PC Lab 6: Communications

1. Review the Running Case presented at the end of Chapter 9; complete Question 1.
• Refer to Table 9-2 for additional guidance.
• Save your file in .ppt or .pptx(PowerPoint) format as PC_Lab6_doc1.ppt.

Question 1:

Several people working on the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project are confused about their responsibilities for the testing portion of the project. Recall that the team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; Patrick, a network specialist; Nancy, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst. Tony Prince is the project manager, and he has been working closely with managers in other departments to make sure everyone knows what’s going on with the project.

1. Prepare a responsibility assignment matrix based on the following information: The main tasks for testing include writing a test plan, unit testing, integration testing for each of the main system modules (registration, tracking, and incentives), system testing, and user acceptance testing. In addition to the project team members, a team of user representatives is available to help with testing, and Tony has also hired an outside consulting firm to help as needed. Prepare a RACI chart to help clarify roles and responsibilities for these testing tasks. Document key assumptions you make in preparing the chart.

2. Review the Running Case presented at the end of Chapter 10; complete Question 1.
• Refer to Tables 10-1 and 10-3 for additional guidance.
• Save your file in .doc or .docx (Microsoft Word) format as PC_Lab6_doc2.doc.

Question 1:

Several issues have arisen on the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project. The person from the HR department who was supporting the project left the company, and now the team need more support from that group. A member of the user group that supports the project is extremely vocal and hard to work with, and other users can hardly get a word in at meetings. The project manager, Tony, is getting weekly status reports from all of his team members, but many of them do not address obvious challenges that people are facing. The team is having difficulty deciding how to communicate various project reports and documents and where to store all of the information being generated. Recall that the team members include you, a programmer/analyst andaspiring project manager; Patrick, a network specialist; Nancy, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst.

1. Prepare a partial communications management plan to address some of the challenges mentioned in the previous paragraph.

PC Lab 7: Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

Complete Exercise 4, which is located at the end of Chapter 11.

• Save your file in .xls or .xlsx (Microsoft Excel) format as PC_Lab7.

Exercise 4

Suppose that your organization is deciding which of four projects to bid on, as summarized in the following table. Assume that all up-front investments are not recovered, so they are shown as negative profits. Draw a diagram and calculate the EMV for each project. Write a few paragraphs explaining which projects you would bid on. Be sure to use the EMV information and your personal risk tolerance to justify your answer.

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