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Review Questions
1. Discuss the reasons why organizations undertake information system projects.
* To spend resources, attain or pad budgets, keep people busy, or help train people and develop their skills.
2. List and describe the common skills and activities of a project manager. Which skill do you think is most important? Why?
* Leadership – Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence, personality and abilities.
* Management – Getting projects completed through the effective utilization of resources.
* Customer relations – Working closely with customers to ensure project deliverables meet expectations.
* Technical problem solving – Designing and sequencing activities to attain project goals.
* Conflict management – Managing conflict within a project team to ensure that conflict is not too high or too low.
* Team management – Managing the project team for effective team performance
* Risk and change management – Identifying, assessing, and managing the risk and day-to-day changes that occur during a project.
System analyst that is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.
I think the conflict management because that is a key skill to maintain the project at its best.
3. Describe the activities performed by the project manager during project initiation.
* Establishing the project initiation team – It involves organizing an initial core of project team members to assist in accomplishing the project initiation activities.
* Establishing a relationship with the customer – A thorough understanding of your customer builds stronger partnerships and higher levels of trust.
* Establishing the project initiation plan – Defines the activities required to organize the initiation team while it is working to define the scope of the project.
* Establishing management procedures – Successful projects require the...