* DQ 1″Project Management and the Cycle Plan”*
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> “Project Management and the Cycle Plan” Please respond to the following:
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> – Analyze the roles of the sponsor and the manager in project
> management. Select the role that you believe is more critical to the
> success of the project and explain why.
> – Compare the project evaluation and review technique (PERT), the
> critical path method (CPM), and the Gantt chart. Determine whether
> projects
> should apply all three approaches or only when called upon to assess
> risk
> on an ongoing project. Support your rationale.
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> 2 “Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)”
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> “Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)” Please respond to the following:
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> – Examine the activities in the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
> Select the activities that you believe to be the most critical for the
> success of a project that is developed using SDLC. Support your
> position.
> – From the e-Activity, determine which conversion methods (parallel,
> pilot, phased, and plunge) you would apply for the implementation phase
> of
> an SDLC if you were managing a project. Support your rationale
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> *****e-Activity
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> One of the Software Development Life Cycle phases is the Implementation
> Phase. Watch the video titled “SDLC Implementation Phase” (1 min 1 s). Be
> prepared to discuss. Video Source: tobassam. (2010, August 31). SDLC
> Implementation Phase [Video file]. Retrieved from
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkUGA512CU. This video can be viewed from
> within your online course shell.
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> 2 separate docs
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> each is 150 words and should have 2 references
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> imclude subtitles and apa formatting

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Roles of the sponsor and the manager in project management

A project manager is tasked with the responsibility of coordinating and organizing the activities undertaken by project team members with the aim of accomplishing project objectives. On the other hand, the main role of a project sponsor is to provide financial support to the project (Kloppenborg, 2014). In my view, the role undertaken by a project sponsor is the most important for successful completion of the project. This is because it would not be easier for managers to undertake their roles effectively when the level of financial support is not sufficient. …

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