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Quality, Scope, Schedule
Scope, Cost, Time
Customer satisfaciton, Budget, Schedule
Cost, Quality, Customer Satisfaction
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Conception
Evaluation and Termination
Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, and Control
Conception and Selection
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Increase
Be eliminated
Become a constant
Decrease
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Changing levels of resources
Principle that work expands to fill the time available
Changing attitudes of the project team
Difficulty in completing the activities of the project
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Effort
Risk
Cluelessness
Uncertainty
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Sub-process
Task
Project
Program
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Stakeholders
PM's
Leaders
Directors
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Subgroups
Deliverables
Work Packages
Subprojects
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Breakdown
Bottleneck
Malfunctioning
Interdependencies
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Developing computer software
Hosting a wedding
Building a house
Assembly line manufacturing of bottles
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Logging
Extending
Termination
Completion
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Trade-offs
Weights
Guidelines
Tasks
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Purpose, repetition, interdependencies, consistency, and uncertainty
Unique, one-time occurance, finite time frame, important, limited resources, conflict, and interdependencies
Purpose, lifecycle, conflict, certainty, independence, performance, finite duration
Lifecycle, schedule, cost, uncertainty, independence, uniqueness, and demand
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Task
Health
Effort
Plan
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Levels of effort
Subprojects
Work Packages
Programs
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Business impact on the company
Number of people working on the project
Impact on the customer
New opportunities for the future
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The initial concept for the project
Scope definition
Stakeholder interviews
Budget estimation
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The terrain will be different for different segments
Different types of workers will be used to build different segments
The consistency of the concrete will vary for different segments
Different people manage different sections of the highway.
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Campaign
Sub-program
Program
Task
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Profitability Index
Product Line Extension
Sustainability Model
Competitive Necessity
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Alighment with organization goals, ease of implementation, reasonable cost of implementation
HR department approval
Upper management support
Finance department approval
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Payback period
The sacred cow
Operating necessity
The product line extension
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Report a profit gain
Report a profit loss
Succeed to generate cash inflows
Be over the hurdle rate
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A section on the past experience of the proposing group
A detailed profit and loss calculation of the proposing group
A general description of the problem
A description of the proposers ability to supply the facilities needed
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Simplicity
Ease of calculation
Increased attention to the relative importance of each selection criteria
Large worldwide use and acceptance
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The President
The PM
The entire project management team
Stockholders in publicly traded companies
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About 50% of projects fail financially
Risk is projects is mainly focused on finishing on time
Very few projects fail financially
Uncertainty is in all aspects of the work and present at all stages of PM
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Comparative Value
Comparative Benefits
Comparative Necessity
Comparative Sustainability
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Window-of-opportunity analysis
Payback period
Scoring
Sacred cow
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Project Selection
Program Choice
Non-scoring model
Operating necessity
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Following specifications
Satisfying customers
Making profits
Staying within budget, time constraints, and scope.
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Increased the company ROI
Minimizes employee turnover
Should include prjects for various sizes, timeframes, and levels of risk
Should include 6-12 different projects
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Internal Rate of Return
Profitability Index
Q-sort method
Payback period
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Difficult to quanitfy
Clear to a majority of PM's
Growing as the PMBOK is applied
Very few
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Reducing problems with industry partners
Increased understanding and agreement within the company
Simplicity
Greater organizational flexibility
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10
20
40
5
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Strongly relates to the organization's strategy, mission and goals.
Focuses on high risk goals and activities.
Includes a complex set of methods and multiple stakeholders.
Address problems outside the company's mission.
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Management salary stability
Profits and profitability
Maintaining stock price and ROI
Keeping the workforce numbers stable
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Twice that of project Z.
One half that of project Z
Four times that of project Z
Equal to that of project Z
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Sufficient financial resources
A competent team
A good working environment
That the PM has the support of upper management
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An analytical approach
A departmental approach
A systems approach
His or her positional power
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Hold daily team meetings.
Present a positive report on project progress.
Never allow upper management to be surprised.
Consult with upper management regarding day to day operations.
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Be good friends with upper management.
Make deals with other PM's for exchanging resources.
Request an extension of the project due date.
Be ready to negotiate resources tradeoffs such as subcontracting, if necessary.
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Economic, political, legal, and sociotechnical
Profit, not for profit, government, and industry
Internal, external, transitional, and multicultural
Routine, unique, fast-paced, and complex
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Ability to take orders, good work habits, individual contributor
High technical skills, willingness to take orders from PM, self-control
High technical skills, problem-solving ability, political sensitivity, goal orientation, high self-esteem
Problem-solving ability, technical skills, modest opinion of self
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Guaranteeing the plans.
Micromanagement, and usually not useful.
Beneficial for project success.
Ensuring good results.
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Threatening to cancel contracts if multinationals will not agree to terms.
Selecting business parters only if they have proof of existing strong national ties.
When disagreements occur, meeting together in a atmosphere of trust and negotiation to resolve problems.
Filing lawsuits when people do not perform as expected.
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Responsible for deciding what resources will be devoted to accomplishing the task.
Responsible for deciding who will do the work
Administratively responsible for deciding how something will be done.
Being a generalist in the area being managed.
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