper.
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INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 1 Stakeholder
Management FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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
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om   Critical Success Factors. Study the
Critical Success Factors and Their Importance
for System Implementation figure on page 81 of
the text. Consider how you managed a project
(personal or professional) in the past and the
relationship of the Critical Success Factors to
the outcome of that project. What factor or
factors contributed most to your success? Which
factor or factors limited the success of the
project? Respond to at least two other students
in a substantive way.
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INF 338 Week 3 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   1. Activities for which
the earliest and latest times turn out to be
equal are called critical. 2. Then what does
Forward Pass- EF stand for when running through
the network from beginning to end? 3. Which of
these is not a change that is stated as happening
in the workplace today? 4. What does the term
free float refer to when referring to an
activity? 5. The following are key features of
this age of Project Management according to Pinto
and Kharbanda (1995)
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INF 338 Week 4 Assignment Meeting Plan FOR MORE
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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. Your paper should be
formatted according to APA style as outlined in
the approved APA style guide, and should cite at
least one scholarly source in addition to the
textbook.
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INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 1 Long Projects FOR
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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 FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.inf338mentor.com   Peer
Assessments. After reading Peer Assessment on
page 111 of the text, explain how peer
assessments can strengthen a team. How can it
improve team relations and reduce team conflicts?
When would peer assessments not be appropriate?
Respond to at least two other students in a
substantive way.
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INF 338 Week 4 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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). 2. If a delay is caused by
resources that have not arrived, you must explain
this thoroughly and wait. 3. Self-assessment has
not been proven to be a very effective way of
improving projects.
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INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 1 Project
Communications FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.inf338mentor.com   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.
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INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 2 Software FOR MORE
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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?
How can you use a Gantt chart to communicate
effectively and what re the limitations of using
such tools? Respond to at least two other
students in a substantive way.
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INF 338 Week 5 Final Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.inf338mentor.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers This paper
will demonstrate your understanding of the key
concepts at the core of good project management
practices covered throughout this course. Your
paper should be based on a project (either
theoretical or an actual project) and how issues
of management, leadership, and team collaboration
were applied to the success (or failure) of the
project.
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