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#2

Select an organization (choose from your own experience or outside research) and trace the origins of an organization’s culture to the personality, values, and habits of the individual(s) responsible for founding the organization. What are the mechanisms that are used to sustain the culture of an organization? Which mechanism do you believe has the biggest effect on the culture of an organization and why?

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#3

Choose a project that you are familiar with and describe the risk management techniques used to improve the success of the project.

What are the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns of the project?

How does the Project Manager neutralize these risks?

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#4

Explain the risks associated with leveling resources, compressing or crashing projects, and imposed durations or “catch-up” as the project is being implemented.

Why is it critical to develop a time-phased baseline?

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#5

Identify an important relationship (co-worker, boss, friend) in which you are having trouble gaining cooperation. Assess this relationship in terms of the influence currency model.

What kinds of influence currency have you been exchanging in this relationship? Is the “bank account” for this relationship in the “red” or the “black”? What kinds of influence would be appropriate for building a stronger relationship with that person? What are the expectations for a project manager and the stakeholders? In your experience how does the Project Manager include stakeholders in the project? What are your recommendations?

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#6

Why is it important for project managers to resist changes to the project baseline? Under what conditions would a project manager make changes to a baseline? When would a project manager not allow changes to a baseline?

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#7

How does the project closure review differ from the performance measurement control system discussed in Chapter 13?

What major information would you expect to find in a project review?