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Contrast quality assurance and quality control.

Suppose the VoIP project sponsor wants you to present the project to the board of directors. Particularly, the sponsor would like you to discuss the quality of the project. It is worth noting that during the deployment of the VoIP system the quality control team tracked forty (40) of the deployments. The following problems were documented:

Five (5) of the deployments experienced delays due to the unique configuration of the office space which required modification to install the proper wiring.
Twelve (12) of the users called the help desk to get additional training on the new system.
Two (2) of the new devices were defective.

Prepare a fifteen to twenty (15-20) slide digital presentation with the software of your choice (e.g., PowerPoint, Google slides, Prezi, etc.) in which you:

Explain quality and its importance to project success.
Explain quality management planning.
Contrast quality assurance and quality control.
Describe the different quality activities involved in this project and each of their outcomes.
Describe Pareto diagrams and their use in project management.
Present the data in the provided scenario using a Pareto diagram (Use the software of your choosing to prepare the diagram).
Use appropriate key points and / or graphics to professionally convey the information.
Include presenter notes to explain each slide.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Include the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date in the presentation.
Include the references used in the assignment in the presentation.
Import charts, graphs, and / or the Pareto diagram into the presentation. The completed works must be imported into the presentation.

Risks fall in a few categories, known and unknown. It is extremely important in any project to effectively plan for both with a contingency budget and resources because some will happen. In this class, you are asked to develop a Risk Management Strategy and Plan that identifies potential risks, ranks them by impact and likeliness, contains mitigation strategies, and includes a way to control and communicate them. You will select a project that you may have developed in a previous class or a known project in your organization to create this strategy and plan for.

Throughout this course, you will be working on developing several components of a final Key Assignment. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in the assignment description for this project.

In this first Individual Project, you are asked to develop the outline of the sections that will be included in the “Risk Management Strategy and Plan” document and a draft of a proposal to submit to your instructor. The other information you will include is a high-level description of the project you will be conducting the risk analysis on.

You will also be setting up the final Key Assignment outline that you will add to each week. The combined Individual Project (IP) assignments will be your final Key Assignment deliverable.

Project Selection:

The first step will be to select a project that you to develop a risk management strategy and plan for. This project will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:

Nontrivial: The selected project candidate should reflect a real-life project that has at least the major milestones identified.
Domain Knowledge: You will be applying knowledge of this project to address assignments related to identifying and analyzing risks.

Select a project that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first few days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.

Assignment:

Your first task in this process will be to select a project to use as the basis of your Key Assignment. You will also create the shell document for the final project Key Assignment document deliverable that you will be working on throughout the course. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery, which is the Risk Management Strategy and Plan.

The following project deliverables:

Submit project proposal to instructor for approval
Risk Management Strategy and Plan Document Shell
Use Microsoft Word
Title Page
Course number and name
Project name
Student name
Date
Table of Contents
Use auto-generated TOC
Separate page
Maximum of three levels deep
Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so it is up-to-date before submitting your project.
Section Headings (create each heading on a new page with TBD as content except for sections listed under “New Content” below)
Project Outline
Risk Management Justification
Project Risks Identification
Project Risks Assessment
Project Risks Responses Strategy
Project Risks Responsibility Plan
Project Risks Monitoring & Control Plan
Project Risks WBS & Budget Updates
Project Risks Communications Plan
New Content to be Inserted in Above Shell
Project Outline
Brief description of the project.
The milestones and/or WBS for the project.
Material can be taken from approved proposal submitted to the instructor, and this will serve as the draft for the proposal.
Be sure this project is approved by the instructor.
Risk Management Justification
Discuss why risk management is so important to the success of the selected project in a letter to the project sponsor.
Describe the steps that will be used to develop the Risk Management Plan.
Represent this process in a flow diagram as well.
Project Risks Identification
Start brainstorming, at a high level, on some categories where risk could occur in this project (Note: you will continue this brainstorming activity in the next week with specifics, likelihood, and impact)

250 words 1 reference each chapter attached

Discussion 1: Ethics in the Workplace

Analyze 2 of the following ethical scenarios:

Although John is an honest employee who never takes money from the company cash box, he uses the company car to run personal errands while making sales-rounds. Is this unethical behavior? If so, why? If not, why not?

Betty is a high producing, devoted employee who might work overtime in an emergency. She tells her boss that she got caught in traffic upon arriving late the next day, when in fact, she overslept. Is this unethical behavior? If so, why? If not, why not?

Suzy is a sympathetic employee who knows a co-worker is operating a small business on the side (often using company office equipment and paper) but says nothing. Is this unethical behavior? If so, why? If not, why not?

Noticing her supervisor, a young married man, taking her co-worker, Joanna, who was divorced, home two nights in succession, Diane decided something was going on between them. Without any malicious intent, Diane introduced the matter into the local grapevine and, as so often happens, the rumor got out of hand. Is this unethical behavior? If so, why? If not, why not?

Discussion 2: Globalization

Describe how globalization has changed the way American companies are doing business. In what ways do you believe this change has benefited American organizations and/or their customers? Are there ways in which organizations and their customers have been adversely effected? Explain

Online learning vs in class format

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Critique the following research paper:

Schulman, A., Sims, R. L. (1999). Learning in an online format versus an in-class format: An experimental study. T.H.E Journal. (Online), June, 1999. Retrieved April 15, 2000. URL: http://thejournal.com/articles/1999/06/01/learning-in-an-online-format-versus-an-inclass-format-an-experimental-study.aspx

Explain your overall opinion of this research paper and include references to the hypotheses being clear, testable, and specific; the sample size; the research method; confounding variables; and are the conclusions justified.

The article critique paper must:

* be a minimum of 9 typed pages and a maximum of 11 full pages, size 12 font, double spaced with 1 inch margins, NOT including the Cover and References pages

* have an APA style cover page and reference page

* be proofread and contain minimal to no grammar errors, misspellings, incorrect APA formatting, or typographical errors)

* cover all components IN ORDER denoted in the Critique Outline below

1) Introduction

Issue identified in the article
Source of the issue
Significance of the issue
Feasibility of the issue for study
Scope of the literature review
Theoretical context of the issue
Hypotheses/research questions
Variables of interest

2) Methodology

Description of the research design
Control of extraneous variables
Assessing internal and external validity
How the sample was obtained
Measurement instruments
Reliability and validity of those instruments
Sources of measurement error
Ethical considerations

3) Data Analysis

Data analysis procedures
Presentation of results; Use of tables
Interpretation of results

4) Communicating Findings

Forums of findings
Limitations
Alternative explanations
Implications for the practitioner
Implications for future research

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper, which explains what you would recommend to Peach-tree to solve their IT problems as if you were hired as a consultant. Support your recommendations with references and outside citations. Address the following questions:

How did your opinions about what should be done differ before you read the commentaries and after you read them?
Which of the commentators’ opinions made the most sense to you? Why?
Which parts of the recommendations will you use?
Which parts of your recommendation are unique?
Provide a full explanation of what you would recommend and why.
Provide at least two recent articles from the UOP online library to support your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Project Management homework assignment

In a well-written 2- to 3-page paper, describe the differences between the top-down and the bottom-up budgeting process. Be sure to address when using one process might be better suited than use of the other.

There are a number of well-known strategic planning models. To bring your team up to speed on the evolution of strategic planning itself, write a white paper of 1,200–1,500 words that addresses the following specific models of strategic planning:

Michael Porter’s Five Forces
Adrian Slywotzky’s Value Migration
W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy

Using the Web resources provided and any others that you find, address the following in your white paper:

Discuss the premise underlying each of the three models of strategic planning and the advantages that each brings to the process.
Discuss how to apply or implement strategic planning using each of the methods.
Discuss the pros and cons of each strategic planning method.

Select 1 of the models, and respond to the following questions:

What methods could be used to ensure continuous process improvement in the organization from a production and operations management perspective?
From a business finance or accounting perspective, how would you analyze the business and measure the effectiveness of your strategy so that you can make the best decisions for the organization?
As a leader, how would you help the organizational structure and culture adapt to the changes that would result from this strategy (e.g., how you would empower teams, resolve conflicts, and motivate employees to support the changes from this strategy)?
From a marketing perspective, what effect will the strategy have on your marketing plan; product differentiation, positioning, life cycle, and portfolio; and Internet or retail marketing to your customers?
What human resource management changes will be necessary because of the strategy? Address each of the functions of human resources, including staffing, training and development, performance management, compensation, and employee relations

There are a number of well-known strategic planning models. To bring your team up to speed on the evolution of strategic planning itself, write a white paper of 1,200–1,500 words that addresses the following specific models of strategic planning:

Michael Porter’s Five Forces
Adrian Slywotzky’s Value Migration
W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy

Using the Web resources provided and any others that you find, address the following in your white paper:

Discuss the premise underlying each of the three models of strategic planning and the advantages that each brings to the process.
Discuss how to apply or implement strategic planning using each of the methods.
Discuss the pros and cons of each strategic planning method.

Select 1 of the models, and respond to the following questions:

What methods could be used to ensure continuous process improvement in the organization from a production and operations management perspective?
From a business finance or accounting perspective, how would you analyze the business and measure the effectiveness of your strategy so that you can make the best decisions for the organization?
As a leader, how would you help the organizational structure and culture adapt to the changes that would result from this strategy (e.g., how you would empower teams, resolve conflicts, and motivate employees to support the changes from this strategy)?
From a marketing perspective, what effect will the strategy have on your marketing plan; product differentiation, positioning, life cycle, and portfolio; and Internet or retail marketing to your customers?
What human resource management changes will be necessary because of the strategy? Address each of the functions of human resources, including staffing, training and development, performance management, compensation, and employee relation

Prepare a report (see below) that summarizes your assessment of the nature of the housing market in southwest Florida. Be sure to include the following seven (7) items in your report.

1. Descriptive statistics (mean, median, range, and standard deviation) to summarize each of the three variables for the 40 Gulf View condominiums. Are there any outliers in the data set for any of the three variables? If there are any outliers in any category, please list them and state for which category they are an outlier. Describe which method you used to make your determination.
2. Descriptive statistics (mean, median, range, and standard deviation) to summarize each of the three variables for the 18 No Gulf View condominiums. Are there any outliers in the data set for any of the three variables? If there are any outliers in any category, please list them and state for which category they are an outlier. Describe which method you used to make your determination.
3. Compare your summary results from #1 and #2. Discuss any specific statistical results that would help a real estate agent understand the condominium market.
4. Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean sales price and population mean number of days to sell for Gulf View condominiums. Interpret your results.
5. Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean sales price and population mean number of days to sell for No Gulf View condominiums. Interpret your results.
6. Assume the branch manager requested estimates of the mean selling price of Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of $40,000 and the mean selling price of No Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of $15,000. Using 95% confidence, how large should the sample sizes be for each?
7. Gulf Real Estate Properties just signed contracts for two new listings: a Gulf View condominium with a list price of $589,000 and a No Gulf View condominium with a list price of $285,000. What is your estimate of the final selling price (based on the percent difference for the sale and list price) and number of days required to sell each of these units?

Write a report that adheres to the Written Assignment Requirements under the heading “Expectations for CSU-Global Written Assignments” found in the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.  As with all written assignments at CSU-Global, you should have in-text citations and a reference page. An example paper is provided in the MTH410 Guide to Writing with Statistics, linked at the bottom of the page.

Your report must contain the following:

• A title page in APA style.
• An introduction that summarizes the problem.
• The body of the paper should answer the questions posed in the problem by communicating the results of your analysis. Include results of calculations, as well as charts and graphs, where appropriate.
• A conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings and what you have determined from the data and your analysis.

 Submit your Excel file in addition to your report