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BUS 519 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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519 Week 2 DQ 1 Need for Risk Management BUS 519
Week 2 DQ 2 Critical Success Factors BUS 519 Week
3 DQ 1 Project Initiation BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2
Stakeholder Analysis BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1
Assess Organizational Readiness (2 Papers) BUS
519 Week 4 DQ 1 Identifying and Mitigating Risks
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DQ "What is Risk?" Please respond to the
following Risk concerns both positive
and negative aspects of an event. Analyze why it
is important to consider both perspectives when
addressing risk for an organization. Include an
example to support your response. Evaluate how
threats and opportunities can be used to an
organizations advantage when developing the risk
management plan. Argue the value of having a risk
strategy despite the cost associated with it.
Include an example to support your response.
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Discussion 2 Top of Form "Planning for Risk"
Please respond to the following There are three
schools of thought regarding risk. The first
considers the positive and negative aspects of
risk, but sees them as separate. The second group
believes that there are benefits from treating
threats and opportunities together, while the
third school does not label uncertainties, but
addresses uncertainty as part of doing the job.
Compare and contrast the advantages and
disadvantages of each approach. Respond to
another students post (ground students will
discuss their positions).
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Week 2 DQ "Need for Risk Management" Please
respond to the following There are
four (4) critical success factors that are
important for effective risk management
supportive organization competent people
appropriate methods, tools and techniques and
simple, scalable process. Determine three (3)
obstacles for an organization to manage risk
effectively. Suggest strategies from the
perspective of a project manager to avoid the
obstacles.
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Discussion 2 "Critical Success Factors" Please
respond to the following There are four critical
success factors that are important for effective
risk management supportive organization
competent people appropriate methods, tools and
techniques and simple, scalable process. Predict
the outcome of a project if any of these critical
success factors is absent for a project. Support
your predictions. Recommend how you would
approach the stakeholders of the project and
persuade them that the missing critical success
factor(s) must be addressed in order to maximize
a successful project. Support your response.
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BUS 519 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assess Organizational
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Assess Organizational Readiness Due Week 3 and
worth 200 points Note The assignments are a
series of papers that are based on the same case,
which is located in the Student Center of the
course shell. The assignments are dependent upon
one another. Review the assigned case study and
complete this assignment. Write a five to seven
(5-7) page paper in which you 1. Analyze
how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to
the facts of the case study. Provide examples to
support your analysis.
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BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 1 Project Initiation FOR MORE
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Discussion 1 Top of Form "Project Initiation"
Please respond to the following One of the most
important aspects of managing risk for a project
is to accurately define the size of the project.
Determine the criteria that must be considered to
perform the project sizing and create one
additional factor with rationale. Suppose the
size of the project was not determined correctly
and a large, complex project was defined as a
medium project instead. Predict the outcome of
the risk management process within this
organization. Include examples (i.e., the
incorrect schedule of the risk management review,
incorrect schedule of quantitative assessments)
to support your prediction.
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BUS 519 Week 3 DQ 2 Stakeholder Analysis FOR MORE
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Discussion 2 "Stakeholder Analysis" Please
respond to the following Using the Stakeholder
Analysis Template (Appendix B2 in the Hillson
and Simon text) for a company that you currently
work for or you are familiar with, determine the
key stakeholders and categorize them by their
attitude, power, and interest dimensions. Justify
the categorization for each stakeholder and post
the completed appendix for the class to
see.Analyze how stakeholder analysis affects the
overall project risk management within an
organization. Include an example to support your
response.
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BUS 519 Week 4 Assignment 2 Risk Management Plan
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Risk Management Plan Due Week 4 and worth 240
points Note The assignments are a series of
papers that are based on the same case, which is
located in the Student Center of the course
shell. The assignments are dependent upon one
another. In this assignment, you will create a
risk management plan. You have a budget of
100,000 and a timeline of six (6) months for the
plan. Please refer to Figure A-1, Risk Management
Plan Template, from Appendix A of the Hillson and
Simon text to create the plan.
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BUS 519 Week 4 DQ 2 Defining Risks FOR MORE
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Discussion 2 Top of Form "Defining Risks" Please
respond to the following Imagine you have
addressed the risks identified in Discussion 1.
Now you have decided to proceed with your plan to
open the pet store. Determine your potential
stakeholders in the venture and analyze how they
affect your risk management plan. Determine the
strategies to bring this group of people together
and convince them that you have a winning idea
for your business. Support your response.
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Discussion 2 Top of Form "Defining Risks" Please
respond to the following Imagine you have
addressed the risks identified in Discussion 1.
Now you have decided to proceed with your plan to
open the pet store. Determine your potential
stakeholders in the venture and analyze how they
affect your risk management plan.
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BUS 519 Week 5 DQ 1 Risk Perception FOR MORE
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5 Discusion "Risk Perception" Please respond to
the following Using the information
presented in Common Influences on Risk
Perception Figure 6-3 (Hillson and Simon text),
determine the conscious factors, subconscious
factors, and affective factors for this project.
Examine how awareness of such factors influences
the decision of hiring outside vendors. In
addition, analyze how the stated factors help
improve the overall facilitation and
effectiveness of the risk management.
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Discussion 2 "Risk Responsibility" Please respond
to the following It is important to identify
responsible individuals to be risk owners.
Imagine you have identified the highest risk for
your project and you plan to assign
responsibilities to an individual. Compose a list
of at least eight questions that you would want
to have the individual answer satisfactorily
before you assign the responsibilities. Provide a
rationale for the creation of your list.
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BUS 519 Week 6 Assignment 3 Risk Workshop and
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Risk Workshop and Risk Register Due Week 6 and
worth 240 points Note The assignments are a
series of papers that are based on the same case,
which is located in the Student Center of the
course shell. The assignments are dependent upon
one another. Write an eight to ten (8-10) Risk
Workshop and Risk Register Component paper in
which you 1. Identify the required
pre-workshop activities.
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BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 1 Possible Risk Impacts FOR
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Discussion 1 "Possible Risk Impacts" Please
respond to the following Using Table 5.4
Possible Risk Impacts, (Chapter 5 of the Heldman
text), select the top-three most critical risks
regardless of the size or scope of a project.
Justify your selection. Suggest strategies for
the project manager to address each type of the
risks selected in Part 1 of this discussion.
Support your suggestion.
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BUS 519 Week 6 DQ 2 Quantitative Risk
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DQ "Quantitative Risk Analysis" Please respond to
the following Review the Monte Carlo
Analysis method presented in Chapter 15 of the
Hillson and Simon text. Then, determine whether
or not you would recommend to a project manager
the use of this methodology for a large, complex
project. Include an example to support your
response. If you would not recommend the use of a
method such as Monte Carlo, explain what you
would recommend as an alternative tool that would
allow the project manager to make informed
decisions. Provide a rationale for your
recommendation.
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Discussion 1 Top of Form "Response Strategies"
Please respond to the following After a risk
workshop has been completed, risk interviews are
often completed with subject matter experts.
Assess the value of the interviews to identify
risk response strategies. Provide one example of
a subject area you would expect to be addressed
in the interview and explain why.
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BUS 519 Week 7 DQ 2 Planning for Unknowns FOR
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Week 7 DQ Planning for Unknowns" Please respond
to the following Evaluate your project
management options in terms of schedule,
performance, and cost for the following scenario.
Support your evaluation. An office building
construction project is 80 complete in the
southern Virginia area, when a major hurricane
strikes, and stops progress on the worksite for
10 days while damage is assessed and repairs are
completed. The project has a fixed budget and a
completion date that cannot be moved any further
to the right.
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Week 8 DQ "Ongoing Risk Management" Please
respond to the following In many risk
programs, risks are managed individually.
However, a robust risk program considers the
cumulative effect of all risks. Assess the
following scenario and identify the effect of
multiple events on a risk management
strategy When the Titanic struck the iceberg,
the weather was bad, the lookouts were not
properly equipped, the radio operator was not
monitoring other ship traffic in the area, and
the ship design had a major flaw in the
construction of the hulls watertight
compartments.
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Discussion 2 Risk Review Process Please respond
to the following Identify the use of
major and minor reviews during a projects life
cycle, and determine which project factors (e.g.,
size, complexity, budget, schedule, human
resources) would aid in the determination of the
use of the reviews. Support your position(s).
Select which types of stakeholders should attend
major reviews and which types of stakeholders
should attend minor reviews. Justify your
selection. Discuss how the stakeholder groups
affect the review types.
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519 Week 9 Assignment 4 Project Progress Due Week
9 and worth 200 points Note The assignments are
a series of papers that are based on the same
case, which is located in the Student Center of
the course shell. The assignments are dependent
upon one another. During the project life cycle,
project risk reviews and reports are required as
previously identified in the risk management
plan. Two months after the project started, the
following events have taken place.
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BUS 519 Week 9 DQ 1 Post-Project Review FOR MORE
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Review" Please respond to the following Assess
the importance of completing post-project
reviews, and determine what project documentation
must be updated as a result of the review
meeting. Discuss the risks associated with
failing to complete the documentation to the
organization. Discuss how this should be handled
when not completed from a managerial
perspective. Identify the benefits of a complete
risk register for a subsequent phase of a
project. Speculate on the consequence of project
management without a complete risk register.
Include an example to support your response.
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Discussion 2 "Small-Project Application" Please
respond to the following Compare and contrast
the differences in the ATOM methodology for large
versus small projects. Analyze why it is
important to address these differences when
preparing the initial project plan. Analyze the
impact on the budget and other project resources
if a tailored process for a small project is not
employed. Include an example or scenario to
support your response.
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Week 10 DQ "ATOM for Large Projects" Please
respond to the following Debate
whether or not the cost of utilizing ATOM for
large projects is justified when an organization
has limited resources to dedicate to risk
management efforts. Provide a description that
you would present to your managers to persuade
them to see matters your way
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Discussion 2Top of Form "Project Lessons Learned"
Please respond to the following Using Figure
16-2, Sources of Risks at the Program Level
from the Hillson and Simon text as the basis for
your discussion, provide three reasons why it
would be appropriate to address risks at all
levels in the organization. As the ATOM
methodology has been presented in this course,
its usefulness has been demonstrated for an
individual project. Analyze whether or not
changes would be necessary to use the ATOM
methodology to manage risk for a program versus
for an individual project. Include an example to
support your analysis.
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Discussion 1 "Methodology Comparasion" Please
respond to the following From the e-Activity,
choose one project risk management methodology
(not ATOM), compare and contrast the steps of the
methodology you chose with ATOM. Provide an
example of how each methodology is clearly
used. Determine if you would choose ATOM as the
most significant methodology for all of your
project risk management. Justify whether or not
you would replace the one you researched with
ATOM. Support your response.
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Discussion 2 "Course Lessons Learned" Please
respond to the following Identify three concepts
that you have learned in this course that will be
useful for project work in your current
organization. Explain how you would justify the
use of the three concepts identified to other
members of your organization.
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