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PM 586 Entire Course

PM 586 Week 1 Assignment Organization and Project Plan Template
Proposal
PM 586 Week 2 Learning Team Weekly Reflection
PM 586 Week 2 Assignment Project Plan Part 1
PM 586 Week 3 Learning Team Weekly Reflection
PM 586 Week 3 Assignment Project Plan Part 2
PM 586 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection Failed Projects
PM 586 Week 4 Assignment Project Plan Part 3
PM 586 Week 5 Learning Team Weekly Reflection
PM 586 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Influencing and Controlli
ng the Project
PM 586 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment Internal and External Env
ironmental Evaluation Presentation
PM 586 Week 6 Learning Team Weekly Reflection

PM 586 Week 1 Assignment Organization and

Project Plan Template Proposal (UOP)

Choose an organization as the focus for a Project Proposal. The org

anization can be an existing company, nonprofit organization, relig
ious organization, or governmental agency. Avoid an organization t
hat is so large that historical data would be difficult to apply. Firms
in the Russell 2000 index may fit well, whereas firms in the Dow
30 Industrial index probably do not.
Select a project that you would expect to occur within this organiza
tion for which you will be writing a proposal. Project proposal exa
mples include but are not limited to the following:
Implementation of a new hiring process
Construction of a new office building
Development of a new software system

PM 586 Week 2 Individual Assignment Project

Plan Part 1

Resource: Approved project plan proposal

Describe your approach to managing this project, including metho
dology used.
Identify sources available to understand the scope of the project p
roposal.
Describe the phases the project will contain.
Develop the project scope for your project.
Address the following:
Define the project requirements
Define activities for the project
Develop the schedule for your project proposal.

PM 586 Week 2 Learning Team Weekly Reflecti

on (UOP)

Discuss this weeks objectives with your team. Your discussion sho
uld include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you str
uggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in you
r field.
Prepare a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your di
scussion.

PM 586 Week 3 Individual Assignment Project

Plan Part 2

Continue developing the comprehensive project proposal outline.

Develop the project budget for your project proposal.
Include the following:
Identify available resources (consider subcontractors)
Create a labor budget
Create a capital budget
Align the schedule and scope to the labor and capital budget
Develop the risk management plan for your project proposal.
Address the following:
Identify internal and external risks
Define appropriate budget of contingencies for risks identified.

PM 586 Week 3 Learning Team Weekly Reflecti

on (UOP)

Discuss this weeks objectives with your team. Your discussion sho
uld include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you str
uggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in you
r field.
Prepare a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your di
scussion

PM 586 Week 4 Individual Assignment Project

Plan Part 3

Continue developing the comprehensive project proposal outline.

Develop the strategies used to execute the project.
Include the following:
Strategies for management of human, physical, and financial resou
rces, including the following:
Temporary resources
Permanent resources
Work plan management (deliverables management)
Quality assurance strategies
Communication strategies
Documentation management strategies

PM 586 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection Fai

led Projects (UOP)

Choose an organization that is introducing a product or service tha

t has failed.
Evaluate the project that failed in the organization, including cost o
f the failure (actual and unrealized), causes, and how monitoring c
ould have prevented the failure.
Use publicly available information, including Securities and Exchan
ges Commission filings.
Discuss strategies that could be implemented to minimize this type
of failure in the future.
Prepare a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your di
scussion.

PM 586 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Inf

luencing and Controlling the Project (UOP)

Review each learning team members project.

Choose, as a team, one of the individual project plans reviewed
Write a paper of no more than 2,100 words of strategies that facilit
ate influencing power and control for the project proposal chosen.
Determine appropriate informal strategies to influence the success
of the selected project. Consider the following:
Organizational change
Stakeholder communication
Informal communication
Reward systems
Develop a control strategy for the project proposal chosen by the t
eam.

PM 586 Week 5 Learning Team Weekly Reflecti

on (UOP)

Discuss this weeks objectives with your team. Your discussion sho
uld include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you str
uggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in you
r field.

PM 586 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment Int

ernal and External Environmental Evaluation
Presentation (UOP)
Create a Microsoft PowerPoint or Prezi presentation on the q
uality-improvement plan for the organization chosen by the Learni
ng Team for the Influencing and Controlling the Project assignmen
t.
Identify external and internal environmental factors that the comp
any must consider to manage projects successfully.
Perform a gap analysis to identify any gaps in relation to the comp
anys current business processes and factors identified in the envir
onmental analysis.

PM 586 Week 6 Learning Team Weekly Reflecti

on (UOP)

Discuss this weeks objectives with your team. Your discussion sho
uld include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you str
uggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in you
r field.
Prepare a 350- to 700- word paper detailing the findings of your di
scussion

PM 586 Final Exam Guide

1. In a strong matrix structure, employees take daily direction fro

m: 2. If the schedule variance is positive and the cost variance is ne
gative, the projects status is: 3. Which category of projects would i
nvolve a large number of functional units where the workers may b
e assigned either part-time or full-time? 4. Which type of chart pro
vides the least predictive value? 5. Scope creep is generally the re
sult of: 6. Which of the following is the role of the PM rather than t
he role of the functional manager? 7. The balance between quality
and cost is called: 8. The EVMS term that represents the value of w
ork actually accomplished is: 9. Which of the following would be th
e first item to be discussed in the initial kickoff meeting for a proje
ct? 10. Quality is defined by the:

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