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Type:Discussion Board
Unit:Project Communications & Risk Management
Due Date:Tue 8/8/17
Grading Type:Numeric
Points Possible:40
Points Earned:0
Deliverable Length:400600 words
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Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central) Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response:Within the Discussion Board area write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts ideas and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
As with everything else in our lives the way in which projects are managed has evolved and will continue to evolve as technology and customer demands and expectations change. Whether you are managing a local or an international project culture usually shapes the way in which organizations transform themselves and the way in which team members work with one another. Despite cultural differences a PM must recognize these differences and learn how to appraise cultural issues to avoid pitfalls that could impact the delivery of the project.
Agile project management has been one of the most important emerging trends in project management. It is about doing more with less working with the customer side by side delivering something to the customer on a constant basis working as a focused team and managing change better. Agile is gaining more attraction in the technology sector but has recently been used in non-IT sectors.
Communications managementis the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation collection dissemination storage and ultimate disposition of project information.Plan communications managementis the process of developing an appropriate approach and plan for project communications based on stakeholders’ information needs and requirements and available organizational assets. Alternativelyrisk managementis the process of managing negative or positive project risks to ensure the heath and wealth of project status and delivery. It includes the process of conducting risk management planning identification analysis response planning and controlling project risks.
Responses to Other Students:Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening.
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