Assignment:
Executing the Project
Research "The Project Management Career Path at AT&T."
Based on your research and reading, answer the following questions:
• How difficult it is to change a culture where project management is perceived as of low status and something to get out of? How would you approach such a task?
• What was the problem with the mentality of admiring heroic rescues of projects in trouble?
• What are the similarities or differences between the skills sought for project managers among business communication system's leadership continuity plan with those listed in the article?
Using your course textbook, read the article "Risk Analysis vs. Budget/Schedule Requirements in Australia."
Sydney, Australia's M5 East Tunnel was constructed under strict budgetary and schedule requirements, but given the massive traffic delays now hampering commuters, the requirements may have been excessive. Due to an inexpensive computer system with a high failure rate, the tunnel's security cameras frequently fail, requiring the operators to close the tunnel due to inability to react to an accident, fire, or excessive pollution inside the tunnel. The tunnel was built to handle 70,000 vehicles a day, but it now carries 100,000, so any glitch can cause immediate traffic snarls. A managerial risk analysis, including the risk of overuse, might have anticipated these problems and mandated a more reliable set of computers once the costs of failure had been included.
Based on your research and reading, answer the following questions:
• If striving to meet schedule or budget isn't top priority, what is? Why?
• What type of risk analysis approach would have been most appropriate in this situation?
Please provide your answers in a 3 to 4 page Microsoft Word document.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.