Management Question

SA Week 3 Case Study

Link to the book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10_zJtJ6hggrHIn8B1…

Read the Case ” Advantage Energy Technology Data Center Migration – Part A” at the end of the chapter 6 and response to the following questions:
Brian
Smith, network administrator at Advanced Energy Technology (AET), has
been given the responsibility of implementing the migration of a large
data center to a new office location. Careful planning is needed because
AET operates in the highly competitive petroleum industry. AET is one
of five national software companies that provide an accounting and
business management package for oil jobbers and gasoline distributors. A
few years ago, AET jumped into the “application service provider”
world. Their large data center provides clients with remote access to
AET’s complete suite of application software systems. Traditionally, one
of AET’s primary competitive advantages has been the company’s
trademark IT reliability. Due to the complexity of this project, Brian
will have to use a parallel method of implementation. Although this will
increase project costs, a parallel approach is essential if reliability
is not to be compromised.
(Rest of case not shown due to length.)
Generate a priority matrix for AET’s system move.
Develop a WBS for Brian’s project. Include duration (days) and predecessors
Using a project planning tool, generate a network diagram for this project.
Note:
Base your plan on the following guidelines: eight-hour days, five-day
weeks except for when Brian moves the network components over a weekend,
no holiday breaks, March 1, 2010, is the project start date. Ordering
Ventilation System, New Racks, and Power Supplies/Cables takes only one
actual day of work. The remaining days are the time necessary for the
vendors to fill and ship the order to Brian. So use Finish to Start lags
here. Assume that five days after the start of the Renovation of the
Data Center that the raised floor will be ready for inspection (a
Start-to-Start lag).

SA Week 3 Discussion

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Assigned Readings:
Link to the book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10_zJtJ6hggrHIn8B1…
Chapter. 5 Estimating Project Times and Costs
Chapter. 6 Developing a Project Plan
Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what
you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s),
and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in
each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon
the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source
listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text.
Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in
your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
Why is it difficult to estimate mega project (i.e., costs and benefits (i.e. airports, stadiums, etc.) costs and benefits?
Define what a “white elephant” is in project management? Provide a real life example.
Why bother creating a WBS? Why not go straight to a project network and forget the WBS?
[Your initial post should be at least 600 words and
in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double
spaced).

Rhetorical Characteristics and Relationships

Answer one of the following questions in a brief paragraph.
CharacteristicsRead Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (Herrick, pages 26-27), and demonstrate how the address illustrates any three of the six characteristics of rhetorical discourse as outlined in Chapter 1.
RelationshipsAccording to Protagoras, an argument prevails only when “it has been tested by and withstood the attacks of the opposing side(s).” Defend this position by applying one of the characteristics of rhetorical discourse.
Your initial thread should be a minimum of 150-200 words.
ALSO, I need two responses to my classmates’ posts. each response should be more than 50 words