Being an Effective Project Manager
Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.
Understanding how to manage is just as important as having accurate estimates, proper personnel, sufficient completion time, and the appropriate amount of funds. Being a poor manager or project manager can derail a well-planned and staffed project.
Conduct research or interview a project manager to find out what it takes to be an effective manger. If you are using an article, it must have been published within the last six months. Briefly summarize your article or interview. Then explain what you learned and how you will adjust your behaviors based on this new information.
Please respond to at least two of your peers' offering your own opinion of the lesson they learned by tying it to a personal experience.
Project Control
Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.
Understanding where your project is versus the baseline projection is important. Further, understanding why your project is tracking a particular way is even more important.
Conduct research to find an example of a project that meets one of the following constraints:
• Finished on-time but over budget
• Finished on-time and within budget
• Finished late and within budget
• Fished late and over budget
The project must have been completed within the last six months.
In your post you should summarize the project details and results. Then explain what you learned from this research and how you would change your own project planning and controlling processes based on this new information.
Please respond to at least two of your peers' initial posts offering your own opinion on the project. In your response include how this new information will change your own planning and controlling processes. In addition, offer advice to your peer's adjusted process as well.
Please site sources
Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.
There are many additional factors a business, project manager, or project team member must consider when working on an international project.
It is important to understand the impact of the global economy and cultural differences when managing international projects.
Conduct research to find an example of international project. This project should have been completed within the last six months.
Summarize the project and the end results. Then explain what you have learned from this research and how you would now go about preparing yourself to lead an international project. In your response to your preparation process, reference a specific foreign country.
Please cite your sources in APA format.
Please respond to at least two of your peers' initial posts offering your opinion on the project. In your response, include how this new information will change your own preparation for managing an international project. In addition, offer advice to your peer's process for preparing to lead an international project.