Homework Assignment: Week 9
Instructions
Please put your name/date in the header. Answers should be no longer than six sentences per question. Please refer to the class syllabus for the grading rubric. Assignment is worth a total of 10 points.
Please save the file using the following naming system: Class_Name_Week#_Assignment. For example, if Rosie Dodson was submitting her week 7 homework, her file would be saved with the following title: MGMT410_RDodson_week7_homework.
Pinto Question 1:
What are some common reasons that necessitate change on projects? Of these reasons, which do you think occurs most frequently in projects?
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Pinto/Verzuh Question 2:
What is the benefit of implementing Configuration Management on a project? What are some potential issues that could occur if changes were informally approved without any documentation or communication?
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Verzuh Question 3:
Explain why stakeholder engagement is important during the Change Control process, even if the stakeholders were the ones who proposed the change.
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Verzuh Question 4 (lead-in question for Week 10):
In the Reducing the Time to Market section (Verzuh, p.398), the statement “there’s no point in generating a detailed schedule from start to finish” seems contradictory to project management best practices. In this situation, what metric does the team utilize to track progress? What do you think are the benefits/drawbacks of utilizing this tracking structure?
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