CMGT 410 All Discussions

The Latest Version A+ Study Guide

**********************************************

CMGT 410 All Discussions Link

https://hwsell.com/category/cmgt-410/

**********************************************

CMGT 410 Wk 1 Discussion – Waterfall vs. Agile

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Day 3

The waterfall project management model is often used for non-IT projects, while the Agile project management model is often used for IT projects.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What differences between IT and non-IT projects make each more appropriate for a different project management model? Are there exceptions?
• What are 2 drawbacks that might occur from using the waterfall model for an IT project and the Agile approach for a non-IT project?

Due Day 7

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

CMGT 410 Wk 2 Discussion – Existing vs. New Software

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Day 3

Beginning an IT project includes a fundamental skill of making the best product decision for your organization. One decision to make at the beginning of your project plan is to consider options available for your deliverable.

IT projects can be based on existing, off-the-shelf software that is customized to meet the needs of the project deliverables. In other cases, IT projects can be built from the ground up, in-house. Imagine you and your colleagues are consultants who have been asked to weigh in on the custom vs. off-the-shelf question at the beginning of an IT project at a Fortune 500 company.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What are 2 benefits of choosing and customizing off-the-shelf software to meet your project’s needs vs. building the entire project in-house?
• What are the drawbacks?
• Consider cost, the impact on the in-house team’s development staff, the software’s ability to grow with future project requirements, and how the choice will affect project support and maintenance.

Due Day 7

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

CMGT 410 Wk 3 Discussion – Project Hazards

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Day 3

In a perfect world, every project would be characterized by clear project requirements that never changed; motivated and capable team members; proven technologies; more than adequate budgets in terms of time, money, and resources; responsible, knowledgeable stakeholders; and seamless, effective communication so when a problem arises it is communicated and dealt with quickly. However, we do not live in a perfect world!

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• In your opinion, which 3 of the 5 common project hazards described in the book have the potential to be the costliest? Explain your reasoning.

Due Day 7

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional

CMGT 410 Wk 4 Discussion – Scope Creep

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Day 3

Scope creep refers to the tiny, incremental change or addition of requirements to an already defined project so that, for example, a project that began by trying to produce a single ham sandwich ended up trying to produce a 3-course meal for 20 people.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Describe a time when scope creep happened on a project you were involved with. The project you describe may be from work (such as being affected by an IT upgrade project), school (such as participating in a team assignment), or personal life (such as planning a wedding).
• Who was responsible for adding requirements?
• Who was responsible for accepting them?
• Were the additional requirements introduced early in the project process or late?
• What were the outcomes? That is, was the expanded scope implemented or not?
• Did the project come in over budget? Was it delayed? Was it cancelled?

Note: If you have never been involved in a type of project in which scope creep occurred, research specific causes of project scope creep and share at least 2 causes that are not listed in your textbook. Cite your sources in APA format.

Due Day 7

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

CMGT 410 Wk 5 Discussion – Testing

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Day 3

Project managers often say there is a need for functional testing—that is, the need to test that a change to the way a particular software behavior works behaves predictably given a specific set of conditions. However, other types of testing that are just as important may not be so obvious. For example, perhaps a change proves to be functionally correct but slows the system down or works only when the volume of transactions is low.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Discuss 2 different types of performance testing. Consider the following questions in your response:
• Why should 1 be used over the other?
• What is the benefit to using these 2 types of performance tests?
• Should different personnel be responsible for different tests, or should the same personnel conduct all tests?
• Should different types of performance testing be conducted in any specific order? Why or why not?

Due Day 7

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.