Question 1 – Read and review chapter 1,2 and write what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter. Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
- As cited in the chapter, Edward Deming, a famous businessman, once said, “In God we trust. All others bring data.” What did Deming mean in terms of developing a strategic plan?
- Critique the following vision statement by Stokes Eye Clinic: “Our vision is to take care of your vision.”
Question 2 Consider a past situation where you were a member of a team that was involved in a project. Ideally, this situation should be where you currently work. If you are at a loss of thinking of a scenario – then you may choose to make up a project that may be of interest to you instead.
- Describe the overall project goals and your role in the project.
- Explain how the project scope was clearly defined at the beginning of the project or how it was not clearly defined.
- Prepare and share the listing of deliverables from your project. Offer at least 5 deliverables and two work packages per deliverable. Identify the WBS code accordingly.
- Finally, complete a quick google search, and locate a website (that appears credible) that presents an example WBS. Share the link along with a sentence or two related to how their WBS aligns to the typical structure of a WBS as presented in the week introduction.
Question 3 – Choose a journal article (published in the past five (5) years) related to project scope, monitoring, or control. Write a 2 page review of your chosen journal article. The review should contain the journal article title, author’s name and year of publication. There is no need to introduce other journals into this paper
Your paper should contain the following headings:
Introduction
Summary of the article
Relevant points made by the author
Critique of the article
Application of the concepts in the article
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