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Foundations of Information Systems

Application Questions

Foundations of Information SystemsApplication Questions
1 .
If you were a project manager, which of the eight performance domains of project management do you think you would excel at and why? Also, which of the eight domains would you need to work at and why?
2 .
Develop a short project management scenario like the case study featured in this chapter where the best development approach would be the incremental approach.
3 .
Develop a short video or slide presentation that explains the concept and structure of a project management office and provide examples that illustrate the differences between project, program, and portfolio management.
4 .

You are a project manager for a hospital in the human resources department. The human resources team is having trouble staffing radiology technicians. The vice president of human resources has called a team together to discuss the initiation of a project to hire or outsource more radiology technicians. The vice president asks you to lead the project. You meet with the team to begin planning for the project. One team member speaks up to ask: “How are we going to hire or outsource technicians when there is a shortage across the country of these individuals?” This brings up a discussion about the risks of the project.

  1. Come up with the top two risks associated with this project to deliver radiology technicians to fill the open positions and explain your reasoning for why this is a risk.
  2. Evaluate the risks you determined in the previous exercise. Fill in the risk register to determine the impact of those risks on the project.
    Risk Assessment with columns (Severity of Impact) and rows (Likelihood of Risk) labeled: Least, Minimal, Moderate, Significant, Most. As Severity of Impact increases, Likelihood of Risk increases.
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  3. Prepare a brief recommendation on how to mitigate the risks you discovered and evaluated. If all the risks cannot be mitigated, provide a brief explanation as to why they cannot be mitigated and offer alternatives.
  4. Explain how these risks will impact the project’s costs, schedule, scope, quality and risk of the project.
5 .
Considering your background, education, and experience, explain which industry you would be better suited to have a position as a project manager, and explain which type of project manager you would like to be.
6 .
Go to a job search board like Indeed.com or CareerBuilder.com. Search for a project management position in business, health care, engineering, manufacturing, or finance. Read the job description and qualifications. Do an analysis of your resume and the qualifications for the job. Determine the gaps in your education, background, and learning in project management and describe how and where you can obtain the skills you still lack.
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