Case Study 1: Reaching Success through Best Project Management Practices

Case Study 1: Reaching Success through Best Project Management Practices 

Due Week 3 and worth 80 points

Read the following articles:

• “OPM3® Case Study: OPM3 in Action: Pinellas County IT Turns Around Performance and Customer Confidence”. 
• “IT
  project management and virtual teams”. SIGMIS CPR ’04 Proceedings of
  the 2004 SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research: Careers,
  culture, and ethics in a networked environment, pages 129-133. 
• Note: Please see attachement.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Identify
   the common challenges that exist within IT projects based on the first
   article. Highlight the best practices that could be linked to the
   successful performance of IT project teams.
2. Determine
   at least three (3) challenges that exist when working with virtual
   teams based on the second article titled “IT project management and
   virtual teams”. Analyze how the efficient management of these challenges
   influences the success of project deliverables. 
3. Based
   on the lessons learned within the first article titled “ OPM3® Case
   Study: OPM3 in Action: Pinellas County IT Turns Around Performance and
   Customer Confidence”, draw a workflow diagram to show how a project
   should initiate to gain support from the various project stakeholders.
   Use the graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source
   alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. 
4. Compare
   and contrast the assessment steps provided by the OPM3 Model presented
   in the first article with the CMMI-DEV-v1.2 process framework presented
   in Appendix 1A of the textbook. Discuss how the CMMI maturity levels are
   related to the assessment steps.
5. Summarize
   at least three (3) CMMI processes that can improve the productivity of
   virtual teams. Determine the three (3) most significant measures and the
   activities associated with each process. Note: Refer to table 1A.4 in
   Chapter 1 of the textbook for information on purposes of the
   CMMI-DEV-v1.2 processes.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be
  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA
  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
  instructions.
• Include
  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
  page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment
  page length. 
• Include
  charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams /
  charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is
  submitted.

Attachments: 

week3casestudy1opm3.pdf