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BUS 517 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION Unscheduled Project Time” Please respond to the following: Define “slack” in the project management environment. Determine the key differences between free slack and total slack in the project management environment. Refer to Assignment 1 and give your opinion on why “slack” is important to your project. Provide an example or scenario of each type of slack to further justify your response. BUS 517 Week 5 Discussion Unscheduled Project Time” Please respond to the following: Define “slack” in the project management environment. Determine the key differences between free slack and total slack in the project management environment. Refer to Assignment 1 and give your opinion on why “slack” is important to your project. Provide an example or scenario of each type of slack to further justify your response. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-5-discussion/ BUS 517 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION Unscheduled ...

BUS 517 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION “Estimating Time and Costs” Please respond to the following: It has been stated that managers recognize time, cost, and resource estimates as critical if planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling are to influence the success of the project. Watch the video titled “How to Estimate Your Project” (3 min 35 s), located below. You can also view the video athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0FrDpQNUk. After watching the video, refer to Week 3 Assignment 1, and determine at least two (2) factors that have an impact on the time and cost estimate aspects of a project. Support your answer. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-4-discussion/ BUS 517 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION “Estimating Time and Costs” Please respond to the following: It has been stated that managers recognize time, cost, and resource estimates as critical if planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling are to influence t...

BUS 517 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT 1 Assignment 1: Project Proposal Due Week 3 and worth 100 points Note:  Use the project you selected in the Week 1 Discussion to complete this assignment. This is the first of four assignments which, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project. As you move forward with future assignments, all different components of the project are constructed leading to a final compilation, and presentation, of your project. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-3-assignment-1/ BUS 517 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assignment 1: Project Proposal Due Week 3 and worth 100 points Note:  Use the project you selected in the Week 1 Discussion to complete this assignment. This is the first of four assignments which, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project...

BUS 517 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION “Project Scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)” Please respond to the following: Select a project, and determine at least two (2) aspects of the project scope that might have the tendency to go out of scope and potentially derail the project. Next, develop a WBS that contains the three (3) levels of detail and takes the two (2) eventualities you determined into account. BUS 517 Week 3 Discussion “Project Scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)” Please respond to the following: Select a project, and determine at least two (2) aspects of the project scope that might have the tendency to go out of scope and potentially derail the project. Next, develop a WBS that contains the three (3) levels of detail and takes the two (2) eventualities you determined into account. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-3-discussion/ “Project Scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)” Please respond to the followi...

BUS 517 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION “Further Expansion of Project Ideas” Please respond to the following: By now, you should have firmed up your idea(s) for a project to pursue through communication with your professor and classmates. Explain through a post in Blackboard the following: What problem(s) your suggested project solves or what opportunities it capitalizes on. How does it fit the scope statement template previously mentioned (page 105 of the textbook), hence making it a viable project. Next, respond to at least one (1) post of your classmates and comment on their potential project ideas. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-2-discussion/ BUS 517 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION “Further Expansion of Project Ideas” Please respond to the following: By now, you should have firmed up your idea(s) for a project to pursue through communication with your professor and classmates. Explain through a post in Blackboard the following: What problem(s) your suggest...

BUS 517 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION “Start of the Project Selection Process” Please respond to the following: Watch this video on a project versus business as usual at http://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/project-vs-business-usual/137907/149266-4.html(3 min 43 s), and then select a project for the purpose of completing the writing assignments of this course. For now, share the ideas you have in mind for the intended project(s) with your classmates. Next, respond to at least two (2) of your classmates’ posts and comment on their potential project ideas. Alternatively, you may opt to create a video for this purpose.  Note:  Ensure that you can develop enough information to thoroughly cover the project topic (i.e., select a project that is of a good size, not too large or too small). http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-517-week-1-discussion/ BUS 517 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION “Start of the Project Selection Process” Please respond to ...

BUS 515 WEEK 7 DISCUSSION “Capacity Planning” Please respond to the following: Analyze two or three (2-3) differences between design capacity and effective capacity, and then predict one or two (1-2) challenges that you may encounter when using each method. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 Week 7 Discussion Week 7 Discussion Attachment Collapse “Capacity Planning” Please respond to the following: Analyze two or three (2-3) differences between design capacity and effective capacity, and then predict one or two (1-2) challenges that you may encounter when using each method. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 Week 7 Discussion Week 7 Discussion Attachment Collapse “Capacity Planning” Please respond to the following: Analyze two or three (2-3) differences between design capacity and effective capacity, and then predict one or two (1-2) challenges that you may encounter when using each method. Provide specific exampl...

BUS 515 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION “Six Sigma and Acceptance Sampling” Please respond to the following: Using the Six Sigma Approach (DMAIC), provide an example situation that utilizes the five-step plan, and determine three to four (3-4) challenges you may encounter using this approach. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 Week 6 Discussion “Six Sigma and Acceptance Sampling” Please respond to the following: Using the Six Sigma Approach (DMAIC), provide an example situation that utilizes the five-step plan, and determine three to four (3-4) challenges you may encounter using this approach. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-6-discussion/ BUS 515 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION “Six Sigma and Acceptance Sampling” Please respond to the following: Using the Six Sigma Approach (DMAIC), provide an example situation that utilizes the five-step plan...

BUS 515 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION “Just-in-Time (JIT)” Please respond to the following: Develop three (3) examples that illustrate how a manufacturing company or a service company of your choice uses JIT, and then determine three to four (3-4) benefits of JIT for that particular organization. Discuss how the JIT concept differs between manufacturing and service companies. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.  BUS 515 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION “Just-in-Time (JIT)” Please respond to the following: Develop three (3) examples that illustrate how a manufacturing company or a service company of your choice uses JIT, and then determine three to four (3-4) benefits of JIT for that particular organization. Discuss how the JIT concept differs between manufacturing and service companies. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.  http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-5-discussion/ BUS 515 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION “Just-in-Time (JI...

BUS 515 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION “Evolution and Philosophy of TQM” Please respond to the following: Go to The Quality Register Website and review Dr. Edwards Deming’s 14 Principles located at http://www.qualityregister.co.uk/14principles.html. Next, select three (3) of Deming’s 14 points, and evaluate how each point is critical to the success of a TQM program. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-4-discussion/ BUS 515 Week 4 Discussion “Evolution and Philosophy of TQM” Please respond to the following: Go to The Quality Register Website and review Dr. Edwards Deming’s 14 Principles located at http://www.qualityregister.co.uk/14principles.html. Next, select three (3) of Deming’s 14 points, and evaluate how each point is critical to the success of a TQM program. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. “Evolution and Philosophy of TQM” Please respond to the following: Go to...

BUS 515 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION “SCM” Please respond to the following: Select three (3) problems that brick-and-mortar organizations face as they transition toward becoming virtual organizations. Debate whether the operations of virtual organizations exacerbate brick-and-mortar organizations’ existing problems or whether they create new problems. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-3-discussion/ BUS 515 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION “SCM” Please respond to the following: Select three (3) problems that brick-and-mortar organizations face as they transition toward becoming virtual organizations. Debate whether the operations of virtual organizations exacerbate brick-and-mortar organizations’ existing problems or whether they create new problems. Provide specific examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION “SCM” Please respond to the following: Select three (3) ...

BUS 515 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION   “Operation Strategy and Competitiveness” Please respond to the following: Choose one existing business operation and analyze its strategy. Suggest the competitive priorities that the business used in the development of its operations strategy. Evaluate how well or how poorly the chosen strategy supports that business’ vision, mission, and business plan. Provide support for your rationale. Target Mission and Vision “We fulfill the needs and fuel the potential of our guests. That means making Target your preferred shopping destination in all channels by delivering outstanding value, continuous innovation and exceptional experiences—consistently fulfilling our Expect More. Pay Less. ® brand promise.” http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-2-discussion/ BUS 515 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION   “Operation Strategy and Competitiveness” Please respond to the following: Choose one existing business opera...

BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION Compare and contrast an existing organization’s three major functions (i.e., finance, marketing, and operations), and then justify the interdependence that operations have to finance and marketing. Provide examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION Compare and contrast an existing organization’s three major functions (i.e., finance, marketing, and operations), and then justify the interdependence that operations have to finance and marketing. Provide examples to support your rationale. http://homeworkacer.us/Tutorial/bus-515-week-1-discussion/ BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION Compare and contrast an existing organization’s three major functions (i.e., finance, marketing, and operations), and then justify the interdependence that operations have to finance and marketing. Provide examples to support your rationale. BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION BUS 515 WEEK 1 DISCUSSIO...