managing a software project

Assignment Description

Perhaps more than any other of the knowledge areas, integration management is of primary importance to the project manager (or project manager staff). Coordination is the hallmark of integration management. As far as the project manager is concerned, process facility, analytic skills, and domain experiences are certainly important. The project manager is still only as effective as his or her soft skills and his or her relationships with the stakeholders.

Your company intends to form a project management office (PMO), hoping to benefit from the ability to promulgate good project management practices to both in-house and customer-facing projects. Your company expects that the office will contribute to more efficient coordination of resources among projects, maximizing the exploitation of the resources and providing a dependable window into project performance. They also intend to apply resources to the management of the capability maturity of its detailing your recommendations for the organizational architecture and strategy of the PMO.

In a 1-2 page response, answer the following:

  • With respect to cultivating stronger projects, what important issues should it address, and how?

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Program Rubric—MASTER OF SCIENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – ITPM611/613/615/619 and ITCO610 Version 3.0 – October 2017

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Criteria

Exemplary (5)

Accomplished (4)

Proficient (3)

Partially Proficient (2)

Unacceptable (1)

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

[MANAGEMENT]

Demonstrates full understanding of project management concepts and principles. The project is designed and managed to solve a problem effectively. The project exceeds all requirements and specifications.

Demonstrates sound understanding of project management concepts and principles. The project is designed and managed to address a given problem. The project meets at least 80%of the requirements and specifications.

Demonstrates basic understanding of project management concepts and principles. The project is designed and managed to address a given problem partially. The project meetsat least 70% of the requirements and specifications.

Demonstrates lack of understanding of project management concepts and principles. The project is not designed to solve a given problem effectively. The project meets at least 60% of the requirements and specifications.

Does not demonstrate an acceptable understanding of project management concepts and principles. The project does not address a given problem. The project meets less than 60% of requirements and specifications.

CRITICAL THINKING Synthesize different ideas, beliefs, perspectives, and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions (includes ethical reasoning and awareness of cultural diversity).

Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to integrate different ideas, beliefs, perspectives and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions as required by the assignment (includes issues related to ethical questions)

Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to proactively seek and incorporate multiple and diverse perspectives when working with one’s own and other cultures (as applicable).

Demonstrates clear ability to integrate different ideas, beliefs, perspectives and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions as required by the assignment (includes issues related to ethical questions).

Demonstrates clear ability to seek and incorporate multiple and diverse perspectives when working with one’s own and other cultures (as applicable).

Demonstrates adequate or proficient ability to integrate, different ideas, beliefs, perspectives and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions as required by the assignment (includes issues related to ethical questions).

Demonstrates adequate ability to seek (when instructed), and incorporate multiple and diverse perspectives when working with one’s own and other cultures (as applicable).

Demonstrates inadequate or partially proficient ability to integrate, different ideas, thoughts, perspectives and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions as required by the assignment (includes issues related to ethical questions).

Demonstrates partially proficient ability to incorporate multiple and diverse perspectives when working with one’s own and other cultures (as applicable).

Demonstrates limited ability to integrate different ideas, thoughts, perspectives and approaches in the process of arriving at conclusions or solutions as required by the assignment (includes issues related to ethical questions).

Demonstrates limited ability to incorporate multiple and diverse perspectives when working with one’s own and other cultures (as applicable).

Kerzner, Chap. 17

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Titlesortable Typesortable Publishersortable Editionsortable ISBNsortable Termsortable Course Codesortable
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) by Project Management Institute e-Book – VitalSource PMI 6 9781628253900 2001C ITPM611-01

Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling by Kerzner

e-Book – VitalSource Wiley 12 9781119165361 2001C ITPM611-01
 
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