Effective Project Management
SIMS 290-11
Assignments

Assignments

Lectures

Resources

1. Five Dysfunctions of a Team

1. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, Chapters ???
2. http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/project_bizsys_bizcase.html

1. http://www.collegiateproject.com/articles/Developing%20Your%20Project%20Communication%20Plan.pdf
2. http://www.collegiateproject.com/articles/How%20to%20Choose%20the%20Right%20Communications%20Vehicles.pdf
3. http://www.collegiateproject.com/articles/How%20to%20Improve%20Communications%20on%20Your%20Project.pdf
4. http://www.collegiateproject.com/articles/Who%20Cares%20About%20Your%20Project%20Anyway.pdf
5. www.gantthead.com/deliverables/communication-plan.html
6. http://www.creativekeys.net/PowerfulPresentations/article1024.html
7. The Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun - pp186-204
   Deliver elevator speech in class

    

1. Requirements negotiation reading

   Background and how-to:

   1.  http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/resources/tech_docs/gsam4/chap4.pdf

    

   2.  http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2002/04/young.html

    

   Commentary: 

   3.  Requirements in general:

   http://www.sitepoint.com/article/requirements-gathering 

    

   4.  Web sites in specific:

   http://www.philosophe.com/design/requirements.html

    

2. Charter/POS assignment - charters handed-out in class

1.  Hand-in Charter for your project - two copies

1. Critical path reading
2. Critical chain FAQ
3. Critical chain article
4. Effective Project Management, Chapters 10
5. Real World Budget Tracking with MS Project (Gantthead)
6. Read Who's afraid of EVA? (Gantthead)
7. Read Agile Estimating and Planning, chapter 10
8. Effective Project Management, Chapter 12 - handout

1. Hand-in two printed copies of
   1. A Project Schedule that shows ALL of the following:
      1. WBS
      2. Activity Duration estimates
      3. Resource assignments
      4. Critical path

      The tasks/activities should be detailed to the level that a task can be missed without delaying the scheduled delivery. These were demo'd in MS Project in class and are also summarized on page 235 in the text

   2. Project network schedule
   3. Communication Plan
   4. Create a risk management plan using this template (xls)
   5. Create a cost baseline for your project

1. Status presentation

   here is an update template - use this as your template, a starting point, or not at all - whatever works best for you and your project

Read The Art of Project Management, chapters 10 & 13

Read Saying no, a short course for managers

Research the Pareto theory and write a few paragraphs on the implications for your project to hand in

Final Presentations - presentation and paper