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BUS 697 Week 1 Assignment The PMMM Helps Bring
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Assignment The PMMM Helps Bring Success to SAP
and Petrotrin Review the Jedd article from your
assigned readings and write a 2 to 4 page (not
including title and reference pages), APA style
paper. Use contextual (Level One) headings to
organize your paper and your thoughts. In your
paper, discuss the following
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BUS 697 Week 1 DQ 1 Economic Conditions FOR MORE
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Conditions. Project management is a fundamental
skill in an organization no matter what the
economic climate. How does the current economic
climate affect strategic planning for the
organization as well as for project management?
Provide commentary to support the importance of
strategic planning in both strong and weak
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BUS 697 Week 1 DQ 2 PMMM FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus697mentor.com   PMMM. Give a brief
overview of the levels of the Project Management
Maturity Model (PMMM). Review the Foundation of
Excellence section of Chapter 4 of the
text. Explain how strategic planning can enable a
company to reach level five of their PMMM.
Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 2 DQ 2 PM Culture FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   PM Culture. An
organization needs to have project management
built into its culture to be effective. Evaluate
the maturity of the project management culture in
your organization and describe improvements that
can be implemented based on your text readings.
If you feel your organization does not yet have a
project management
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BUS 697 Week 2 Hexagon of Excellence FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Hexagon of
Excellence. Review the Hexagon of Excellence in
Chapter 7 in your text and write a 2 to 4 page
(not including title and reference pages), APA
style article review paper. Select and describe
at least three characteristics that make the
performance of a company excellent in terms of
how they approach project management.
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BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 1 Continuous Improvement FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Continu
ous Improvement. Many organizations focus on
continuous improvement processes to aid
efficiency improvement, reduce waste, and/or
maximize profits. In your posting, discuss three
of the continuous improvement foci areas you have
experienced in your job or organization and
discuss the effectiveness (or benefits) of such
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BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 2 Phase Review Meetings FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Phase
Review Meetings. Describe the structure and
importance of a project phase review meeting.
Select three areas that need to be reviewed by
the project manager and explain why. Create a
list of stakeholders that should be invited to
the meeting. Why did you choose these
stakeholders? What should all the meeting
participants be
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BUS 697 Week 3 Five Phases FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus697mentor.com   Five Phases. After
reading this weeks assigned articles, submit a 2
to 4 page, APA-style paper that summarizes each
phase of the project lifecycle and analyzes how
each phase could support the organizations
business strategy.
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BUS 697 Week 4 Altex Corporation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Altex Corporation.
Read Case 3 Altex Corporation in the case study
section of your text. Write a summary of the case
and answer the following questions from the end
of the case. Why was a risk management plan
considered unnecessary? Should risk management
planning be performed in the proposal stage or
after contract award, assuming that it must be
done
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 1 Triple Constraint and Lessons
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om   Triple Constraint and Lessons Learned. The
triple constraint in Project Management is known
to be time, cost and scope. The ability to manage
these three items very often leads to project
success. Identify two success factors from
Chapter 11 then compare them with two components
of failure from the same chapter. Provide an
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 2 Lessons Learned Analysis FOR
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Learned Analysis. One key concept in project
management is to learn from previous projects.
The Lessons Learned review allows an organization
to collect and document the results of both
successful and failed projects. Give an overview
of a project you were involved with as a leader
or team member.
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BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 1 Six Sigma FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Six Sigma. Identify
one of the goals of Six Sigma shown in Table 13-1
of the text and provide an example of a project
you have been involved with where the method
could have helped the project outcome. Comment if
your organization uses Six Sigma and, if so, the
influence it has had on the results of projects
and the overall business.
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BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 2 Earned Value FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.bus697mentor.com   Earned Value.
Review the Fleming and Koppelman article from
your assigned readings. Evaluate two of the ten
EVM requirements and analyze how a project you
have worked on in the past could have been more
effective by using the measures. Provide detailed
information if your organization consistently
uses EVM and the benefits that
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BUS 697 Week 6 DQ 1 Best Practices FOR MORE
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Practices. List three processes in your
organization that are considered best practices
and describe how they meet the critical questions
from Chapter 15 in the text. If your organization
does not have a best practice, use the knowledge
gained from the case studies and article reviews
in class to describe your idea of a best
practice. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 6 DQ 2 Knowledge Transfer FOR MORE
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Transfer. Compare how knowledge transfer for
project management happens in your organization
with the model shown in figure 15-4 of the text.
Where can your organization make improvements to
ensure knowledge transfer is a critical success
area in the future? Where is your organization
excelling? Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.
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BUS 697 Week 6 Final Paper Project Management
Maturity Model FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.bus697mentor.com   This final research paper
must demonstrate the understanding of new
learning in the field of project management and
how it relates to the Project Management Maturity
Model. This is an assignment with a length of 10-
to 15- pages (not including title and reference
pages) that should integrate the reading, multi-
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