You Are Working as a Project Manager for a Small

question 60

Essay

You are working as a project manager for a small IT consulting firm and have been asked to create a plan for reviewing and auditing completed projects in order to gauge their success.What factors will you use to measure the success of a project? What questions would you ask in order to understand why a project succeeded or failed?

Understand naturalistic observation and its major advantage.

Explain the importance of control groups in experiments.

Recognize methods to minimize experimenter expectancy effects and understand their importance in maintaining internal validity.

Understand the concept of project crashing and its impact on project cost and schedule.

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Definitions:

Upper-Class Societies

Social groups consisting of the wealthy and influential individuals who often hold considerable power and status in society.

Territories

Areas of land under the jurisdiction of a government but not fully endowed with the rights or status of a state or province, often with distinct legal and administrative systems.

States

Politically defined regions that make up countries, possessing their own government and typically having a measure of autonomy.

Fort Laramie Treaty

An agreement made in 1868 between the United States and several Native American tribes, notably the Sioux, allowing for safe passage for settlers and the construction of forts, in exchange for the protection of tribal lands.