1.
Why is there a new renewed interest in the field of
project management?
2.
What is a project and what are its main attributes?
3.
How is a project different from what most people do
in their daily lives?
4.
What is a triple constraint? What is considered a quadruple
constraint?
5.
What is project mgmt? Ie. Framework,
components, knowledge areas, success factors/
6.
What is the role of the project manager and what are
some suggested skills/items recommend for success?
7.
Briefly describe some key events in project
management history.
8.
What is PMI and PMP?
9.
Discuss ethics and project managers.
10.
Discuss the changing realities within the
information technology field:
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Changes in executive reporting structures
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Less-expensive and rapid systems development
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Exploiting technology to maximize usability
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Demonstrating value of IT investments
11. Explain
how IT was once a unit of organizations that operated rather autonomously, but
with the changes in the business environment, IT is more integrated into the
business strategy.
12. Review
the six principles corporate strategy experts developed for making the most out
of IT.
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Aligning all IT decisions, actions, and
performance measurements with the business strategy of the organization as a
whole adds value to the business.
·
Most effective applications of technology
emerge from industry-specific applications that make it possible to do new
things of value in the marketplace.
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Technologies evolve fast enough that new economies of scale and new functions become
cost-effective or practical, providing new opportunities to use information in
innovative, productive ways.
·
Effective use of IT requires a coordinated
and effective use of many resources simultaneously: best organization, best skills, best people,
best processes, and best computing.
·
Restructuring organizations and
redesigning work flows to make them technology friendly are rapidly turning out
to be of key importance to improving the value of IT. They are the ultimate best practices in
computing.
·
Since technology and business
circumstances keep changing, the habits of continuous improvement, being
curious to learn how others do things, and adopting the most relevant practices
for your company’s operations are crucial to success.
13. Discuss
how best practices in software design are processes recognized as being the
best by function or within an industry.
14. Describe
the five benefits of using best practices:
Inspiration, benchmarking, references, skills transfer, and continuous
improvement.
15.
Discuss the five types of “bad practices”. Briefly discuss why these are bad practices.
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Copying a practice “as is”.
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Failing to verify a best practice
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Not keeping current
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Not establishing relevance
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Following trends
16. Explain
the role of benchmarking.
17. Discuss
best in class versus world-class.
18. Explain
how product quality is dependent upon each person’s expectations for the
product.
19. Discuss
the five perspectives on quality. Give
examples of quality using an automobile as an example. For example: Honda is recognized as a quality vehicle,
etc.
20. Discuss
considerations for process quality.
Stress importance of remembering quality through the project process.
21. Explain
measuring business value from a quality perspective.