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Discussion 1.

1. Describe a potential timing issue that can occur early in a project and a potential timing issue that can occur at the end of a project. How would you address each of these issues in your project?

2. Describe a few normal causes and special causes of variation on a project you have worked on. How did you address these variations?

Discussion 2.

1. Describe trade-offs that may need to be made among project stakeholders' priorities. How would you address these trade-offs as a project manager?

2. List and describe at least three common quantitative risk analysis techniques. Under what circumstances would you find each one useful?

Discussion 3.

1. Describe the process of achieving stakeholder satisfaction. How would you address a situation in which two stakeholders have mutually exclusive goals for the project?

2. Discuss the costs of conformance versus nonconformance and how they both factor into the overall cost of quality. What percent of your budget would you put toward conformance-related tasks compared to nonconformance-related tasks? Why?

Discussion 4.

1. Your company is hoping to outsource some of its work constructing a new development of condominiums. What would you use as selection criteria to narrow down your list of potential sellers?

2. You are the project manager in charge of renovating a large apartment building, and your team has decided to outsource the installation of a new septic system. Do you put out an RFQ or RFP to interested contractors? Why?

Discussion 5.

1. In your opinion, under what conditions should the sponsor approve a project change, and when is it okay for the project manager to authorize a change? Give an example of each?

2. A project manager is in the finishing stage of her project. It is apparent that one of the project's deliverables will not be completed before the project is wrapped up. What options does the project manager have for this uncompleted deliverable?