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INF 410 Entire Course (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf410.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 CommunicationINF 410 Week 4 DQ 2
Team Development ModelINF 410 Week 4 Assignment
Monthly Status Report to Sponsors
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INF 410 Week 1 DQ 1 Project Life Cycle (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf410.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
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INF 410 Week 1 DQ 2 The Importance of Project
Management (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf410.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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.com Project 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 (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf410.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 5.
Heuristics are used in resource-constrained
projects to develop the optimal schedule
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INF 410 Week 4 Assignment Monthly Status Report
to Sponsors (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.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.
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INF 410 Week 4 DQ 1 Stakeholder Communication
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.com Stakeholder 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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.inf410.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 (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.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
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.inf410.com Focus 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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