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 WEEK 6-BLOG Risk Management in Projects https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/businesspeople-arguing-in-meeting-gm519407057-50047210               In the past, I was put on a project team by the President of a college I was once employed to. This team was designated to create promotional media intended for recruitment.  Although I had prior experience consulting on multimedia projects, he assigned the project management and instructional design responsibility to a less experienced faculty member due to the deep-set culture of nepotism that existed in that country and institution. Being an expatriate on contract in a foreign country, I understood how important it was to observe not only the culture of the country but the organizational culture as well.  Therefore I contributed where asked and left the leadership of the project to the multimedia designer and the appointed  PM.  After the deliverables were submitted for approval to t...

  WEEK 5-BLOG  BLOG ASSIGNMENT: ESTIMATING COSTS AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES Blog  https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/time-estimation-for-project-managers Website 1: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/top-10-tools-and-techniques-to-estimate-project-cost This website provides 10  tools for estimating the project cost.  These tools use a variety of methods to estimate costs, such as historical data, the use of experts,  or mathematical calculations,  risk management, conformance,  vendor analysis, group decisions, and project management applications. triangulation or beta distribution formulas to arrive at an estimate.  These estimation tools vary in complexity, ease of use, and accuracy. The most useful thing about this website is that it gives the prospective project manager many options to estimate cost based on what might be available to them, such as experts, historical data, and mathematical calculations, and uses parameters like scope, budget...

WEEK 4 BLOG https://www.projectmanager.com/guides/project-scheduling ( 2023)            In review of the following websites included below and in the reference, I found them particularly useful in defining and explaining how to determine both the use of resources and the duration of tasks in the project schedule.       The websites below were particularly useful in informing prospective PMs how to estimate resource allocation  in Project Management:  Website: https://nulab.com/learn/project-management/six-strategies-for-estimating-resources-like-a-pro/      According to (projectmanagement.com 2023), a project schedule is a timetable where tasks, resources, and due dates are organized in sequential order to ensure that the project is completed on time. It is created during the planning phase and includes an itemized list of the tasks needed to create deliverables, the team members responsible for each task, the st...