CPMGT/301

STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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CPMGT 301 Week 1 Portfolio Management and Strategic Management Concepts and Organization Paper

Write a 1,050 to 1,400-word summary in which you:

Explain how strategic portfolio management relates to project management.

Discuss how portfolio management concepts support an organization’s mission and goals.

Analyze the difference between project-based and non-project-based organizations.

Address these areas:

• How does communication differ for a project manager in a project-based organization versus a non-project-based organization?
• Describe two challenges that a project manager might face in a non-project-based organization.
• As a project manager in a non-project-based organization, how would you overcome the challenges you identified?

Use at least five credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 2 Integrated Initiation and Planning Discussion

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in response to the following with your Learning Team:

• How does effective Project Integration Management help to ensure that each project is managed in a unified and consolidated way?
• Explain how Project Integration Management relates to project portfolio management.
• How does the project portfolio management approach lead to enhanced strategic management for an organization?
• Provide examples of the above in the context of specific projects.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Format your team response consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 2 Learning Team Charter

Complete the Learning Team Charter.

Format your charter using the UOP School of Business Learning Team Charter template.

Note: The Team must use the Learning Team Charter from the hot link to the right under Student Materials.

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CPMGT 301 Week 2 Project Activities And Sequencing Scenario

Resource: Scenarios

Choose a scenario from the Student Materials, Scenarios.

Title the paper with the scenario title.

Write a 350 to 700-word paper in which you:

Define activities for a project based on the scenario you choose.

Include the following:

• Identify the scope of the project.
• Define the needs of the stakeholders.
• Create a WBS for the project.
• List necessary tools and techniques.
• List activities, activity attributes, and milestones for the project.
• Sequence the activities in a chart or diagram.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Format your paper, including the chart or diagram, consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 3 Human Resource Plan Discussion

Discuss the following question with your Learning Team:

• How would you align human resource plans in a project portfolio to an organization’s strategic objectives?
• Agree collectively on a response to the discussion question.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Submit a Learning Team response that is 250 to 350 words in length.

Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 3 Performance, Compensation, and Rewards Presentation

Create a 7- to 9-slide presentation in which you include the following:

Compare three performance measurement practices.

Determine appropriate financial compensation and rewards using the scenario from your Week 2 assignment, and explain your rationale for selecting the financial compensation and rewards.

Outline a human resource plan for the project in the scenario.

Include speaker notes on each slide.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Note: Use appropriate citations on each slide.

Note: List all references on the last slide.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 4 Communication Barriers Discussion

Discuss the following with your Learning Team:

• What factors present barriers to communication in an organization?
• What communication methods help to reduce the impact of communication barriers?
• Is there a place for social networking in project management? Explain why or why not.
• Does communication via social networking compromise professionalism? Explain why or why not.
• Agree collectively on a response to the discussion question.

Submit a Learning Team response that is 350 to 700 words in length.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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CPMGT 301 Week 4 Project Communication Management Plan

Create a 350- to 700-word Communication Management Plan for the project scenario you chose in Week 2.

Develop a table (typically called a Stakeholder Register which will contain more data than a simple Stakeholder Matrix) in which you identify project and portfolio stakeholders and their influence on the project.

Align effective communication tools and techniques with each stakeholder.

Explain why the methods of communication identified are most effective.

Use at least two credible references. NB: Wikipedia, eHow, businessdictionary.com and the like are not acceptable academic sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Note: Check APA on how to reference charts, figures, and tables in the text and as well as how to label them.

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CPMGT 301 Week 5 Project Management Plan

A Project Management Plan has many components. Some aspects of the plan are introduced in future courses in the Project Management Certificate program. For the purpose of this assignment, include only the elements of the Project Management Plan discussed in this course and the preceding course in the Project Management Certificate program.

Create a Project Management Plan in which you include the following:

• The WBS created (from Week 2)
• The activities defined (from Week 2)
• The sequenced activity chart or diagram (from Week 2)
• A human resource plan (from Week 3)
• A Communication Management Plan (from Week 4)

Note: Be sure to include comments/corrections from previous week’s papers.

Develop a 700 to 1,050-word Risk Management Plan in which you include the following:

• Potential risks for the project and for the portfolio to which the project belongs
• Likelihood and impact analysis of the identified risks
• A plan for managing responses to portfolio and project risks
• Write a 350 to 525-word Project Control Plan in which you briefly discuss control mechanisms for this project.

Create a 175 to 350-word introduction and executive summary for the plan, and place them at the beginning of your completed Project Management Plan.

Note: This assignment is to be an integrated plan. Cut out all the previous introductions, conclusions, etc.

Format your project plan consistent with APA guidelines.

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