Chapter 4, Project Integration Management
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- Read the report “2015 Pulse of the Profession. Capturing the Value of Project Management” by PMI mentioned in the What Went Right section, page 194 of the 8th Edition of the book. Summarize the key points on this study and your opinion of it. Describe some specific steps organization can take to provide a supportive culture for project management.
Having a good culture, skilled talents and performing a good process to project management leads the project to a successful output and advantage to the business competitors and gives competence to the people behind the project.
Some key points that will result to A Good Project Management
• Shared visions, mission values, beliefs, and expectations
• Regulations, policies, methods, and procedures
• Motivation and reward systems
• Risk tolerance
• Views on leadership, hierarchy, and authority relationships
• Code of conduct, work ethic, and work hours
• Operating environments
• Fully understanding the value of project management
• Having actively engaged executive sponsors
• Aligning projects to strategy
• Developing and maintaining project management talent
• Establishing a well-aligned and effective PMO
• Using standardized project management practices throughout the organization
• Respond quickly to opportunities
• Shorten decision/production/review cycles
• Manage change
• Integrate the voice of the customer
• Manage risk
• Assign interdisciplinary project teams
• Eliminate organization silos
• Implement contingency planning
• Use iterative project management practices
- Leverage technology
2. Perform a financial analysis for a project using the format provided in the book(IT Project Management, Revised 6e). Assume that the projected costs and benefits for this project are spread over four years as follows: Estimated costs are $200,000 in Year 1 and $30,000 each year in Years 2, 3, and 4. Estimated benefits are $0 in Year 1 and $100,000 each year in Years 2, 3, and 4. Use a 9 percent discount rate, and round the discount factors to two decimal places. Create a spreadsheet or use the business case financials template on the companion Web site to calculate and clearly display the NPV, ROI, and year in which payback occurs. In addition, write a paragraph explaining whether you would recommend investing in this project, based on your financial analysis.

3. Develop an outline (major heading and subheading only) for a project management plan to create a Web Site for your class, and then dill in the details for the introduction or overview section. Assume that this Web site would include home page with links to a syllabus for the class, lecture notes or other instructional information, links to the Web site for the books that we are using in the class, links to other Web sites and all links to personal pages for each member of your class and future classmates. Also, include a bulletin board and chat room feature where students and the instructor can exchange information. Assume your instructor is the project’s sponsor, you are the project manager, your classmates are your project team and you have three months to complete the project.
1.Homepage
1.1 syllabus
2.Lecture notes
2.1 Books
2.2 Notebooks
2.3 e-book
2.4PDF
3.Attendance
3.1 Come on time
3.2 Late students
4. Schedule
4.1 Days of classes
4 .2 Time of classes
5.Activities
5. 5.1 Title of activities
5.2 No. Of activities
6.Projects
6.1 title of projects
6.2 Date announced
6.3 Date submitted
7. Students
7.1 Regular
7.2 Irregular
8. Back to home
4. Write a short paper based on the chapter’s opening case. Answer the following questions (Information Technology Project Management, 7e, page 140, Opening Case):
- What do you think the real problem was in this case?
In this case i think the real problem is Mr. Carson he did not focus on managing all aspects of the project. He never provided them with the accurate schedules or detailed plans of what happening on the project.
2. Does the case present a realistic scenario? Why or Why not?
YES! Because nothing is impossible
3. Was Nick Carson a good project manager? Why or Why not?
Yes! Because Mr. Carson highly energetic and intelligent .
4.What should top management have done to help Nick ?
Top management should train Nick and attend him seminars about Leadership and Business Management.
5. What could Nick have done to be a better project manager?
Exercise his leadership and be focus to the project integration management.