Assignment
This is the first time that the CIO has had a project manager directly reporting to him. He wants to make sure that you follow best practices in project management. However, he has a very biased view of project management (he is PMP certified and exclusively favors A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKGuide)-Fifth Edition), so he tends to hinder you rather than help you. You are seeking to educate him about the variety of project management methodologies so that he can best help and evaluate your work. He has asked that you develop a presentation comparing several different project management models, such as Agile, Waterfall, Critical Path Method (CPM), Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), Six Sigma, Scrum, etc.
Your presentation must be 7-10 slides (with 150-200 words of speaker notes per slide). Additionally, include a title and reference slide.The title slide (including topic title, your name, etc.) makes your presentation look and appear professional. The reference slide at the end with correctly APA style formatted references ensures your information and positions are substantiated and that credit for others' work is acknowledged with correctly APA style formatted in-text citations in your speaker notes.
Assignment Guidelines
• Research the library for information about 2-3 different project management models for you to compare.
o One of the selected models should be the model that you believe would be best for this course's project.
• Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 7-10 slides that includes the following:
o Explain the value that each selected project management model offers to a project manager.
o Explain which project settings are ideal for their use.
- Use credible sources to support your arguments.
o Explain why one of your selected models is ideal for the current course project.
Senerio
Your organization has just completed the initiation process for implementing an e-mail system upgrade. It was identified in a recent meeting with management leaders from the sales, consulting, and information technology (IT) departments that the current e-mail system is causing significant amount of business interruptions and must be updated immediately. You have been assigned the role of project manager to develop the project schedule and budget. As project manager, you are responsible for implementing and enforcing the project schedule and its estimates, expected costs, and the techniques and methods that will be chosen to execute and control the project. The project is being initiated with the following initial project scope in mind:
- There are 5 e-mail systems currently being used across 12 departments and offices. These will be replaced and consolidated into one e-mail system.
- New e-mail standards and protocols will be established and training provided to all departments.
- All 2,000 current e-mail users will be converted to the new system, and 500 new users that did not have e-mail before will be added.
- Users will have both local area network (LAN) and remote access to e-mail.
- Help desk and support infrastructure will be set up to accommodate the new system.
- Equipment will be salvaged.
User PCs will be upgraded to accommodate the new e-mail system.
A friend has turned you on to a project management e-group for technical discussions and information sharing. You check into a discussion thread that is in progress about control schedule and control cost processes. Those with challenges are looking to the group for advice and practical knowledge.
Reflecting upon your own organization, discuss the challenges that you have encountered when implementing schedule and cost control processes.