Graded Homework

Question 1. Question :

You are in charge of a project to develop a smart phone that will compete with top companies such as Apple, Samsung, and HTC. You must collect requirements for this new product. What are 3-4 questions (each) that you might ask the customer, research/development department, and engineering as to their potential needs to achieve a successful project? Which do you consider the most pressing question and why?

Question 1. Question :

Provide an example of a project that your business or a business where you have worked might undertake. Describe how it meets the criteria of being a temporary, unique endeavor that is outside of business-as-usual operations.

Question 2. Question :

Without using your class project, provide either a problem or an opportunity statement for a potential project that has meaning for you at work or in your personal life. Be certain to include the required components of identity, location, timing, and magnitude.

Question 3. Question :

Explain the difference between interpersonal and task-related conflict. Apply what you have learned in class to come up with your own real-world example of each. How would you address these conflicts as a project manager?

1. Question :

Describe in your own words, the EVM concepts of cost and schedule variance. Apply what you know about these metrics by providing a specific example of each concept from a real or hypothetical project that you have previously handled or heard about. Which would you, as the manager of this project, have a higher tolerance for; a wide cost variance or a wide schedule variance? Explain your reasoning.