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INF 410 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1
Project Life CycleINF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The
Importance of Project ManagementINF 410 Week 1
QuizINF 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Project CharterINF 410
Week 2 DQ 2 Project Management PlanINF 410 Week
2 QuizINF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk
IdentificationINF 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Triple
ConstraintINF 410 Week 3 QuizINF 410 Week 4 DQ
1 Stakeholder Communication     
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INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Project
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
Management   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Project
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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ject 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   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 are       
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INF 410 Week 3 DQ 1 Risk Identification   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Triple
Constraint. The triple 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   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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     
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INF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report
to Sponsors   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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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takeholder 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 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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?     
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INF 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Project Closure For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Project
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
Management   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.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.
    
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INF 410 Week 5 Final Paper Project Management
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ocus 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)     
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