Please answer questions 1 through 7 in short answers and question 8 in essay form only using the source provided.
1. Of the list below, which is not an element covered in Kassel’s five phase framework?
Plan that identifies the problem
Project manager contains maintenance of project assets
Selection of the best agent
Preparation of planning, evaluation and report charts
Monitoring communications
2. Identify five (5) components of a good plan.
3. In allocating resources to a project, what type of financial planning arrangement would you advise a public body to avoid?
4. Define the term “agent” and describe the agent’s relationship to the project team.
5. Projects are not always successful and sometimes their memory fades. Consider an influence that may have led to a failed project. You can use your own judgment.
6. In your view, consider an important fact of the many suggested that would lead to a successful project.
7. Define a “risk analysis tool and how can this tool contribute to cost savings in a project?
8. ESSAY QUESTION: The Peace Corps: Public Project Management Success
The case study is indicative of a public service project. The Peace Corps has been a continuous program for nearly 60 years without any adverse domestic or foreign issues. While previous attempts were made to establish a volunteer public service, government interest and support were lacking. Following the Foundation of Public Service Project Management prescriptions as described in the readings, the case study offers a picture of the successful creation of a public service project that overcame skeptics, stakeholder challenges and resource development. In the study, two (2) factors emerged as meaningful influences: values of public project management and critical success principles. Based on these factors, apply either project management values that can be attributed to the Peace Corps in the creation of the program or, in the alternative, how critical success factors (best management) contributed to the initiation of the program.
