This document provides an overview of the CMGT 410 Entire Course syllabus. It outlines the weekly individual and team assignments, which involve developing components of a project plan for organizing a company offsite training session, including drafting memos, a Gantt chart, and presentation. It also includes discussion questions related to topics like project success factors, the project manager's role, cost management, change control, and risk management. The overall objective is for students to gain experience planning and executing a project from start to finish.

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CMGT/410 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Consider the following scenario:
You have been hired by a large company with branch offices around the country
to assist with rollout of a new companywide compliance system. While initially the
focus was on implementation of the technology, it was found that success will
require at least 10 hours of training for all managers across the country on both
the use of the new platform as well as a host of new compliance policies being
introduced. Of the options discussed, it was generally agreed than the training
should be hands-on and conducted in person at a central location. This will
obviously require getting organizational buy in as not all managers are going to
be willing to commit to taking time out from their normal responsibilities just for
some training. In addition, such large scale centralized training has not been done
before by this company; therefore, the CEO wants feedback from participants to
evaluate the effectiveness of any training sessions. As a result, your manager has
given you the responsibility to develop an outline for a proposed project that
would meet this upcoming need.
Submit a 2- to 3-page memo that does the following:
Names the project Briefly describes the project Identifies potential stakeholders
directly or indirectly involved Specifies the overall objective and any outcomes for
this project Details how success will be evaluated Highlights what is needed to
ascertain the measurable organizational value (MOV) of this project.
You will need to make some assumptions (it is even encouraged) but the
assumptions must be documented.
Week 1 DQ1
Carton et al (2008) describe what they consider a “successful” enterprise
resource planning (ERP)implementation. What aspects of the project made
it “successful” in their definition? Would your organization describe this as
successful? Why or why not?
Week 1 DQ2
Based on the article by Anantatmula (2010), why is the project manager so
critical to the success of the project?

2. CMGT/410 Week 2 Individual Assignment
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.
Week 2 DQ1
Analyze the techniques discussed in the Guldemond et al. article (2008),
and propose how you would apply them to your own skill set as a Project
Manager.
Week 2 DQ2
In their 2009 article, Turner et al. describe the relatively low implementation
rate of Gantt chart, CPM diagrams, etc. in projects. Does your organization
use these tools? How does this data compare to the implementation of
these tools in your organization? Why?
CMGT/410 Week 3 Individual Assignment
The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a
preliminary go-ahead. However a budget needs to be submitted for approval.
Write a 2- to 3-page memo explaining the financial implications of your project
that does the following:
Adds costs estimates to your resources (both labor and material) – Refer to
websites like the United States Department of Labor for estimates.
Adds estimates for all task duration and sequencing of tasks (including
precedence relations)
Summarizes any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of
resources, critical task sequencing, and how duration estimates were arrived at

3. Highlights if there are any milestones for your project Include a Microsoft® Project
Gantt chart, as an attachment, showing the WBS of tasks (with dependencies)
and task sequences, along with any budget or cost reports to support your memo.
CMGT/410 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
This is the core of any project plan used to communicate what tasks are needed
and the order of sequence to be done to meet deadlines and deliverables.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Business requirements document (BRD) that provides additional details regarding
the expectations (such as user, system, and functional) that must be met for
achieving goals of the project
Work breakdown structure (WBS) showing discrete work tasks and grouped
hierarchically that helps to organize and define the total work scope of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings
Week 3 DQ1
In Hurley’s 2009 article, what type of costs should project managers be
tracking to get an accurate total cost? Why is it critical to track these
costs?
Week 3 DQ2
Why is cost and quality management so important to know how to
successfully apply in project management? What are the potential
consequences of a project manager not knowing these two valuable tools?
CMGT/410 Week 4 Individual Assignment
The company offsite 2-day training session project is about ready to enter the
execution phase. However, management has a history of being surprised with
projects that finished over-budget, did not adhere to the timeline, evinced waste
of resources, or did not meet expectations.
Address your strategy for the following in a 2- to 3-page memo to gain their
confidence in your project management abilities:
Analyze and report unplanned changes
Evaluate project quality
Procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues

4. How you plan to communicate whether the project is meeting any stated
performance and quality objectives
CMGT/410 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
The allocation and cost of resources need to be carefully monitored if a project is
to be delivered on-time and on-budget.
At a minimum this section will contain the following:
Allocation of resources to project tasks (both labor and material)
Cost estimates for project resources
Gantt diagram showing duration estimates for all tasks and their sequencing
(including precedence relations) and highlighting any critical path(s) arising from
task dependencies ultimately determining the minimal duration of a project
In addition summarize any relevant facts about the project duration, number or
type of resources, critical task sequencing, or how duration estimates were
arrived at, and any financial implications (for example, budget or cost reports of
the project as well)
Develop a baseline for your project plan so that all future variances are captured.
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Just need highlighted part completed, attached is team project information to use
to complete section
Week 4 DQ1
In his 2008 article, Moore talks about contract project professionals. What
does he believe is the role that contract project professionals play?
Why/how are those roles important in managing a company’s human
resources?
Week 4 DQ2
Based on the article by Swinarksi et al (2010), how would you go about
making sure that team members have the required skill sets for the specific
project?
WEEK 5
CMGT/410 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Project Postmortem

5. Now that the company offsite 2-day training session project is over, conduct a
postmortem review.
Submit a 1- to 2-page memo that does the following:
Details the benefits and drawbacks of a postmortem review
Lists who should partake in this meeting,
Indicates what you hope to discover at the conclusion
CMGT/410 Week 5 LearningTeamAssignment
Revise and submit all sections of your Learning Team project along with the
Week Five section below.
It is essential for establishing confidence that a project will be executed effectively
and with minimal waste. A plan for performance measurement requires identifying
which critical element should be measured, how they are measured, and when
they are measured to communicate if the project is on track.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Measurable objectives identified as milestones on the Gantt chart
Risk mitigation strategy for analyzing and reporting unplanned changes as well
what procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
Description of project reporting regarding the on-going evaluation and status of
project efforts to stakeholder and participants on the project team
Method for determining whether the project has met its objectives and how the
project is terminated
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of the entire
Learning Team Project, as completed in Weeks Two, Three, Four, and Five.
Week 5 DQ1
Based on the article by Kutsch, why is it important to conduct a project risk
management process? What are some of the downfalls to not conducting
one?
Week 5 DQ2

6. In your own words, how would you explain project risk management? What
are some real-life examples where project risk management would be
imperative? Givedetailsforeachexample.