Project and Change Management Individual Assignment-
The topics:
1. Search the Internet for two interesting articles about software development life cycles, including agile software development. Also review the Web site www.agilealliance.org. What do these sources say about project management? Write a two-page summary of your findings, citing your references.
2. Find someone who works as a project manager or someone who works on projects involving IT, such as a worker in your school's IT department or a project manager active in a professional group, like PMI. Prepare several interview questions to learn more about projects and project management, and then ask your questions in person, through e-mail, over the phone, or using other technology. Write a summary of your findings.
3. Watch YouTube video clip that introduces Covey's 7 habits to improve effectiveness on projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktlTxC4QG8g
Write a one-page article about how you can apply the seven habits.
4. What makes IT projects different from other types of projects? How should project managers adjust to these differences?
5. Research a project management method, such as PRINCE2, Agile, RUP, or SixSigma, and how organizations use it, citing at least two references. Why do you think organizations spend time and money tailoring a methodology to their environment? Write a summary of your findings and your opinion on the topic.
6. Read an article or watch a video about a recipient of PMI's Project of the Year award. Search online for information from PMI's website. Write a one-page paper summarizing a winning project, focusing on how the project manager and team used good project management practices.
2000 words
10 references.