Reaching Success

Case Study 1: Reaching Success through Best Project Management Practices

Due 10 /21/2017 at 11:00 PM

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Read the following articles:

“OPM3® Case Study: OPM3 in Action: Pinellas County IT Turns Around Performance and Customer Confidence”.

“IT project management and virtual teams”. SIGMIS CPR ’04 Proceedings of the 2004 SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research: Careers, culture, and ethics in a networked environment, pages 129-133. Note: This article can be found in the ACM Digital Library

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Identify the common challenges that exist within IT projects based on the first article. Highlight the best practices that could be linked to the successful performance of IT project teams.

Determine at least three (3) challenges that exist when working with virtual teams based on the second article titled “IT project management and virtual teams”. Analyze how the efficient management of these challenges influences the success of project deliverables.

Based on the lessons learned within the first article titled “ OPM3® Case Study: OPM3 in Action: Pinellas County IT Turns Around Performance and Customer Confidence”, draw a workflow diagram to show how a project should initiate to gain support from the various project stakeholders. Use the graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Compare and contrast the assessment steps provided by the OPM3 Model presented in the first article with the CMMI-DEV-v1.2 process framework presented in Appendix 1A of the textbook. Discuss how the CMMI maturity levels are related to the assessment steps.

Summarize at least three (3) CMMI processes that can improve the productivity of virtual teams. Determine the three (3) most significant measures and the activities associated with each process. Note: Refer to table 1A.4 in Chapter 1 of the textbook for information on purposes of the CMMI-DEV-v1.2 processes.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Discuss the challenges of leading software projects.

Compare and contrast the frameworks, standards, and guidelines for managing software projects.

Explain the use of process frameworks for developing technology-based systems.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT Project Leadership Strategies.

Write clearly and concisely about topics related to IT Project Leadership Strategies using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 

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