Q-1

Chapter 11: Resource Planning (1.5 PAGE APA NO PLAGIARISM)

Reflect on the assigned readings for Week 10 and then type a two page paper regarding what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding. Define and describe what you thought was worthy of your understanding in half a page, and then explain why you felt it was important, how you will use it, and/or how important it is in project planning.

Q-2 (1.5 PAGE APA NO PLAGIARISM)

Earned-value analysis. A project budget calls for the following expenditures:

Define each term in your own words, calculate these values for the above project, and show your work:

• Budgeted cost baseline (make a graph illustrating this one)
• Budget at completion (BAC)
• Planned value (PV) as of May 1
• Earned value (EV) as of May 1 if the foundation work is only two-thirds complete. Everything else is on schedule.
• SV as of May 1.
• Actual cost as of May 1 is $160,000. Calculate the cost variance (CV) as of May 1.
• Schedule performance index (SPI)
• Cost performance index (CPI)
• Estimate to complete (ETC), assuming that the previous cost variances will not affect future costs
• Estimate at completion (EAC)

Q-3 (1.5 PAGE APA NO PLAGIARISM)

Chapter 3: Organization: Structure and Culture

Chapter 4: Defining the Project

Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

• The culture of the organization can impact the effectiveness of different project management structures. Organizational cultures that do not encourage teamwork, collaboration, and cross-functional integration need a stronger project management structure (i.e., project team, project matrix) to be successful. Conversely, a functional matrix can be effective in an organization in which the culture of the organization is conducive to project management.
• You work for LL Company, which manufactures high-end optical scopes for hunting rifles. LL Company has been the market leader for the past 20 years and has decided to diversify by applying its technology to develop a top-quality binocular. What kind of project management structure would you recommend they use for this project? What information would you like to have to make this recommendation, and why?

Q-4 (2 FULL PAGE APA NO PLAGIARISM)

After reviewing/reading Chapters 3 & 4 of the textbook, access UC’s online Library and conduct research within the “Business Source Premier (EBSCO Host)” search engine and locate a Project Management Journal article among the thousands of journal articles made available within the many years of publications the Library holds. The Project Management Journal article should tie directly into at least one highlight from the assigned chapters (Chapters 3 & 4) reading/review material for the week. This weekly research paper should include at least 2 pages, but not more than 3 pages, in the narrative and it should be typed in APA formatting (title page, reference page, no abstract page, double-spacing, Times New Roman 12 font, 1 inch margins, in-text citations, etc…).

Your paper should contain the following headings:

• Introduction
• Summary of the article
• Relevant points made by the author
• Critique of the article
• Application of the concepts in the article