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BUS 697 Week 1 Assignment The PMMM Helps Bring
Success To Sap And Petrotrin   For more classes
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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 classes visit www.snaptutorial.com       Econ
omic 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 economies. Respond to at least two of
your fellow classmates postings.      
              
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BUS 697 Week 1 DQ 2 PMMM   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 1 Tangible Benefits   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com       Tangible
Benefits. The text describes the tangible
benefits of using project management in Chapter
Six, including the following areas Lower
Cost Shortened schedules No sacrifice of scope or
quality Higher customer satisfaction    
              
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BUS 697 Week 2 DQ 2 PM Culture   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 culture explain why and
suggest improvements that could be accomplished.
Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.                       
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BUS 697 Week 2 Hexagon of Excellence   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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.snaptutorial.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
initiatives. Decide what change management issues
are present that limit the organizations efforts
in continuous improvement. What are the forces
driving the initiative? What practices could be
improved? What should be abandoned? Respond to at
least two of your fellow classmates
postings                       
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BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 2 Phase Review Meetings   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com       Phas
e 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 able to walk away from the
meeting with? Respond to at least two of your
fellow classmates postings.                
    
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BUS 697 Week 3 Five Phases   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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.   Your paper
must include a title page and a reference page,
which are not included in the page length
requirements. A minimum of one to two sources,
including the textbook, must be used for this
assignment.                   
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BUS 697 Week 4 Altex Corporation   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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? Does the
customer have the right to expect the contractor
to perform risk analysis and develop a risk
management plan if it is not called out as part
of the contractual statement of work?    
              
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 1 Triple Constraint and Lessons
Learned   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com       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 example of a project you led or were a
team member where one or more of these factors
came into play. Respond to at least two of your
fellow classmates postings.                 
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BUS 697 Week 4 DQ 2 Lessons Learned
Analysis   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com       Lessons 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.snaptutorial.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. Respond to at
least two of your fellow classmates
postings.                   
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BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 2 Earned Value   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 have
resulted. Respond to at least two of your fellow
classmates postings.                   
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BUS 697 Week 6 DQ 1 Best Practices   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com     Best
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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com     Knowledge
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.snaptutorial.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-media and class discussion
boards. It is mandatory to have research from the
classroom text, as well as at least 4 sources
from the internet or online library to support
your views. A minimum of 2 of these sources must
be from the Ashford Online Library.    
              
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