Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9781259666094
Author: Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 9E
Your roommate is about to submit a scope statement for a spring concert sponsored by the entertainment council at Western Evergreen State University (WESU). WESU is a residential university with over 22,000 students. This will be the first time in six years since WESU sponsored a spring concert. The entertainment council has budgeted $40,000 for the project. The event is to occur on June 5th. Since your roommate knows you are taking a class on project management she has asked you to review her scope statement and make suggestions for improvement. She considers the concert a resume-building experience and wants to be as professional as possible. Below is a draft of her scope statement. What suggestions would you make and why?
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Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
Ch. 4 - What are the six elements of a typical scope...Ch. 4 - What questions does a project objective answer?...Ch. 4 - What does it mean if the priorities of a project...Ch. 4 - What kinds of information are included in a work...Ch. 4 - When would it be appropriate to create a...Ch. 4 - How does a communication plan benefit management...Ch. 4 - You are in charge of organizing a dinner-dance...Ch. 4 - In small groups, identify real life examples of a...Ch. 4 - Develop a WBS for a project in which you are going...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4E
Ch. 4 - Develop a WBS for a local stage play. Be sure to...Ch. 4 - Use an example of a project you are familiar with...Ch. 4 - Prob. 7ECh. 4 - Your roommate is about to submit a scope statement...Ch. 4 - Make a list of the major deliverables for the...Ch. 4 - How would developing a WBS alleviate some of the...Ch. 4 - Where can Nicolette find additional information to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.1.4CCh. 4 - What factors and forces contributed to scope creep...Ch. 4 - Is this an example of good or bad scope creep?...Ch. 4 - How could scope creep have been better managed by...
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