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BADM 627 Project Risk & Quality Management

Problem Set #1

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Contents Assignment Guidelines 3 #1 Back to basics to start this course: 3 1. Define project. 3 2. What are the five project process areas - give a short explanation of each. 3 3. What are ten project knowledge areas - give a short explanation of each. 3 4. Define Project Risk - list the major processes related to project risk - explain how risk remediation is a [part of every day of pur lives. 3 5. What were the variables you were tracking related to quality? How would you define quality in this project? 3 6. Why is risk a dynamic variable within a project? 3 7. How can a risk be related to a desirable event? 3 8. Did you anticipate any risks at the outset? Did the project experience any outside forces that caused a change in either the objectives or the approach to achieving those objectives? 3 #2 What is Agile? 3 Reading the chapter before attending a university lecture. 3 Taking the bus to work each day. 4 Piloting an aircraft between Vancouver and Fiji. 4 Teaching a course for the first time; teaching the same course every semester. 4 References 5

Assignment Guidelines

#1 Back to basics to start this course:

1. Define project.

2. What are the five project process areas - give a short explanation of each.

3. What are ten project knowledge areas - give a short explanation of each.

4. Define Project Risk - list the major processes related to project risk - explain how risk remediation is a [part of every day of our lives.

5. What were the variables you were tracking related to quality? How would you define quality in this project?

6. Why is risk a dynamic variable within a project?

7. How can a risk be related to a desirable event?

8. Did you anticipate any risks at the outset? Did the project experience any outside forces that caused a change in either the objectives or the approach to achieving those objectives?

#2 What is Agile?

Reading the chapter before attending a university lecture.

Taking the bus to work each day.

Piloting an aircraft between Vancouver and Fiji.

Teaching a course for the first time; teaching the same course every semester.

References

Project Management Institute, A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® guide), Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc. 2013. [Vitalsource version]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781935589815/cfi/0

HIST 1301 Essay #2 Causes of the Civil War

Due (Turn in through Blackboard) 5/9 by 11:59 PM

This essay question is worth 75 points. Be sure to answer all aspects of the essay question fully. You should refer to the readings, class lectures and other relevant class materials in your response. However, it is also important that you demonstrate your rationale and interpretation to answer the question. You shouldn’t just repeat information from the assigned sources without also including your own interpretation of that information.

Essay Question: What do you consider to be the core causes of the Civil War (both short term—within 10 years of the start of the war and long term—anything more than 10 years before the start of the war)? At what point do you believe the war became inevitable? Choose one of the three positions covered in your textbook, The Causes of the Civil War, by Joel Sipress, and explain why you believe it best explains why the Civil War began. Be sure to provide specific examples and explanations.

General Information

1. Your Essay should be between 600-950 words. Try to stick to that word count. If you’re a little over or under that is fine

2. You don’t need footnotes for this assignment, you should include informal references within your essay (Sipress, 17, or “Mini-Lecture #3 “Politics in the 1850s,” for example). If you use a source that is not from this class you need to include a complete footnote.

3. This essay will use SafeAssign

4. The positions on the cause of the Civil War can be found in Sipress.

Position #1 “Two Cultures, Separate and Hostile,” (17-20)

Position #2 “Slavery and its role in the American Civil War,” (21-25)

Position #3 “Party Breakdown and the Coming of the Civil War (26-29)