IT Project management

Question 1: 120-180 words, APA format

Choose a project with a relatively simple description (building a LAN, designing a web page, inventing a new communication device, etc.). Describe your project scope in a few sentences and then identify at least five significant varied risks associated with the project. Be sure that at least one of them is a positive risk.

Question 2: 120-180 Words, APA format

What is outsourcing in the context of project management and what are of the current trends.

Question 3: 120-180 words, APA format

What is procurement in terms of a project. What role does procurement play in a typical project .

Question 4: 120-180 words, APA format

The Center for Project Management in San Ramon, California, examined 24 IT projects and compiled a list of ten dumb mistakes. The center then presented this list to 50 conference attendees and asked them to grade their organization on each mistake. The average grade was between a C+ and D. Here are the ten mistakes:

1. Mistaking every half-baked idea for a viable project.

2. Overlooking stakeholders, forgetting the champions, and ignoring the nemesis.

3. Not assessing the project's complexity.

4. Not developing a comprehensive project charter.

5. Not developing a comprehensive project plan.

6. Not designing a functional project organization.

7. Accepting or developing unrealistic or unachievable estimates.

8. Accepting status reports that contain mostly noise and not enough signal.

9. Looking back and not ahead.

10. Not following a robust project process architecture.

Read the above list and find an example of a project for which this is the case. The project can be one that you have personal experience with or that you have read or heard about. Describe the example and state which of the mistakes was made with respect to the project.

(Note that there may be more than one for a particular project.) If you choose a project in the news, provide a citation so that others can read more about it.

Database Related Question

Question 1: 150-200 words, APA format

Using Library Resources, locate a good reference about SDLC methodologies and discuss briefly how it can help database development.