CIS 554 IT Project Leadership Strategies

CIS 554 Week 7 Assignment 3: Planning a Software Development Project This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a written project plan, and a project plan that is created through the use of MS Project. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Imagine that you have been hired as a project manager assisting in the d

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CIS 554 Week 7 Discussion 2 "Project Control Panel" Please respond to the following: • A project control panel may be used to provide a summarized status of a project. Examine the various metrics, project attributes, and project control factors that a project control panel may display. Describe how various sections of a project control panel may serve as a communication tool for project stakeholders. • Describe how you may use the

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CIS 554 Week 7 Discussion 1 "Earned Value" Please respond to the following: • Earned value reporting allows project managers to measure and track actual versus planned costs, schedule, and work. Present the factors, metrics, and formulas that may be used to determine earned value. • Analyze how earned value may be used to determine if a project is on time or within budget. Provide a real-world example, including the formula calcul

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CIS 554 Week 4 Discussion 2 Critical Path Method (CPM)" Please respond to the following: • The Critical Path Method can be used as a project management tool for determining the durations and slack times of project activities. Describe how this tool can be used to recover from schedule overruns of specific activities that are not on the critical path. Provide an example to justify your answer. • Analyze how the Program Evaluation a

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CIS 554 Week 4 Assignment 2 Submission Assignment 2: Implementing Software Development Project Management Best Practices Due Week 4 and worth 90 points Imagine you are an advisory board member for a Fortune 500 organization, representing the Information Technology Division. Your organization is looking forward to expanding its mobile software development platform and optimizing software project management practices. Specific organizational go

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CIS 554 Week 3 Discussion 2 Project Planning Please respond to the following • Operational requirements, software specifications, process constraints, and product constraints are all necessary inputs for project planning. Describe how each is used for defining the project planning processes. Provide specific examples to justify your answer. • Synthesize the project management challenges that may occur without an explicitly writte

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Week 2 Discussion 2 Software Development Process Model" Please respond to the following The needs for software development along with the organization’s business objectives influence the required software development process model for a project. Review the various traditional and iterative software development process models. Compare and contrast the planning and control mechanisms required by one traditional software development process m

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Disciplines Please respond to the following The software development process framework may be adapted to the specific needs of a project as illustrated in Figure 2.1b in Chapter 2 of the text. Categorize the development phases that exist within the system engineering and software development disciplines of the development process framework. • Describe the similarities that exist among the phases of system engineering and software develop

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Assignment 1: Implementing Software Project Management Strategies Imagine that you are employed by an organization that would like to further invest in the development of internal software applications. The organization finds it very costly to maintain vendor built and maintained software apps. It believes that the strategy of developing internal software could provide cost savings in the long run. One of your responsibilities at this organizat

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Organization Structure and Planning Please respond to the following The structure of an organization has a direct relationship with the planning and management efforts of a project. Describe how a project manager’s authority and management style are influenced by the organization’s structure. • Evaluate how the attributes of an organization’s structure influence the planning efforts and success factors of a project. I

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