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• INF 338 Entire Course

• INF 338 Week 1 Assignment Virtual Teams

• NF 338 Week 1 Discussion 1 Teamplayer
• INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 2 Team Development
• INF 338 Week 1 Quiz
• INF 338 Week 1 Assignment Virtual Teams
• INF 338 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Styles
• INF 338 Week 2 Quiz
• INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 1 Project vs. Operation

• Virtual 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

• INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 2 Team Development

• Teamplayer. 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?

• 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?

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• INF 338 Week 1 Quiz

• INF 338 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Styles

• 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.

• Leadership 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.

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• INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 1 Project vs. Operation

• INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 2 Leadership Activities

• 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.

• 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

• INF 338 Week 3 Assignment Project Design

• 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.

• Project 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.

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• INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 1 Stakeholder Management

• INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 2 Critical Success
  Factors

• 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.

• 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?

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• INF 338 Week 3 Quiz

• INF 338 Week 4 Assignment Meeting Plan

• 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?

• Meeting 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.

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• INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 1 Long Projects

• INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 2 Peer Assessments

• Long 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.

• 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

• INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 1 Project Communications

• 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.

• 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.