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Essay Instructions: Discuss the roles of the Project Manager and the Systems Analyst. In what ways do they overlap? How is their focus different? Can they be the same person?

Essay Instructions: Consider that you are a project manager leading a critical project for a company in a fully projectised organisation. Three months ago, you replaced the previous project manager, who had been leading the project for over a year, before he resigned from the company. The project team consists of 60 people, who have been working on the project for more than 2 years. Of the 60 people, 40 are full-time on the project and the other 20 are shared across at least one other project. Originally, the project had an expected duration of 15 months but had to be extended due to several reasons, including scope creep and low team morale. In month 18 of the 15-month- expected duration, the project duration was increased to a total of 30 months, with this revised completion date 6 months from now. All seemed to be going well, until nine key people working on the project resigned within a week. You later found out that all the people who resigned have plans to launch their own company, apparently with funding from a competitor.
To address the current situation, prepare a document that addresses the following questions:

1) How should you deal with this situation?

2) How would you feel about several team members resigning at almost the same time?

3) As a project manager, how should you ideally react to such a situation?

4) Given the history of low team morale, how would you convey this situation to your team?

5) Do you think that your leadership style will change from what it was before this development? Explain your answer.

6) What can you do to prevent the recurrence of a similar event in the future?

Essay Instructions: Risk-taking is an important aspect of the leadership role of a project manager. Unlike a leader who takes risks, a leader who is highly risk-aversive may not achieve project goals. This impact of risk-taking is applicable not only to project management but also to other professional positions. In the past, most project managers were risk-aversive. In today?s world, the only constant is change and most projects often change drastically over their life cycles. The scope, budget, schedule, and quality requirements of a project may change often, possibly in a matter of days or weeks, for a year-long project. This is primarily because the market and business environment we live in has become fast paced. Project managers, therefore, should be ready to embrace change when it occurs, without being too risk aversive.
Embracing change requires risk-taking, which needs to be as calculated as possible and based on knowledge rather than mere guesses.
1) As a project manager, what is your opinion about risk-taking?

2) Do you think the degree to which a project can take risks depends upon the project environment and organisational culture?

3) Develop a scenario where you think there is no option for a project other than to take risks.

Essay Instructions: Ref.: Order #A2046659

?Andreennd?, I am paying for 8 pages to add on those 16 pages that you are working on now. All those pages need to be literature review (24 pages total).

Below is the conversation that we had, before it closed on me:

amby jomomerritt # A2046659 :okay, let me check on that for you. One more thing is this a proposal paper for a dissertation? Does she basically want the whole 26 pages to be literature review?
2011-Nov-18 10:42 pmby Me # A2046659: Well how can I pay for those additional 10 pages? I need at least 26 pages total.

2011-Nov-18 04:37 pmby jomomerritt # A2046659: okay i can do the literature review which will be the 16 pages for you and we can add that to your previous 10 pages.
2011-Nov-18 09:15 amby Me # A2046659: Yes she wants me to write on this topic : "How Can Project Managers Oversee Virtual Project Teams in the Manufacturing Industry with Consideration for Effective Communication?" and not on "Virtual Project Teams".