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BUS 697 Week 1 DQ 1 Economic Conditions For
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Conditions. Project management is a fundamental
skill in an organization no matter what the
economic climate. How does the current economic
climate affect strategic planning for the
organization as well as for project management?
Provide commentary to support the importance of
strategic planning in both strong and weak
economies. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 1 DQ 2 PMMM For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   PMMM. Give a brief
overview of the levels of the Project Management
Maturity Model (PMMM). Review the Foundation of
Excellence section of Chapter 4 of the text.
Explain how strategic planning can enable a
company to reach level five of their PMMM.
Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 2 DQ 1 Tangible Benefits For more
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Benefits. The text describes the tangible
benefits of using project management in Chapter
Six, including the following areas   Lower
Cost Shortened schedules No sacrifice of scope or
quality   Higher customer satisfaction  
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BUS 697 Week 2 DQ 2 PM Culture For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   PM Culture. An
organization needs to have project management
built into its culture to be effective. Evaluate
the maturity of the project management culture in
your organization and describe improvements that
can be implemented based on your text readings.
If you feel your organization does not yet have a
project management culture explain why and
suggest improvements that could be accomplished.
Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 2 Hexagon of Excellence For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Hexagon of
Excellence. Review the Hexagon of Excellence in
Chapter 7 in your text and write a 2 to 4 page
(not including title and reference pages), APA
style article review paper.  Select and describe
at least three characteristics that make the
performance of a company excellent in terms of
how they approach project management.  Provide
details on how a current or previous employer
used any of these areas for success in the
marketplace  Analyzes how an employer aligns
projects to organizational strategy. You must use
a minimum of one to two sources, including the
textbook.
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BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 1 Continuous Improvement For
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us Improvement. Many organizations focus on
continuous improvement processes to aid
efficiency improvement, reduce waste, and/or
maximize profits. In your posting, discuss three
of the continuous improvement foci areas you have
experienced in your job or organization and
discuss the effectiveness (or benefits) of such
initiatives. Decide what change management issues
are present that limit the organizations efforts
in continuous improvement. What are the forces
driving the initiative? What practices could be
improved? What should be abandoned? Respond to at
least two of your fellow classmates postings
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BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 2 Phase Review Meetings For
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Review Meetings. Describe the structure and
importance of a project phase review meeting.
Select three areas that need to be reviewed by
the project manager and explain why. Create a
list of stakeholders that should be invited to
the meeting. Why did you choose these
stakeholders? What should all the meeting
participants be able to walk away from the
meeting with? Respond to at least two of your
fellow classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 3 Five Phases For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Five Phases. After
reading this weeks assigned articles, submit a 2
to 4 page, APA-style paper that summarizes each
phase of the project lifecycle and analyzes how
each phase could support the organizations
business strategy.   Your paper must include a
title page and a reference page, which are not
included in the page length requirements. A
minimum of one to two sources, including the
textbook, must be used for this assignment.  
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BUS 697 Week 4 Altex Corporation For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Altex
Corporation. Read Case 3 Altex Corporation in
the case study section of your text. Write a
summary of the case and answer the following
questions from the end of the case.   Why was a
risk management plan considered
unnecessary? Should risk management planning be
performed in the proposal stage or after contract
award, assuming that it must be done?
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 1 Triple Constraint and Lessons
Learned For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Triple Constraint and Lessons Learned. The
triple constraint in Project Management is known
to be time, cost and scope. The ability to manage
these three items very often leads to project
success. Identify two success factors from
Chapter 11 then compare them with two components
of failure from the same chapter. Provide an
example of a project you led or were a team
member where one or more of these factors came
into play. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 2 Lessons Learned Analysis
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Les
sons Learned Analysis. One key concept in project
management is to learn from previous projects.
The Lessons Learned review allows an organization
to collect and document the results of both
successful and failed projects. Give an overview
of a project you were involved with as a leader
or team member.
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  BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 1 Six Sigma For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Six Sigma.
Identify one of the goals of Six Sigma shown in
Table 13-1 of the text and provide an example of
a project you have been involved with where the
method could have helped the project outcome.
Comment if your organization uses Six Sigma and,
if so, the influence it has had on the results of
projects and the overall business. Respond to at
least two of your fellow classmates postings.
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  BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 2 Earned Value For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Earned
Value. Review the Fleming and Koppelman article
from your assigned readings. Evaluate two of the
ten EVM requirements and analyze how a project
you have worked on in the past could have been
more effective by using the measures. Provide
detailed information if your organization
consistently uses EVM and the benefits that have
resulted. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 6 DQ 1 Best Practices For more
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Practices. List three processes in your
organization that are considered best practices
and describe how they meet the critical questions
from Chapter 15 in the text. If your organization
does not have a best practice, use the knowledge
gained from the case studies and article reviews
in class to describe your idea of a best
practice. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.  
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BUS 697 Week 6 DQ 2 Knowledge Transfer For more
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Transfer. Compare how knowledge transfer for
project management happens in your organization
with the model shown in figure 15-4 of the text.
Where can your organization make improvements to
ensure knowledge transfer is a critical success
area in the future? Where is your organization
excelling? Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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