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Assignment:
1. What are the three levels under which the causes of project management failure are categorised? Relate these causes to the human factor (the typical human related aspects) in projects.
2. List ten characteristics of project management. Relate this to the contingency viewpoint of management.
3. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of project definition. the importance of user requirements (as quality at the source) and how these requirements determine system objectives.
4. What are the three main categories under which the causes of project management success can be categorised and what do the individual factors within each category entail?
5. Explain why the WBS is important to the project manager, with reference to key elements of a work package. Indicate the relationships between the WBS and organisational structure and elaborate on the meaning of a control account.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the types of system life cycle models and illustrate the four-phase model of the systems development cycle by means of a figure.
7. Explain the following in terms of project performance analysis: the earned value concept, implications of creeping scope, how the following variances are derived: AV, SV, TV, CV.
8. Describe the "statement of work" (SOW) and indicate the documents in which it appears. Distinguish between the statement of work and project charter. Distinguish between project forms of organisation and other forms of organisation.