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This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a project schedule, and a written response. You must submit both parts as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the part of the assignment it is written for.

Part A: Project Schedule
(Submit as one [1] Microsoft Project file)

In Assignment 2, you developed a project plan. Now, using the information from your project proposal, create a multi-level work breakdown structure (WBS) and detailed project schedule.
Your project must include the following criteria:
The project must consist of at least twenty-five (25) tasks.
Each task must contain a start date, a finish date, and have main staffing and non-staffing resources assigned.
Assume that your work activities are completed during normal weekdays (no weekend work) under normal conditions (8 hours per day).
In terms of holidays, you can assume no work will be done the following days: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Good Monday, Friday before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, the business day before Independence Day, Independence Day, the Friday before Labor Day, Labor Day, the day before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), the business day before Christmas, Christmas Day, the business day after Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.
Part B: Written Response
(Submit as a Microsoft Word file)

Write a one to two (1-2) page response in which you:

Analyze your project in terms of project completion, critical path, and slack / float. Specifically, be sure to answer the following:
When will the project be completed?
What is the critical path for the project?
How much slack / float is in your project? What activities have the greatest slack / float?
Summarize the recommendations or improvements you would make to your project schedule. Specifically, be sure to answer the following:
Identify the top three (3) activities that you believe could impact the project completion date.
What additional activities would you add to this project to make it more complete, from a project management viewpoint?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

THIS IS THE PROPOSAL
Greendale Project
When will the project be completed?
The project is set to start on 2 November 2015 and will be completed on 25 August 2018. The project team will take a total duration of 694 days to complete construction of the baseball stadium.
What is the critical path for the project?
From the project plan developed, the project has two critical paths. The first project critical path consists of the following project tasks 2 – 5 – 6 – 9 – 10 -14 -15 – 20. The second critical path consists of the following tasks 2 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 10 -14 -15 – 20.
How much slack / float is in your project? What activities have the greatest slack / float?
In order to determine the project slack, the early start and late start times for each project needs calculation. The early start times are calculated in the forward direction of the project network diagram starting from the start point heading to the project finish. On the other hand, the late start times are calculated in the reverse direction of the project network starting from the finish point heading to the project start. The table below shows each project task, its duration, early start duration and late start duration. Project task for each task is calculated as Slack = Late start – Early start.

Task Name Duration Early Start Late Start Slack = LS – ES
Clear Stadium site 70 days 0 0 0
Demolish building 30 days 70 280 210
Set up construction site 70 days 100 625 525
Drive support piling 120 days 70 70 0
Pour lower concrete bowl 120 days 190 190 0
Pour main concourse 120 days 310 310 0
Install playing field 90 days 310 585 275
Construct upper steel bowl 120 days 310 310 0
Install seats 140 days 430 430 0
Build luxury boxes 90 days 430 585 155
Install jumbotron 30 days 430 665 235
Stadium infrastructure 120 days 430 555 125
Construct steel canopy 75 days 570 570 0
Light Installation 30 days 645 645 0
Build roof supports 90 days 310 315 5
Construct roof 180 days 400 405 5
Install roof tracks 90 days 400 495 95
Install roof tracks 90 days 580 585 5
Inspection 20 days 675 675 0
Table 1: Slack calculation for all tasks
Table 2 below shows the project tasks with the highest slack.
Task ID Task Slack
3 Demolish building 210
4 Set up construction site 525
8 Install playing field 275
11 Build luxury boxes 155
12 Install jumbotron 235
13 Stadium infrastructure 125
18 Install roof tracks 95
Table 2: Tasks with the highest slack
Identify the top three (3) activities that you believe could impact the project completion date.
The top three activities selected that nay have an impact on the project completion date are:
1. Task 2: Clear stadium site
2. Task 5: Drive support piling
3. Task 6: Pour lower concrete bowl
The reason for selecting this task is that they have zero slack and hence are critical path tasks. Any delay in these activities will lead to delays in other tasks and in turn affecting the project completion date.
What additional activities you would add to this project to make it more complete, from a project management viewpoint?
In order to make the project more complete I would include a project-planning phase. Project planning is one of the most critical steps in any project. During the planning phase, the project charter and objectives will be identified. Furthermore, the project needs assessment will be carried out during this stage in order to identify what the project needs to accomplish. The planning stage will also involve developing the project plan and budgeting. Lastly, during this stage the project sponsor needs to approve the project plan, charter, objectives, and budget.

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Discuss the relevance of the selected topic to an understanding of multiculturalism or the application of the topic in multicultural counseling.

3. The final paper must be 10–12 pages (not including the title page, abstract page, or reference pages).

4. The paper must include a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed and academic journal resources. Academic journals can be easily accessed through Liberty University’s online library. A librarian is available to assist online students. The articles should be dated within the past 5 years.

5. Remember that information from generic websites (e.g., Wikipedia, About.com) will not count towards the minimum of 10 sources required in the paper. Rely on peer-reviewed resources easily accessed through Liberty University’s online library.

6. Do not include pictures, charts, or graphs in the final paper.

7. Most of the paper was completed over the term. You should have a title page and abstract from previous modules/weeks. The annotated bibliography should not be pasted in the paper. However, the annotated bibliography should offer the information and sources that you may use in the paper.

8. The required components that must be included in the paper:
• Title page
• Abstract page
• Body of 10–12 pages
• Reference page

9. The paper must follow current APA format guidelines.

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5. Compare and contrast the ways in which the built environment influenced survival in positive and negative  ways? You can work from your answers to these questions in your individual reports (be specific, and argue from evidence).

Question: Choose a borrowed theory and apply its framework to an advanced nursing issue (i.e., hostility in the workplace, instituting bedside reporting, and shared leadership).

Additional Info from Instructor:

This is your topic for TD2 and we will be meeting the following PO:

Analyze theories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components, relationships among the components, logic of the propositions, comprehensiveness, and utility to advanced nursing. (PO #1)

Key Concepts:

· Scope of borrowed theories and their application to the nursing profession.

· Categories commonly used to organize nursing theories and how a theory fits into the category.

Choose a borrowed theory and apply its framework to an advanced nursing issue (i.e., hositlity in the workplace, instituting bedside reporting, and shared leadership)

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Now that you have completed your course, share your opinion on CAM therapies. Compare and contrast your thoughts and understanding of these therapies before taking this course and after its completion.

Use your analysis on the basis of research and readings you have done during the course and write 2–3 paragraphs on each of the following topics that clearly depicts your understanding:

Conventional (allopathic) or mainstream medical practice
CAM therapies and practices
The benefits of acupuncture
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Aromatherapy
Naturopathy
Chiropractic
Massage therapy
Yoga
Meditation

Write your answer in the form of a research paper in a Microsoft Word document. The paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

It should have 7- to 8-pages not including cover page, abstract, and reference list.
There should be a title or cover page.
The title or cover page must be followed by an abstract of 100–200 words.
The paper must use the APA style for citing sources and references.
The paper must have a minimum of ten current references. Note that primary, peer-reviewed references are preferred.
On a separate page, cite any sources you used in the APA format. Click here to learn how to cite sources using APA guidelines.

Note: Peer-reviewed refers to the articles reviewed and approved by author’s professional peers who are experts on that topic.

Support your responses with reasoning and examples.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Explained conventional (allopathic) or mainstream medical practice.
20
Explained complementary and alternative therapies and practices.
20
Explained benefits of acupuncture.
20
Explained traditional Chinese medicine.
20
Explained aromatherapy.
20
Explained naturopathy.
20
Explained chiropractic.
20
Explained massage therapy.
20
Explained yoga.
20
Explained meditation.
20
Written components.

The topic of your project needs to be a contemporary societal problem, such as healthcare reform, immigration reform, privacy rights, euthanasia, First Amendment Rights, stem cell research, capital punishment, corporate prisons, legalizing drugs, ageism, animal rights, cloning, prayer in schools, racial profiling, recycling/conservation, sexism, outsourcing jobs, workplace bullying, etc. The topic must focus on a single aspect, as in “How far do corporations intrude into the private lives of their employers?” or “The social costs of financing the distribution of custom-designed drugs.” You may suggest another topic to use, but the instructor must approve the topic during the Week Two Discussion.

The Final Research Project will present research relating the responsibilities of a critical thinker to contemporary society. In this assignment, you will do the following:

Research one aspect of a contemporary social problem.
Define the problem.
Propose a possible solution for the problem.
Create an argument that supports your thesis position. You should take on the perspective of a critically thinking researcher. The argument must present a thesis statement and evidence to support the thesis statement.
Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from the position you take on the issue and explain how those outcomes would influence society and culture.
Interpret statistical data from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
Evaluate evidence using the following standards: validity, reliability, and bias related to the chosen topic and accurately identify strengths and weaknesses.

Research and Define the Problem

You must take on the perspective of your major field of study and explain in your paper what that perspective is and how it informs your view of the topic. The topics listed above are far too broad to write about in 10–12 pages (3,300–3,900 words). Instead, you must choose a narrowly defined thesis and approach it from the perspective of your field.

Example: If you are an economics major, and you are interested in immigration reform, you should approach a very specific aspect of immigration reform through the lens of economic theory and practice. A specific thesis question would not be, “How does illegal immigration influence the U.S. economy?” One could write thousands of pages on such a topic. Instead, a better question would be, “How do illegal immigrant hotel workers in Chicago impact the economy of Northern Illinois?” You would then want to do the research and determine the positive and negative impacts they have, ultimately trying to conclude how illegal immigration in this area should be approached ethically.

How to Hone Your Thesis: It is important that you start your research early in this course. Try to find the most important contemporary questions and theories in your field of study and then align the most important questions with a very specific aspect of the general topics above. For example, if you are a psychology major, you might want to start thinking within the realm of healthcare reform or aspects of mental health and criminality in the prison system.

Your Argument

You must present a complete argument, including a major claim with at least five points of evidence, information, or data that will prove the claim.

The thesis statement must be
A clear, simple declarative sentence as the first or last sentence in the opening paragraph of the essay.
Of such a nature that it can be substantiated, corroborated, verified, and proved through appeal to primary or secondary academic research source materials.
The introductory paragraph must
Present the thesis statement, an explanation for the importance of the topic, and its relation to the student’s field of study.
Beliefs, opinions, and personal opinions must not be introduced at any point in the essay.
All beliefs and opinions should be supported with academic evidence. Sweeping generalizations with no supporting academicevidence do not reflect adequate critical thinking skills.
Do not include rhetorical questions in your essays. All the questions that are pertinent to your project need to be answered in your essay and your answers again need to be supported with evidence from peer-reviewed journal articles and academically published books.

Attributes of Good Critical Thinking in Papers

Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue.
The evidence that you use should come from high-level researchers engaged in your field of study.
Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue.
Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research.

Ethical Outcomes of the Position You Take

After you have defined the problem and created an argument about how one ought to respond to the issue, you need to explain the ethical outcomes of the position you have taken. This should again be in relation to the field of study in which you are working. There might be different ethical outcomes that result from your analysis. For example, going back to the example issue above, from an economic standpoint, illegal immigrants might contribute positively to the economy of Northern Illinois in a specific number of ways. Thus, an economist who believes that positive impact to the economy is the greatest good would say that one should promote the use of illegal immigrants. However, because these workers are often paid less than others and eliminate jobs that could be done by residents of Chicago, there could be other negative ethical outcomes that would outweigh the positive impacts to the economy. It is your goal to draw out the ethical implications of your thesis and explain the underlying rationale that is the foundation for your claim that one action is better than another.

Critical thinkers are those who can outline the positive and negative ethical impacts of their positions. In addition, they are able to provide a rationale for why they believe a specific position is the right position, even when it leads to negative outcomes.
Critical thinkers are also able to be honest and objective about the limitations and gray areas that pertain to their theses.

Final Research Project Requirements

The Final Research Project may be presented as a formal research paper (essay format), a PowerPoint presentation, a video, or a podcast equivalent to a minimum of 10 – 12 pages in APA format (approximately 3,300 – 3,900 typewritten words, excluding title page and reference pages). Written essays must adhere to all APA formatting standards and requirements, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

PowerPoint presentations must include the full text (at least 3,300 words) in the speaker notes portion of the slides, with appropriate citations, and full reference pages. PowerPoint presentations must adhere to the basic principles of PowerPoint presentation design and must include citations and references according to APA standards and requirements.

Videos and podcasts must include a full transcript, in APA format, including appropriate in-text citations and a references page.

Quotations:

There must be no more than 15% quoted content in the body of your essay. All quoted material must bear quotation marks and a full quotation citation.

Source Documents:

There must be 10 or more source documents used, cited, and referenced.
Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, then they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library.
Where print documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) may not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) may not be used.
Two of the peer-reviewed scholarly sources used must include statistical evidence, which must be accurately interpreted.
Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia should not be used.
Religious texts are neither peer-reviewed nor scholarly and so may not be used in any way.

Summary Conclusion:

You must have a summary conclusion as the last paragraph(s) of the project, presenting the major point of the essay and the evidence supporting that point.

Word Count:

The content body of the project must be 3,300 words or more. The word count does not include anything in the title page, running header, or reference list. It is expected that you meet all logistical requirements of this paper.

Reference List:

The list of references must include only those source documents that are cited within the body of the project.
The project must fully comply with APA formatting standards and requirements as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center: title page, running header with page numbers, font face and size, line spacing, citations, and reference page(s)