W1 Discussion – Scope Management Research Topic and Question
General Note:
Please note that there are no extensions for discussion board participation. To earn full credit, you will need to post by the deadline. Please pay careful attention to the grading rubrics for the discussion forum.
Your insights from the literature readings are essential, and we would like you to share them with the class as much as possible.
Discussion postings should be approximately 150-300 words. Communicate in complete sentences, concise, focused paragraphs, and precise language. Excessively wordy postings are not an advantage, but overly brief postings have little to contribute to the discussion. Provide adequate evidentiary support for your postings and be detailed.
you can choose a topic that interests you from the list of general topics provided below for this course to investigate. This will be the main topic you will focus on and research for the rest of this course, so choose wisely. Once you select the research topic, please develop a research question based on the challenges and issues of project scope management.
Note; developing a research question and defining a challenge/s or problem with scope management will require some searching and reading. Please use the resources given to you and always ask your instructor for help and guidance in choosing the right topic and question. Please remember that you will need to submit a final recorded research presentation in Week 6. This is based on your weekly discussions and should be your cumulative work from week 1 to week 6. Please refer to the Research Presentation assignment link for more details and examples.
For this week’s discussion, at a minimum, your post should provide:
A brief description of the topic and challenges you chose to help the reader understand what you are talking about (assume the readers do not understand the topic).
Why did you choose this topic and challenge?
Why is it important to investigate?
What is the practical importance/implication of this topic you chose to the general project management practices?
Provide specific questions you want to have an answer for by the end of your investigation/research.
Course topics to investigate:
Project needs assessment and planning project scope
Project requirements and elicitation
Requirements Management
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Scope Creep
Scope Management
Scope control
Scope planning and the different project development approaches
Other related topics with instructor approval
Databases to use:
Web of Science
ScienceDirect
Emerald
ProQuest
Sample of PM journals:
Project Management Journal
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
International Journal of Project Management
International Journal of Project Organization and Management
Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
W2 Discussion – PM Topic: Research Review 1
Post your response no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
Based on the topic you chose in your first week’s discussion and any feedback you received, search for at least three (3) sources from Journals or/and conference proceedings papers, research organizations that discuss/address your topic of interest and research questions (Note: use the databases listed below to search for papers). The main objective of reading these papers is to understand what other researchers and practitioners have done to address your topic of interest and your questions in your first week’s discussion. After reading the papers, create an annotated bibliography table (shown below) to summarize what each research found about your topic of interest.
Write a summary description of what you have found and documented in your annotated bibliography. Please remember that your discussion postings should be approximately 150-300 words.
Attach a copy of the table to your post. This table should help you track the list of papers/research you are reviewing and summarize the findings to help you prepare your final presentation. You should update the table in the following weeks’ discussions to build up your annotated bibliography. Your post should only summarize your insights from your readings for this week.
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