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Week 8 Discussion 1

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“Monitoring Project Performance.” Please respond to the following:  

• Consider two (2) projects in which you have been involved (work related or personal projects).
• For each project, identify which of the project monitoring approaches described in the textbook would have been the most appropriate to use in monitoring project performance and describe why.
• Describe which type of monitoring system was actually used in each of the projects you discussed.
• Assess how well the system that was used worked for the given project.

Week 8 Discussion 2

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“Earned Value.” Please respond to the following:  

• Using the information provided in Exercise 13 at the end of Chapter 9 in the textbook, calculate the PV, AC, EV, SV, CV, SPI, CPI, TCPI, EAC, and revised duration values for weeks 1–7 for each activity.
• Assess the managerial implications of the performance results. What short-term adjustments should be made to the project?

Week 8 Discussion 1

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“Outsourcing.” Students will respond to the following:

• With the growth of outsourcing to third-party goods and services at a rate of 40 to 80 percent, how can project managers lead successfully?

  Week 8 Discussion 2

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  “Statutory Regulations.”

  • What can occur when the project manager fails to comply with statutory regulations?