Module 11
Information from Course Outline
Module 11, Closes Monday, April 13
PROJECT MONITORING
AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Read Chapter 10. Prepare written responses to Material
Review Questions 2, 6 and 7, and Problems 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the Jackson
Insurance Company and The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers incidents at the end of
Chapter 10. Class Discussion Questions 12 and 16.
Introduction
This chapter describes the role of monitoring in the planning, monitoring, control
cycle of project management. The extensive and timely information requirements
of PMs are described and the types of reports required for project management
are identified. Last, the most popular PMIS is described and illustrated.
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Learning Modules |
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| Submodule 11A | Monitoring and Information Systems |
| Submodule 11B | Closure |
| Submodule 11C | Spring 2006 Closure |
| Submodule 11D | Spring 2010 Closure |
Homework.
There are 25 points for this module's homework. (No quiz this week). a.) 5 points
for the individual homework via e-mail, b.) 10 points for the problems
via e-mail, c.) 8 points for the group homework, d.) 2 points for the message
to the instructor. All are described more below.
a.) Individual Homework.
Write answers for Material Review Questions 2, 6 and 7 and Class Discussion Questions
11 and 12. Combine them with the message to the instructor (see below). Send
them via e-mail to the instructor. I will grade these as normal.
b.) Problem Solving Homework. Do problems 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Excel. For each problem, use a new worksheet (Insert>Worksheet), then label each worksheet (Format>Worksheet>Rename). Be sure to label the variables on your sheets.
c.) Group Homework
We will use the Group Discussion to discuss Jackson Insurance and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. The forums were started: Module 11 Jackson, and Module
11 Corps. On the forum is the name of the "Project Manager" (PM) for
that forum. You may work as a team in any way that you like, but the PM for
that forum is responsible for gathering the final answers and presenting them.
d.) Message to the Instructor
Send the instructor a message in the same e-mail used for homework. Write a message to
the instructor in Word. The message should include the answers to two questions:
1) What was the most useful or meaningful thing you learned from this module,
and 2) what was the "muddiest" (least clear) item in the module. Some
extra credit for pointing out any typo's or glitches in the material.