A company’s staff returning to the office post-covid (Project to Manage)
In the Week 3 Activity template, follow the detailed instructions on page 1.
Use the provided sample email on page 2 in the template as a guide to writing an email to your customer(s) on page 3, recapping your Agreement of Work meeting and suggesting a summary of:
the goals and objectives of the project (goals & objectives must be S M A R T – Specific and Measurable etc.).
a tentative deadline for the project (projects require a start and tentative completion date).
an initial idea of what resources will be needed to successfully complete the project (resources are skilled individuals and budget).
In your email, include and highlight the seven key terms from the textbook provided on the template, using each term correctly and in a professional context – not Define them.
Category: Project Management
Topic – Labor Market Trends: Analysis of trends in employment, wages, benefits, and other factors affecting the labor market, including globalization, technological advancements, and demographic shifts.
Instructions: You may write on any labor relations topic you choose. It can be one that is discussed in the main textbook by Holley et al., or any other labor relations topic you want to research. Your paper must be 3-5 pages, not including the ancillary pages: title page, table of contents, abstract or executive summary (recommended but not required), tables and graphics (if needed), and references. The papers must meet the following conditions: (1) identify the topic, history, development, and/or individuals associated with topic; (2) select at least two current (less than 5 years old) peer-reviewed academic journal articles based on the selected topic, provide a summary of each article and how they relate to the chosen topic; and (3) provide an example of how and where the topic applies to an organization you are familiar with which has a collective bargaining unit (union).
The APA (7th ed.) is the guiding manual for form and style for these papers.
You are expected to find relevant, recent, and credible research, a majority of which is no older than 5 years. Under no circumstances will references from dictionaries or encyclopedias be accepted as references, including online sources such as Wikipedia. No more than 15% of your paper should be from direct quotes. No references can be listed on the reference page that are not cited in the text of your paper. All papers must be double-spaced with 1″ margins, using Times New Roman 12-point font.
Overview and Rationale
In order to demonstrate proficiency with the content in this course we will complete a number of different assignments to validate your learning – and allow you to implement relevant practices a real-world setting. Program Level – Student Learning Outcomes:
Describe the importance of the monitoring and controlling process group through incorporation of key tools, techniques, and processes
Explain the change control process and necessary activities associated with project integration
Summarize the processes to monitor project performance using Earned Value Management and other analytics
Use performance reporting to update project progress
Identify techniques associated with managing changes to the project schedule and cost performance baselines
Module 2 Learning Objectives Establish a process and documentation for integrated change control
Lead the integrated change process
Evaluate and recommend actions to manage project change, using the integrated change control process
Establish a process and documentation for issue management
Refine the project communication plan for Project Monitoring and Controlling
Communicate project issues and changes, their impact, variance, changes, and proposed solutions to stakeholders Essential Components
This assignment provides the opportunity to build the Project Control Plan. For this assignment, use your project from PJM 1400 or a project you are currently leading at work. Be sure to note the project your work is based on – and provide a short paragraph summary of the project, its success criteria and challenges.
Baseline Change Control process
Create your project’s process for identifying, analyzing, recommending, approving, implementing and communicating changes – What information is necessary and what decision points need to be included in the process? Be sure to consider communication as well. Consider the roles/responsibilities in each step of the process (did you find additional stakeholders?).
A flow chart/swim lane diagram is a good way to lay out this process.
Include the templates for documentation that is completed through the process – if you build from another template, be sure to cite it. Include a brief overview of how the template is completed (for example, where parts are done in the process, who completes each section and what information goes in each section).
Issue Management process:
Create your project’s process for identifying, analyzing, recommending, approving, implementing and communicating issues- What information is necessary and what decision points need to be included in the process? Be sure to consider communication as well. Consider the roles/responsibilities in each step of the process (did you find additional stakeholders?).
A flow chart/swim lane diagram is a good way to lay out this process.
Include the templates for documentation that is completed through the process – if you build from another template, be sure to cite it. Include a brief overview of how the template is completed (for example, where parts are done in the process, who completes each section and what information goes in each section).
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This work will be used in your Module 2 – Individual Assignment – Part 2 – the Project Control Plan in Action.
The format for this assignment is free choice – you may use Word, PowerPoint (if you use PowerPoint, be sure to add the detail for what you are doing in the notes section below the slide), Excel. If you use a Visio or another graphics tool, be sure to submit your work as a pdf so that I may easily review it. Cite any sources using APA format. The writing style should be concise and straightforward. Please use a 12 point font. This assignment is due end of Sunday, Module 2.
The Module 4 SLP requires that you run a simulation titled: “The Platform Wars: Simulating the Battle for Video Game Supremacy.” Visit the Forio site and access the simulation. As the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), it is your task to make decisions one year at a time. As you do so, note how key data are changing, and take note of how your pricing, changes made to royalties, and new game subsidies change your profits and your market share. You may need to go through at least one practice run of the simulation in order to become familiar with it. At the start of the simulation, your market share is 50%. The price of your video game console is $250. Note that your competitor’s market share is 50%, but your competitor’s console price is $261.00 (hint: you are vastly underpriced to begin the simulation). One way of becoming familiar with the simulation is to change only the value, leaving the others constant. This will isolate the impact of one variable and will give you a sense of how the change in a single variable impacts revenue, market share, etc. (use the Dashboard and the financial statements to determine this). For example, if you leave all variables unchanged in Year 1 (price = $240; Game titles to subsidize = 3, and Royalties = 15%), your market share becomes 69% at the end of Year 1 (and my net profit is $48.0M). In contrast, if you reduce the console price to $230, your market share will become 71% at the end of Year 1 (net profit will be $33.6M). Importantly, if you increase the console price to $330, your market share at the end of Year 1 is 58%; however, your net profit is $140.8M.
As the CEO, your task is to find the best combination of changes in the three variables that both increase your market share and earn a maximum net profit. Remember that the changes are relative; there are no right or wrong answers. Be sure to take note of how the statements may be used to “control” your strategy. Remember that you need to cover your costs while simultaneously turning a profit and increasing your market share. For this SLP assignment, follow the assignment steps below for your three full-page paper with two scholarly sources.
Go to Platform Wars: Simulating the Battle for Video Game Supremacy https://forio.com/simulate/mit/video-game/simulation/
Click on “Play as an individual.”
Enter your first name as the “Screen ID,” then click “Login.” In this web-based simulation, run the simulation a minimum of three times, noting the changes made each year, as well as your final results. Each year, you have three decisions to make: Determine the selling price of the video game console.
Determine the number of video games that your company will subsidize to enhance the development of new video games (and that can be played on your company’s video game console); be sure to note that the subsidy of each new game costs you $16.2M each year; and
Determine the royalty percentage you will require game makers to pay you (the higher the royalties, the more revenue you earn on new games, but the less inclined game makers are to develop new games).
Develop and discuss in your paper a table that shows the results from each simulation. SLP Assignment Expectations
The minimum length requirement for this SLP Assignment is 3 full pages (excluding Title and Reference pages) to include 2 scholarly sources. Provide an APA-formatted title page. Use the APA 7 Template.
The 3 full pages will include an introduction, body of work with 2 scholarly sources cited to support your work, and a conclusion (that aligns with your purpose statement, summarizes each section, and then wraps up into a final thought).
Recently, Macy’s announced the combined closing of over 125 stores and the layoff of approximately 2,000 workers nationwide.
Do some research on Macy’s. Visit IBISWorld and research the U.S. Department Store Industry, then address the following:
Describe the specific strategies that you believe Macy’s has followed in the past 3 years.
Discuss why the strategies of this company appear to be failing (why are they now needing to close so many stores?).
Are the strategies of the company you selected flawed? If so, why? If not, what else is the cause of the multiple store closures on the part of both companies?
MGT499 Module 3 Discussion
For purposes of the Module 3 SLP, you are a Strategic Management consultant. Your client is a major competitor in the Amusement Park industry and CEO of Sea World Parks and Entertainment, Incorporated.
Your client has an extensive number of strengths, a solid image, an emerging market share in the industry, excellent cash flow, and a very low long-term debt-to-equity ratio. Because your client’s company is renowned in the industry, the organization has also managed to attract and retain the most talented people working in the industry. Finally, the company’s approach to marketing is second to none. While your client is clearly aware of its internal strengths, the organization is still unclear relative to whether the company should pursue a “Grow” (a more aggressive) strategy or a “Hold” (a more passive) strategy. Your client has engaged you to do some research on the industry (use IBISWorld and other current publications in the library). In IBISWorld: Amusement Parks in the U.S. (713110, be sure to review the sections: “Industry Questions” and “Industry Issues” in addition to other key information and industry data. Perform a SWOT Analysis for the company and determine the relative attractiveness of the industry as a whole. Using the G.E./McKinsey Matrix, decide whether your client should pursue a “Grow” or a “Hold” strategy and discuss recommendations for action. Finally, use the Model of Grand Strategy Clusters to recommend a grand strategy that your client should pursue. Be sure to justify your choice. SLP Assignment Expectations
The minimum length requirement for this Module SLP Assignment is 3 full pages (excluding Title and Reference pages), to include 2 scholarly sources. Provide an APA-formatted title page. Use the APA 7 Template.
The 3 full pages will include an introduction, body of work with 2 scholarly sources cited to support your work, and a conclusion (that aligns with your purpose statement, summarizes each section, and then wraps up into a final thought).
Provide an APA7-formatted References Page (See APA 7 “References” section at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/ ).
Project Initiation
The Capstone Project for this course is a practical example of your skills developed throughout the entire course of study in project management. Module lecture information is a refresher for information you learned in the entire program of study, so you will not be able to simply use the modules to complete your capstone project.
Your project initiation portion of the capstone project is to include an explanation of those inputs, tools, and techniques that result in your delivery of the subsections described below. It is strongly suggested that you consult the PMBOK® Guide (7th edition) for further detail on the deliverables for this section of your capstone project.
Choose a project: Select a project that you would like to manage. Ensure that the project has clearly defined goals, tasks, and objectives. (Choose something current involving aviation or technology)
Develop a project charter: Create a project charter that outlines the purpose of the project, the stakeholders involved, project objectives, scope, and assumptions.
Define project scope: Define the scope of the project, including deliverables, timelines, and milestones.
Milestone Deliverables:
You must include the following subsections in this Milestone which will be considered a draft of subsections in your Module 8 Capstone project:
Project Statement of Work (SOW)—including the introduction of the project, business need, service scope description, and the strategic plan to show how the project aligns with the organization’s vision, goals, and mission.
Business case—including information relative to the market demand, organizational need, customer request, technological advance, legal requirement, ecological impact, and social need.
*Project Charter—which will formally authorize the project and use of resources.
*Stakeholder Register -which will contain an analysis of the likely stakeholders
*Should be placed in the appendix of the milestones. Please use the templates in the Project Artifact Repository found in Module 8.
Your draft paper must meet the following requirements:
2-3 pages in length, not including cover page, reference page, and appendices.
Supporting documents must appear in appendices.
The paper must be supported by at least three quality sources, of which two must be a current, scholarly resource, and one from PMI.com (other than PMBOK). For this assignment, current, scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journal articles published within the most recent five years and accessed from the library databases or other academic sources. Textbooks will not count toward peer-reviewed requirements, but may be used as quality sources if published within the most recent five years. The use of the PMBOK ® Guide as a quality source is strongly suggested. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references. Click on the Library or Writing Center tabs on the Course Navigation Panel for quick access.
Overview and Rationale
In order to demonstrate proficiency with the content in this course we will complete a number of different assignments to validate your learning – and allow you to implement relevant practices a real-world setting. Program Level – Student Learning Outcomes:
Describe the importance of the monitoring and controlling process group through incorporation of key tools, techniques, and processes
Explain the change control process and necessary activities associated with project integration
Summarize the processes to monitor project performance using Earned Value Management and other analytics
Use performance reporting to update project progress
Identify techniques associated with managing changes to the project schedule and cost performance baselines
Module 2 Learning Objectives Establish a process and documentation for integrated change control
Lead the integrated change process
Evaluate and recommend actions to manage project change, using the integrated change control process
Establish a process and documentation for issue management
Refine the project communication plan for Project Monitoring and Controlling
Communicate project issues and changes, their impact, variance, changes, and proposed solutions to stakeholders Essential Components
This assignment provides the opportunity to test out your Project Control Plan
Change Control Process Here is the opportunity to “test” your change control process. Using the change management process you created in Module 2 – Individual Assignment – Part 1
Identify a change that might occur during your project’s execution. As an example, provide a statement like: “The sponsor has clarified that the project must include the work to migrate all existing project plans to the new tool. This has not been included in the work identified. However, it was also not stated as out of scope.”
Using your change management process and documentation, work through this change.
As a result, how did the process work? What might you refine based on this?
Issue Management Process
Here is an opportunity to “test” your issue management process. Using the issue management process you created in Module 2 – Individual Assignment – Part 1
Identify an issue that might occur during your project’s execution. As an example, provide a statement like: “A functional manager has just reached out to let you know they need to reduce the availability of a resource – who is on the current critical path work for the next 3 weeks – by 50%.” Use your issue management process and documentation to resolve the issue.
As a result, how did the process work? What might you refine based on this?
Communication Plan Integration
Using your Communication Management Plan from PJM 1100, what changes should be made to integrate your change and issue management work as defined in your Module 2 – Individual Assignment – Part 1 and as revised from Part 2 above – to the communication management plan? What stakeholders need to know about issues/ changes? How will they get this information? And, what actions do they need to take? Submit using the attached Communication Management Plan template. Only the communication matrix needs to be completed for this part of the assignment.. Be sure to consider all stakeholders who would need this information.
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The format for this assignment is free choice except for the Communication Plan Integration– you may use Word, PowerPoint (if you use PowerPoint, be sure to add the detail for what you are doing in the notes section below the slide), Excel. If you use a Visio or another graphics tool, be sure to submit your work as a pdf so that I may easily review it. Cite any sources using APA format. The writing style should be concise and straightforward. Please use a 12 point font. This assignment is due end of Sunday, Module 2.
Considering the overarching structure of the project management office (PMO), portfolios, programs, and projects, what are the dynamics of team formation for each of these areas? What external and internal factors would be considered when forming a team within each of these structures?
Using a textbook, develop an essay explaining the techniques of the Measure phase in DMAIC. This essay should be no less than one page and may use external references.