1A1 Exploring your topic :All topics must be related to project management, and unrelated topics will not be approved. All assignments in this course build upon one another. Successive assignments may...

A1 Exploring your topic :All topics must be related to project management, and unrelated topics will not be approved. All assignments in this course build upon one another. Successive assignments may suffer if assignments are late or if a student fails to perform each assignment correctly. All assignments are integral to the final deliverable. My Topic is why is community development important to nation building?











ASSIGNMENT 1: EXPLORING YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC Review the guidance provided on the GRAD 695 course page and Student Toolbox: · PMGT Library Search Tips · GRAD 695 Student Toolkit · APA Format Student Name: Proposed Project Management Research Topic and short description: Keywords used in HU Library Search: Article 1 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 2 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 3 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 4 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 5 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Review the following resources and provide responses to the following questions. Your responses should be at least 100 words in length and contain paraphrased content and citations. Question 1: Discuss which of the resources was most helpful to you and how it helped frame your topic: Question 2: List and describe three insights that you have noted about your research topic through this exercise. Limit your response to specifically to your topic, NOT the research process. Question 3: How can your proposed topic add to the existing body of knowledge in project management? Question 4: Name 3 to 5 identified gaps in the existing literature or recommendations for future research? (These are often found in the conclusion section of articles and research studies) Question 5 Based on these preliminary searches, has the focus of your research changed? In what way? List 5 references used in APA format: Refer to HU Library APA: http://library.harrisburgu.edu/apa GRAD 695 EXPLORING YOUR TOPIC JUN 20192 Microsoft Word - Assignment#1.doc Homework #1 1. Describe the Six Sigma methodology to someone who has not heard of it. 2. What are the benefits of implementing the Six Sigma methodology? 3. Describe what it takes to become a green belt. 4. What does a person need to do to become a black belt? 5. Describe the difference between a black belt and a master black belt? 6. How does the six sigma methodology compare with the continuous improvement methodology? 7. Which of Dr. Deming’s 14 points do you find the most interesting? Why? 8. What are the differences between DPO and DPU? 9. How to calculate RTY? 10. A local bank is keeping track of the different reasons people phone the bank. Those answering the phones place a mark on their check sheet in the rows most representative of the customers’ questions. Given the following check sheet, make a Pareto diagram (using Excel or Word): Credit card payment questions 245 Transfer call to another department 145 Balance questions 377 Payment receipt questions 57 Finance charge questions 30 Other 341 Comment on what you would do about the high number of calls in the “Other” column. Microsoft Word - Assignment#1.doc Homework #1 1. Describe the Six Sigma methodology to someone who has not heard of it. 2. What are the benefits of implementing the Six Sigma methodology? 3. Describe what it takes to become a green belt. 4. What does a person need to do to become a black belt? 5. Describe the difference between a black belt and a master black belt? 6. How does the six sigma methodology compare with the continuous improvement methodology? 7. Which of Dr. Deming’s 14 points do you find the most interesting? Why? 8. What are the differences between DPO and DPU? 9. How to calculate RTY? 10. A local bank is keeping track of the different reasons people phone the bank. Those answering the phones place a mark on their check sheet in the rows most representative of the customers’ questions. Given the following check sheet, make a Pareto diagram (using Excel or Word): Credit card payment questions 245 Transfer call to another department 145 Balance questions 377 Payment receipt questions 57 Finance charge questions 30 Other 341 Comment on what you would do about the high number of calls in the “Other” column. ASSIGNMENT 1: EXPLORING YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC Review the guidance provided on the GRAD 695 course page and Student Toolbox: · PMGT Library Search Tips · GRAD 695 Student Toolkit · APA Format Student Name: Proposed Project Management Research Topic and short description: Keywords used in HU Library Search: Article 1 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 2 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 3 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 4 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Article 5 Name: · Link (permalink preferred): · Keywords (listed in abstract): · Authors (source authors and any prevalent authors listed in reference or cited in-text) · Methodology (quantitative or qualitive approach used to research explained) · Results (discoveries/ conclusions): · Implications (how this affects project management): · Recommendation for future research (often found in conclusion): Review the following resources and provide responses to the following questions. Your responses should be at least 100 words in length and contain paraphrased content and citations. Question 1: Discuss which of the resources was most helpful to you and how it helped frame your topic: Question 2: List and describe three insights that you have noted about your research topic through this exercise. Limit your response to specifically to your topic, NOT the research process. Question 3: How can your proposed topic add to the existing body of knowledge in project management? Question 4: Name 3 to 5 identified gaps in the existing literature or recommendations for future research? (These are often found in the conclusion section of articles and research studies) Question 5 Based on these preliminary searches, has the focus of your research changed? In what way? List 5 references used in APA format: Refer to HU Library APA: http://library.harrisburgu.edu/apa GRAD 695 EXPLORING YOUR TOPIC JUN 20192