Project Management Discussion Paper Assignment Help

Project Management Discussion Paper Assignment Help

 
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Discussion 1: 



You are assigned the task of creating a project schedule for implementing a new accounting system at your office. Since this is your first time doing so, you ask Antonio, a more experienced co-worker for assistance. Antonio advises you that the best way to make sure that the project stays on schedule is to automatically add lead and lag to every activity. Do you agree with Antonio’s advice? Why or why not? When might adding lead and lag be effective in project scheduling? When might it be ineffective?



Discussion 2: 



There are four main types of project cost estimates: analogous, top-down, bottom-up, and parametric. Tom DeMarco, a well-known author on software development, suggests that there are four typical problems with IT cost estimates: Estimates are done too quickly, people lack estimating experience, human beings are biased towards underestimation, and management desires accuracy (Schwalbe, 2016).



Read Chapter 7 in your textbook, as well as the article “Plant Design: How Much?” by Peter Kauders (2014). Then, select one of the main project estimate types, describe it, and discuss which of the cost estimate problems are most likely to occur when it is used. Then, use the information from your readings to describe at least one possible approach for minimizing the problems you’ve discussed.