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• BUS 697 Week 1 Assignment The PMMM Helps Bring
  Success To Sap And Petrotrin
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• BUS 697 Week 1 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
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• Economic 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
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• 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
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• 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

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• BUS 697 Week 2 DQ 2 PM Culture
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• 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
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• 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.
• Provide details on how a current or previous
  employer used any of these areas for success in
  the marketplace

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• BUS 697 Week 3 DQ 1 Continuous Improvement
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• Continuous 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
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• 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 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
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• 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
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• 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
  Learned
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• 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
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• 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.
• Choose three of the project areas listed below
  and answer one question from each group of
  questions found in Chapter 12 of your text.
  Respond to at least two of your fellow
  classmates postings in your responses, try to
  respond to people who chose other areas/questions
  to answer.
• Time

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• BUS 697 Week 5 DQ 1 Six Sigma
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.
• Consider the validity of your resources carefully
  before using them in academic papers. It is
  recommended to use examples from your
  professional experience where possible, or build
  from your learning in the discussion boards. Use
  at least one project you have been a team member
  or a project manager as an example to discuss
  each of the following

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