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INF 342 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Management For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Project
Management. What is a project? How does project
management differ from other types of management?
What does a project manager do? Describe at least
three interpersonal or leadership skills that are
essential for a successful project manager.
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.
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INF 342 Week 1 DQ 2 Phases and Steps of PM For
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and Steps of PM. What are the four phases and
eight steps of the project management process (as
defined in your text)? How are these steps and
phases connected? What is the likely outcome if
these are not followed? What is the key
difference between a project team members focus
and a project managers focus when it comes to
these phases and steps? Respond to at least two
of your classmates postings.
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INF 342 Week 1 Successful Projects For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Successful
Projects. Assume the project sponsor within a
major corporation has championed a project for
the past year, and the concept was finally
approved. Of the strategies a sponsor would use
to ensure project success, describe three that
you think are the most important, and discuss how
the strategies are applied.
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INF 342 Week 2 DQ 2 When to Form the Team For
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Form the Team. Project teams are an essential
part of most projects and depending on the
project scope and work scope team membership is
likely to change. The question is When should
the PM form a project team? Provide your
response in 200 works or less and support your
rationale using the text and outside sources.
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.
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INF 342 Week 2 Project Requirements Document
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Pro
ject Requirements Document. Imagine that you have
been selected as the Project manager (PM) for a
process or product improvement activity or the
design of a new product or service in your
organization. Prepare a three- to four-page
Project Requirements Document (not including the
title and reference pages) for this project that
describes the following items 1. Background
information
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INF 342 Week 3 DQ 1 Gantt Chart For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Gantt Chart.
Define what a Gantt chart is. How would you use
it to focus and key in critical areas that need
improvement? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 342 Week 3 DQ 2 Risk Management For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Risk
Management. Read the Forbes article, Managing
Capital Projects in a High- Risk World. Based on
the content presented in the article, describe
some of the risk management techniques and tools
available to a PM. Explain how you would apply
them to assessing the risk involved with
implementing a service or product improvement, or
to the design of a new service or product.
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INF 342 Week 3 PDM Network Diagram Tool For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   PDM
Network Diagram Tool. Using the Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) created in the Week Three
assignment one, create a logical precedence
diagramming method (PDM) network diagram. The
specifications for the network diagram are as
follows
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INF 342 Week 3 WBS Tool For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   WBS Tool. Based on
the Project Requirements Document you created
from Week Two, create one detailed project plan
in a work breakdown structure (WBS) format that
presents at least five major activities and at
least three tasks per major activity. This means
you will have at least 15 tasks in your project
plan. Your  
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INF 342 Week 4 DQ 1 Project Stakeholders For
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Stakeholders. What is the definition of a project
stakeholder? Why do you think it is critical to
manage stakeholder relationships and how is this
connected to project control? Provide an example
from your own experiences where you saw good OR
bad stakeholder relationship management and
justify why you thought it was positive or
negative. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 342 Week 4 DQ 2 Communication Methods For
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ation Methods. Discuss some of the important ways
a PM can gather and analyze information? Comment
on the value of informal communication methods
when conducting and running a project. Are there
times when informal communication takes place
when formal communication is needed or vice
versa? How would this affect your project?
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.
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INF 342 Week 4 Gantt Chart Paper For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Gantt Chart
Paper. A Gantt chart is a powerful data
analysis/project schedule control tool. Create a
Gantt chart using at least the five major
activities in the sequence you identified in Week
Three, assignment one. Prepare a written summary
of your results and conclusions to executive
management that incorporates a copy of your Gantt
chart.  
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INF 342 Week 5 DQ 1 PM Documents For more
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Documents. Discuss some of the important customer
and organizational documents that a PM should be
concerned with during the closeout phase of the
project. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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INF 342 Week 5 DQ 2 Standardized Work
Instructions For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. Standardized
Work Instructions. What are standardized work
instructions? Comment on some of the
characteristics that effective standardized work
instructions have and the benefits that
organizations can enjoy by implementing them
after close of a pro
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NF 342 Week 2 DQ 1 Key Project Documents For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Key
Project Documents. There are two key documents
used to define a project. Identify those
documents and explain how a PM would use them in
managing the project throughout the project life
cycle. Use the text and outside sources to
support your response and document them in APA
format. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.

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