... And what about this one? This is a paid theme. What you just said makes it sound
like paid themes aren't needed. Is this a bad theme?"
"No, it's a wonderful theme," the ... The Matrix by The Wachowski Brothers, The Lord of the
Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo, Star Wars by George Lucas, The
Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Tragical History ... the old man said, "and tell me the answer on the last day."
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Table of Contents
The Zen of Blogging 1
What isthe Sound of One Hand Clapping? 2
Table of...
... this research, the authors attend to two areas of
project management from nine existing areas, because of
the operation ofthe conceptual model. One is integration
management and the other is ... that theproject can be completed within theproject budget.
Quality management
Ensuring that theproject product will satisfy theproject requirements.
Procurement management
Managing the ... oftheproject
management task. TheProjectManagement Book of
Knowledge (Project Management Institute, 2004)
provides comprehensive description of activities
associated with each area, the...
... embodiment oftheproject customer, that is, the person
for whom theprojectis being delivered. Typically, this person will be the head of
the department that will benefit the most from the project, ...
killing the project.
Your project s board should consist of:
■
the project sponsor
■
a technical advisor
■
a business advisor or domain expert (if needed)
The project sponsor isthe embodiment ... Management
The Process of Initiating
The process ofproject initiation is quite simple. Gather information about:
■
why theprojectis happening
■
what needs to be delivered and how this...
... price of a mousetrap?
Customers no longer need to know the price of servers, software and the rest ofthe parts
making up the IT service stack. This knowledge is as useful as knowing the price of ... I discuss one functional transformation that has taken placed as a result of cloud
services, namely; the impact on the assessment of value. This is a timely discourse as the vast
majority of ... mousetrap.
Customers, however, must know the price ofthe equivalent services from other cloud providers. This
is the crucial performance measure. It is only this performance measure that constitutes...
... ε
icgbt
(24)
where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes
the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birth
cohort.
Following ... males). While the precision ofthe estimates ofthe effects
of behaviors declines with respect to the micro data, we cannot reject the null hypoth-
esis that these effects are jointly statistically ... the case of males
the positive effect of education on the number of diseases is driven by the fact that
better educated males choose more intensive screening. Turning to the decomposition
of the...
... only these kinds of studies are rigorous, as will be
discussed in Section 2 of this report.
2. Synthesise what these studies tell us about:
a. The impact of microfinance on the incomes of
the ... brings together all these studies,
and assesses the nature ofthe evidence ofthe impact of
microfinance on the poor in SSA.
Given this paucity, the particular nature of MFIs in SSA, and
the policy ... poor
b. The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/
wealth ofthe poor
c. The impact of microfinance on other non-financial
outcomes for the poor.
The volume and nature ofthe evidence is varied...
... and
management projects.
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE
PROFESSION OFPROJECTMANAGEMENT
The International Association ofProjectManagement (IPMA)
The profession ofprojectmanagementis represented ... ends with the handover ofthe desired product
to the customer. Although that view can be too simplistic, it isthe part of projects
that isof most concern to project managers (and which is covered ... history oftheproject
from its initial conception to nal death and disposal. Figure 1.2 shows this more
complete view of a project life history.
Many writers limit their account ofthe project...
... several or all of them. However, most
of the time, authority is distributed across team leaders. The
more complex the distribution of authority is, the more
planning effort you’ll need to be effective. ... in
the project- planning process.
The hardest single part of building a software system is
deciding what to build. No other part ofthe conceptual work is
as difficult in establishing the detailed ... actually do? (Not what we think they do or
what they say they do.)
ã What problems do they have trying to do these things?
Where do they get stuck, confused, or frustrated?
ã What do they need or want...
... prevented
them from trading quite as they wished, the cases on the use of
goods discussed in this Article signal the end ofthe slippery slope
approach of allowing any expansion ofthe type of measures ... on
freedom of movement, namely the criterion of access to the
market.”
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This would be “based on the effect ofthe measure on
access to the market rather than on the object ofthe rules
involved.” ... firm
rejection of siren calls in favor ofthe importance ofthe unity of
the internal market within the European Union.
II. PARADISE REGAINED?
The first ofthe cases under discussion to come...
... I include a discussion ofthe quality ofthe empirical evidence base at
the end of each section.
TABLE 3-1 Matrix ofthe Quality ofthe Evidence and Different Components ofthe Professional Development
System
Quality ... is at these other levels one must look to deter-
mine the impact ofthe NSES on the science curriculum in the nation’s schools.
82 WHATISTHE INFLUENCE OFTHE NSES?
Student Accountability
The ... that establishes a reasonable link
between the NSES and the professional development system, then the evidence ofthe influence ofthe NSES on
the system of professional development is variable....
... train
aspiring project managers and learn the essential management skills to
become effective.
There is often a problem of defining whatis a project and whatis a sub-
project. The characteristics of projects ... support what
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6 Defining theproject 99
What is necessary to define a project? 99
The stakeholder list 100
The project brief 101
The scope of work statement 105
Risk management ... 14
What is programme management? 16
What isproject management? 17
Why is programme management different from project
management? 18
What is different about programme and project management? 19
How...
... activ-
ities. Then the division registers become very important. Each ofthe active
programmes and projects is owned by one ofthe divisions, usually because
this is where the initial idea was proposed, the ... and the
work instigated. Some ofthe work may involve people in one or more other
divisions, and these other divisions should list each of their activities on their
own register as either a project ... 1
Sub -project
001M/P1/SP2
Division 3
Sub -project
001M/P3/SP1
Division 1
Sub -project
001M/P3/SP2
Division 1
Sub -project
001M/P3/SP3
Division 2
LISTED ON DIVISION
3 REGISTER
LISTED ON DIVISION
2 REGISTER
ã Divisio n...
... with some
surprises in the meeting you can expect some of your own after the
meeting!
After the meeting the administrator is responsible for issuing the action
list to the members ofthe PST and ... are history
unless there are consequences, and need no further discussion);
3. review ofthe programme register – with the focus on changes since
the last issue, guided by the PST administrator;
4. ... tracking the progress ofthe programme and projects
in the programme;
ã supporting and guiding theproject managers of projects in the
programme;
The key roles
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everything on the register in...
... strategy?
ã Does theproject form part of a programme of projects?
ã Will theproject form part of a chain of linked projects or a programme?
ã Whatisthe timescale ofthe project?
ã Is there a business-critical ... managementis a continuous process throughout the life cycle of the
project and you must maintain awareness of risk in the minds of all the
members of your project team:
ã It should be started at the ... moves
forward.
Review theproject risk log at regular intervals, normally monthly at
project progress meetings unless decided otherwise by the sponsor at the
start ofthe project. You need to focus this review...
... you
monitor the potential threats to theproject more effectively. Record the
risk scores on the risk log. The highest risk scores should appear at the top
of the list on theproject risk log. Clearly, ... member of your team and, if appropriate, to
the sponsor and other stakeholders. Record the name ofthe owner on the
risk log.
The responsibilities ofthe risk owner include:
ã ownership ofthe risk ... risks if required.
If you decide to change the ranking of a risk at any time, record the change.
If the change is to HIGH then record the revised ranking on theproject risk
log and then reissue...