University of Colorado Boulder Project Management Report One way to describe project management is to balance cost, schedule (time), and quality (sometimes

University of Colorado Boulder Project Management Report One way to describe project management is to balance cost, schedule (time), and quality
(sometimes also referred to scope)

Assignment:
1. Summarize and explain the importance of the concepts of chapters 11 and 12
a. The Structure of your paper should be
i. Introduction – 100 to 150 words
ii. Summary of Chapter 11 – 250 – 300 words – cite the textbook at least
twice
iii. Summary of Chapter 12 – 250 – 300 words – cite the textbook at least
twice
iv. Discussion – of the material and link it to other chapters of the textbook –
250 – 300 words – cite the textbook at least twice
v. Conclusions – highlight the most important items in your opinion (150 to
250 words)
b. In your summary, link to the textbook chapters 8 and 9, at least five times. For
this chapter, you do not need to find any articles
i. (650 word minimum)

Rubric:
Incomplete assignment
• A required paragraph is missing; minus 15 points each
Minimum word count: 650 words; the word count will exclude the title page and the reference
page
• Up to 50 words below word count; minus 5 points
• Up to 100 words below word count; minus 15 points
• Up to 150 words below word count; minus 25 points
• Up to 200 words (and more) below word count; minus 35 points

APA style points
• You need to create a title page APA style; minus 2 points if missing
• You need to have a Reference page APA style; minus 10 points if missing
• You do not need to write an abstract, if you do, this work will not count towards
the word count
CISB 410 – Verzuh Assignment 5 – The Final Project – Chapters 11 & 12
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• Please note we are using APA 6 in the Business Department
• Other APA rules of formatting; minus 2 points each if you are not following
APA 6 formatting

Citation points

There should be at least five citations in your paper

• Missing citations; minus 5 points each
• Citation errors; minus 2 points each
o If you miss the year
o Add the first name in the text
o Do not provide the page number of the textbook
o Do not follow the correct order of the citation
o Forget other authors
▪ And any other citation issue
• Each of these issues will count separately up to 5
points
• Quotations are not allowed in this class
o I want you to paraphrase instead of copy and paste what you found
▪ Each time you quote you will lose 10 points The Fast Forward MB… Project Management
Stellar Performer: Adobe
Systems
Developing a Calibrated
Model for Estimating Project
Time
John Gaffney
Today, Adobe Systems is known for
sophisticated desktop software
products such as Adobe Photoshop, but
in fact the company got its start in 1982
by developing PostScript, the first
device-independent page description
language. I joined Adobe as a software
developer in 1984 when Adobe was
developing the Apple LaserWriter, the
first PostScript printer.
After Apple introduced the LaserWriter
in 1985, many new customers signed
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customers two opportunities to accept
its bid and by using detailed project
plans and parametric estimates, Tynet
has increased the customer’s
involvement in managing the project.
This has enabled Tynet to change its
bids to a time-and-materials basis,
reducing its risk. “With more detailed
information, the customer gains more
control of the project and has better
cost-schedule-quality results,” explains
LaMure. “They can see that they’re
better off than forcing us to add
contingency factors into a fixed-price
bid.”
Tynet is proof that project management
isn’t just a discipline that improves
efficiency. The company has used it to
restructure its entire network delivery
process, and the results speak for
themselves.
Source: Interview with Brian LaMure.
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and a schedule assigned, so
accountability is clear and tracking
more effective. LaMure estimates that
overall delivery time has decreased by
50 percent through more effective
execution, which is a result of better
plans. Another cost benefit to the client
is that breaking the tasks down into
smaller increments makes it easier to
put
the
person with the right skill on
each job. That means a senior
technician isn’t working on jobs that a
more junior team member could
accomplish at a lower billing rate.
Customers Involved in Project
Management
Before instituting the phased life cycle
model, Tynet bid work on a fixed-price
basis; this meant that if Tynet was
wrong, it paid the price. By giving the
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These activities are Tynet’s way of
supporting customers to grow both
their business and their network
capacity over the long term.
The increased time and expertise Tynet
spends on developing proposals still
sometimes result in estimates that are
off by as much as 100 percent; it is easy
to see, therefore, why the previous
bidding process often produced
proposals that were impossible to
deliver. With bids offered at both the
concept and design phases, both Tynet
and its clients reduce their risks. Tynet
is less likely to dramatically
underestimate a job, and the client has
two opportunities to evaluate the bid.
Parametric Estimating
When the project manager and design
engineer build their detailed estimates
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can do in-house, thus decreasing the
hours Tynet puts into the project.
4. Execute. The system solution is
installed. The project manager uses
the detailed plan to make sure
everything stays on track.
5. Finish. The project manager and the
original design engineer meet with
the client to make sure the system is
operating effectively. All of Tynet’s
work is unconditionally guaranteed,
so they want to make sure the client
is completely satisfied.
6. Guarantee. Sales representatives
continue to stay in touch with
clients after the project is over so
that any problems can be quickly
resolved. The reps also help clients
recognize new opportunities for
improving their business based on
their new network capabilities.
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