ASAA
Focus Question
You have been asked by your organization to develop a presentation to describe therole of a project manager to your peers. How will you structure your presentation to describe what a project manager does on a project? Integrate the concept of ”
sphere of influence
” to describe thenumerous roles of the project manager.
Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the
APA style(Links to an external site.)
. Focus Question
A project charter formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. In the paper by
The charter: selling your project(Links to an external site.)
, the author makes a case that a project charter is a tool for “selling” your project within your organization.Do you agree? Is yes, why and if not, why not?
Brown, A. S. (2005).
The charter: selling your project(Links to an external site.)
. Paper presented at PMI Global Congress 2005North America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the
APA style(Links to an external site.)
. Focus Question
Assume the role of a project manager within an organization that you work for or are familiar with.You have been tasked to develop strategies for the development of Work Breakdown Structure for all future projects that your organization will undertake.Discuss the strategies you will recommend. How will you convince your peers that these are the right strategies to adopt?
Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the
APA style
. Focus Question
A projectstakeholderisany group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the projects objectives. As a project manager, the first step in the stakeholder management process is to identify all stakeholders.What strategies will you adopt in the identification process?Once stakeholders have been identified how will you categorize them so that you can manage and engage with them to achieve project success?
Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the
APA style(Links to an external site.)
. Focus Question
PMBok clearly states thatoperations management is not part of project management. Why do you think this is the case? With the help of examples please describe the key differences between operations management and project management. In your original post, provide a
list of three differences between these aspects
and, with the help of examples, show how you will describe these to a project team.
Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the
APA style(Links to an external site.)
.