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INF 338 Week 1 Assignment Virtual Teams For
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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.
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INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 1 Teamplayer For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Team
player. 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? .
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INF 338 Week 1 Discussion 2 Team Development
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com   Team Development. Review the Stages of
Team Development website at 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
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INF 338 Week 1 Quiz For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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. 2. The expert member
method can be used as a method of team decision
making. The most expert member is
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INF 338 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Styles For
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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.
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INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 1 Project vs.
Operation For more course tutorials
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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.
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INF 338 Week 2 Discussion 2 Leadership
Activities For more course tutorials
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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 For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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. 4. Heuristics are essential for
successful project management, because every
project is unique and requires its own approach.
Ravindran, Phillips, and Solberg (1987) present
these modeling heuristics except
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INF 338 Week 3 Assignment Project Design For
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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.
Be sure to explain how to address team conflicts
and how to
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INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 1 Stakeholder
Management For more course tutorials
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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.
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INF 338 Week 3 Discussion 2 Critical Success
Factors For more course tutorials
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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? Which factor or factors limited the
success of the project? Respond to at least two
othe
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INF 338 Week 3 Quiz For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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? 3. Which of
these is not a change that is stated as happening
in the workplace today? 4. What does the term
free float refer to when referring to an activity?
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INF 338 Week 4 Assignment Meeting Plan For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Meet
ing 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 For
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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
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INF 338 Week 4 Discussion 2 Peer Assessments
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com   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 For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating A   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.
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INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 1 Project
Communications For more course tutorials
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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.
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INF 338 Week 5 Discussion 2 Software For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Soft
ware. Is Project Management software a form of
communications? What types of information can be
determined by team members by viewing most
software programs? What types of information will
have to be augmented by the Project Manager to
make sure that everyone has current information?
How can you use a Gantt chart to communicate
effectively and what re the limitations of using
such tools? Respond to at least two other
students in a substantive way.
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INF 338 Week 5 Final Paper (2 Papers) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers   This
paper will demonstrate your understanding of the
key concepts at the core of good project
management practices covered throughout this
course. Your paper should be based on a project
(either theoretical or an actual project) and how
issues of management, leadership, and team
collaboration were applied to the success (or
failure) of the project. The purpose of this
assignment is to apply the c
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