Tutorial for Week 8

1.  Readings:

Mandatory Readings

• Kerzner Chapter 11.0-11.8;

• PMI Implementing Organizational PM Chapter 4;

• PMI Managing Change Preface, Chapter 4;

Make sure you have done the readings.

2. Answer following Questions to reflect and assist in your Portfolio

• What planning steps should precede total program scheduling? What steps are necessary?
• Describe in your own personal life projects the process for planning.
• How does a project manager determine how complex to make a program plan or how many schedules to include?
• Is it possible for the WBS to be designed so that resource allocation is easier to identify?

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• What roles does a functional manager play in establishing the first three levels of the WBS?
• In your own life projects … are there times where there is a “Functional Manager” overlooking your planning?  Like your mother or friends or …
• What types of conflicts can occur during the planning cycle, and what modes should be used for their resolution?
• How do the customer and contractor know if each one completely understands the statement of work, the work breakdown structure, and the program plan?
• In your own projects, how do you make sure stakeholders know what is going on? Describe what you do? Do you use social media to help in your communication? Or do you have meetings? Or do you ring everyone by phone?
• You have been asked to develop a work breakdown structure for a project. How should you go about accomplishing this? Should the WBS be time-phased, department-phased, division-phased, or some combination?