Task: Project Communications Management
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Issue #
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Issue Description
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Impact on Project
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Date Reported
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Reported By
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Assigned To
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Priority
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Due Date
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Status
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Comments
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1
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Servers cost 10% more than planned
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Slight increase in project cost
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5/15
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Jean
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Oded
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M
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6/15
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Closed
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The sponsor agreed to provide additional funds to meet the deadline.
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2
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Two people left the project
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Need to reassign personnel
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9/26
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Gaurav
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Karen
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H
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10/2
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Open
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If Karen cannot reassign people within a week, she should talk to Peter directly.
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3
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Several issues have arisen on the Video Game Delivery Project. Four months have passed since the project started.Gaurav and his company are complaining about not being paid appropriately. You initially thought you would only need a small amount of customization of the outsourced software, but now the supplier says the customization will cost another $100,000 over their initial budget. The purchasing specialist on your internal project team, NORA, does not like the supplier at all and gets very hostile at team meetings. Everyone else has been fairly happy with the supplier, and you weren't that surprised when they raised the customization estimate. Nora went to senior management (without telling you), and suggested terminating that supplier. Your two information technology specialists, Matt and Najwa, came and told you that they both feel that they are being underutilized on the project. As project manager, you have been getting short, weekly status reports from all of your team members, but many of them did not address challenges people are obviously facing.
1. Create an issue long for the project (see above example). List at least three issues and related information based on the scenario presented.
2. In addition to written weekly status reports, what else might you suggest to improve Project communications? Summarize your ideas in a one-page paper (or less if you can convey your thoughts in a concise fashion).