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Discussion Topic 1: Quality Control in Projects
There are seven basic tools for quality control (Cause and Effect diagram, Control Charts, Checksheet, Scatter Diagram, Histogram, Pareto Charts, and Flowcharts) used for IT projects. Besides those tools, companies use other methods like statistical sampling and six sigma. Discuss about the most effective tools are used by your organization for quality control in IT Projects and why.

Discussion Topic 2: Managing Human Resources
An important element in managing a complex project is knowing how to manage your most valuable asset: your human resources. Successful companies realize that human resource management is the key to success of the projects. Discuss the methods used in your company for motivating and developing teams.

Discussion Topic 3: Conflict Management
A project manager often has to use different ways to address the conflicts amongst the team members. Share your experiences of team conflicts and the methods used by you or your project manager to resolve the conflicts. Suggest if there were better approaches which could have been used for resolving the conflicts.

Discussion Topic 1: Project Communication Methods
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways of distributing project information. Express your views on the methods used in your organization for performance reporting to different stakeholders and suggest relevant improvements.

Discussion Topic 2: Stakeholder Engagement
Discuss the methods used in your organization for managing stakeholder engagement. Which approach is most effective and why do you think so?

Discussion Topic 3: Conducting Procurements
Companies use "source selection process" to evaluate the proposals, select the supplier and award the contract. Share your experience or thoughts on the method(s) used by your organisation for source selection for performing procurements.

Discussion Topic 1: Risk Management.
Project managers usually encounter uncertainties while managing projects. Discuss some of the major risks faced by you as a manager or as team member in the project. What were the strategies used by you to control those risks.

Discussion Topic 2: Portfolio Risk Management
The focus of portfolio risk management is to address strategic issues and support the organization to achieve its strategic goals. Read the article titled as ‘Portfolio Risk Management and Its Contribution to Project Portfolio Success: An Investigation of Organization, Process, and Cultures' by Julian Teller and discuss how portfolio risk management is done in your organization. How it helps your company to achieve its strategic goals.

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