Assignment
1. In your initial discussion post this week, you will complete a SWOT analysis on a company of your choice or for your term project and include 2-3 bullets in each category. Use your SWOT analysis to briefly describe one project idea from each of the four categories (see Figure 2-2 in your textbook for an example of project brainstorming using a SWOT).
2. Search the internet to find an example of how organizations group projects into programs. What are the benefits to doing so? (Identify at least one reference you found in your research)
3. What are the five levels of project portfolio management and why is the first step the most important?
4. Explain the process (evaluation and analytical) of assessing hazards and risks and why such processes are applied towards a proactive and predictive safety program. Please use proper terminology and define it.
Your papers must demonstrate a comprehension of the issue based on facts, not opinion. Facts may be from the course or other stated references. Opinions must be corroborated by references.
5. The CEO of a large air taxi and charter services wants to ensure that cockpit crews get some type of human factors training. Should human factors training be just for cockpit crews or should the entire organization receive human factors training? Explain and justify your response by applying human factors techniques and terminology and briefly state some risks and hazards associated with human performance.
Your papers must demonstrate a comprehension of the issue based on facts, not opinion. Facts may be from the course or other stated references. Opinions must be corroborated by references.