CMGT 410 Week 2

CMGT 410 Week 2
CMGT 410 Week 2 DQ1 Accurate Estimates
Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:• Why are accurate estimates critical to effective project management? What steps can project managers take to improve the accuracy of estimating projects?
CMGT 410 Week 2 DQ2 Project Scope and WBS
Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:• What argument can you provide as to why a project's scope must be tied to the WBS? What are the implications are if scope is not adhered to closely?
CMGT 410 Week 2 Individual Project Task-List:
You have been tasked with the project of organizing a company offsite 2-day training session in which people are brought in from different parts of the country. This entails everything from preparation, accommodations, and facilities.
Submit a 2- to 3-page executive memo summarizing the project's objective, any scoping boundaries used to define the project, and relevant facts about the tasks or resources.
• Identify all related tasks and resources needed to complete this project.
• Highlight or specify any measurable deliverables relating to your project.
Attach a task list with assigned resources from a Microsoft® Project file that supports what you have outlined in your memo.
Learning Team Project Charter:
Choose a project involving an IT requirement with multiple tasks and human resources. This project must come from a business situation—for example, hardware procurement and installation, network acquisition, implementation, or expansion—in which each Learning Team member contributes background details.
This is a consolidated source of information which lays the foundation for successful completion of any project by identifying your project vision and communicating the overall approach for a project to all key stakeholder audiences.
At a minimum the charter will contain the following:
• Background of the organization and any information or statement of needs that helps explain how the project came to be
• Goals and objectives of the project in language that is both concise and explanatory
• Project scope delineated so that all parties involved are aware of what the project includes as well as what it does not
• Budgetary limitations
• Explanation of sponsors, stakeholders, and as well as how the project team is structured so that there will be no confusion concerning roles and responsibilities
• Project approach your team intends to take to fulfill meeting deliverables of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.