Task 1: Exploring the General System Development Approaches Based on Module

Phases of college education completion life cycle

• Formulating on how to get to college
• Assessing the necessities, you will need in college.
• Designing a strategy for learning.
• Implementing the designed strategy
• Completing the learning program.
• Job Searching
• Taking part in the graduation program.

Formulating on how to get to college

You should research on the colleges available and their quality of education. Then you select the best from the list.  It is also crucial, to identify the specific course you would like to undertake with regards to your qualifications, interests and your career path.  After deciding on the course to pursue and the college of your choice, it is now time to seek admission.

After the admission, you need to identify the requirement of that college.  Acquiring the necessities will aid in the comfortable stay at the college. The necessities may include the college fee, stationery, and money for upkeep.

 It is important to have a schedule that will guide you throughout your learning programs.  The strategy may incorporate a timetable, your mode of learning, your resource materials, and your study group ( Petty 2014, p. 259). Designing a strategy will help you to me more organized and time conscious.

 You will put into practice the strategies that you formulated at the beginning of the semester. For instance, you will strictly adhere to your timetable and interact productively with your group members in assignments. Also, as formulated earlier, one acquires the most resourceful materials for research work in the resource centers like the library.

Revising intensely before examination aids in achieving your goals. Completing the program in the most desired way saves time and resources.

Job searching is crucial to any student. A student should look for jobs that he can be acquainted with after graduation. Early preparation will make it easier for you to get a job immediately and thus saving a lot of time that otherwise could be wasted.  

 The graduation ceremony marks the end of the learning program that was tedious. Participating in the graduation ceremony gives an avenue to acquire a certificate that will aid in acquiring of a job after school.

To be able to complete the course, one is required to participate in mentorship programs that will be insightful regarding impacting the right skills that are viable in the job market. It is also imperative to be associated with programs that expose to the business world and its stakeholders. It is relevant for the student to be involved in programs that will shape his or her career.  Reading the right materials and interacting with the right people will shape the life of one as a student. Having the right attitude towards your goals will make life much easier in college.  A positive attitude will help in the facing of challenges that come with most of the time (Wilbur and Roscigno 2016, p. 23).  Lastly, having the right virtues in college will make the environment more conducive and with the right ambiance of learning.

 Breakthrough Model and Tuition model are relevant in this case. The breakthrough model aims at equipping the student with knowledge and skills on how to keep up with the challenges that emerge within the college. The challenges can make a student to lose direction, but with the right people, he may realize that he can still make it even with the obstacles.  This model helps a student to get through college. The tuition model focuses on rewarding perseverance in one’s studies at the college. The tuition model informs on the need to be time conscious and organized in the daily routine at the college (Abel and Deitz 2014, p. 33).Time consciousness aids in quick completion and thus one saves costs. The two models will pave the way for the efficiency of the student where one will be keener in achieving his aims rather than wasting time and resources that are scarce.

Task 2 Understanding Project-Oriented Approach in Business Analysis Based on Module 3

To begin with is paramount to involve the decision-making tool that will aid in the formulating of the most feasible decisions that will help in the achievement of the end goals. The ability to make the right decisions will create an opportunity where you will be able to be informed on the right path and how to go about it in the most effective manner.  

Also, it is essential to encompass the evaluation tool that will help in reviewing if the model is working or not. The tool will assess the variation between the expected results against the actual results. After evaluation of the results the student will be able to make changes where applicable to achieve the desired outcome. The evaluation tool may be the examination. Where a student may have set target marks that he wants to work so hard to achieve them. It would be possible if the evaluation were carried out to check on the deviation that occurred after the results are out. If the marks were achieved, then it is time for one to set new goals. The tools will instigate effectiveness of the tools, and thus the models will be successful.

the decision by CLT to build project managers from its existing employee base and advice to the CLT for strong project management skills in the company

 It is a good decision for CLT to recruit internally.  Building project managers from within the company will enable CLT to save on resources that otherwise would be used in activities such as; advertising for the job vacancies, conducting interviews and training. Conversely, an employee from within is well conversant with the culture of CLT and hence saves on the orientation procedures (Creto 2015, p. 32).  Also, motivation is urged through creating a positive perception towards performance for the reward of promotion amongst the workers. For CLT to have strong project management skills, it has to ensure that its workers have the competent skills in the business through exposing them to activities such as; seminars, workshops, bench- marks and training (Turner 2014, p. 22).  With the competent skills, the workers will be apt, ready to progress and to acknowledge changes.  Also, CLT should embark on strengthening its culture so that every worker is familiar with the norms, beliefs and the attitudes that are related to the CLT’s business structure.

Criteria for Monica to use to measure whether Stewart (or any other potential project manager) is ready for project management responsibility.

   The first criteria would be Management by Objectives which will involve the employees having their goals known to the manager.  The manager, as a result, assesses the available resources that will be required to achieve the goals of the employee.  The goals should be achievable within a time frame. Afterward the Monica will have the role of reviewing the objectives of Stewart. In order to make the goals realizable, Monica will help Stewart reset the goals so that he can align the resources available at the time. The degree of performance is arrived at by the quantity of goals attained within the specified time frame (Cohodes and Goodman 2014, p. 252).The MBO will set the pace for the Stewart where he will always aim at attaining his goals so that he can come up with more challenging goals. One is capable of being a manager if he can achieve even the slightest objectives.

Task 3 Investigating System Requirements Based on Module

 The second criteria will be the forced ranking which involves the ranking of employees into three categories that are the high-level performers, the middle-level performers, and the low-level performers.  Monica will not rank Stewart’s based on his past performance against

 His current performance but rather his performance as compared the performance of other employees in his level (Phillips and Phillips, 2016,p. 24). Monica will implement these criteria because of its relevance in creating a challenging environment. Employees that are stirred by success prefer a competitive environment so that they can test their capabilities.

structuring the job for new project managers to ensure or at least increase the possibility of a high level of success

 It is important for the job to be structured in such a way that it will incorporate all the stakeholders, where they will be able to air their views openly.  For the new project managers to be successful, then the management should offer their support which can be regarding resources or moral support.  Moreover, planning is essential for the structure of the job so that the strategies can be well formulated for the achievement of the stipulated goals.

Advice to Stewart about managing his career and attaining his immediate goal of becoming a project manager.

  As a project manager one is entitled to numerous responsibilities and challenges, and so Stewart should be ready for all the obstacles that will emerge during tenure. Stewart must balance his diverse roles to meet his targets ( Kerzner 2013,p. 22).  Teamwork is relevant in a work situation, and so Stewart must embrace teams so that together they can work towards the core goals of CLT. Abiding by the ethical requirements is key to professionalism.  Being ethical will pave the way to the path-goal to be acted upon.

The best method for Edward to involve the brokers (users) in the development of the updated online trading system and how Edward can ensure the information about requirements is complete and time-saving.

The best method would be the questionnaires. The questionnaires will enable Edward to gather information on the values and the expectations of the users. The questionnaires need to contain the questions that are relevant to the organization’s interests. Questionnaires are easy to administer because of the ease to distribute them say through the emails.  Filling a questionnaire form is fast as compared to conducting an interview. And thus the project manager is more sensitive to time (Turner 2014, p. 45).The use of a representative for the entire group does not cover the opinions of all users as in the case of a questionnaire. Edward should follow the basic requirements of formulating a questionnaire. The questionnaire should have short, simple and precise questions that will make it easy for the users to apprehend and respond in the most detailed manner.

How can Edward involve customers in the process and how to make them participate. Also, methods that Edward can use to ensure that the customers he involves are representative of John and Jacob’s entire customer group.

Questionnaires will be relevant in engaging the customers in the new project. Questionnaires will insight the company to the most viable expectation of the customers. Equipping the customers with the relevant information about the project will make them understand the essence of the project and the benefits they will derive from it.  Edward can use the systematic random sampling that majorly involves the selection of the nth item (Bryman and Bell 2015, p. 34). Edward can also use the stratified simple random that is mainly associated with the dividing of the population into two groups that are known as strata and then from the strata the manager will randomly select customers that will consist the sample size (Shard et al.  2013, p. 40).

 The two methods will be the best in acquiring a sample population that is a true representative of the customers of the organization. Though other nonprobability methods can be used, it is important to use the probability methods that are more accurate in the selection process.

the criteria that Edward will use to consider what other stakeholders he should include and the guidelines to help him build a list of people to include.

 The other stakeholders that Edward should include are the suppliers, the government and the employee Edward will evaluate the importance of each stakeholder for instance what are the benefits of involving the government as criteria. The other criteria are to assess the negative impacts of not involving the stakeholders for example what are the demerits of not considering the suppliers, if at all there are demerits then Edward must involve the suppliers as one of the major stakeholders (Sharda et al.  2013, p. 35).

The guidelines that Edward will use in selecting the stakeholders include identifying the stakeholders regarding their levels. Stakeholders vary regarding their values, and that’s why they are usually grouped according to their magnitude of their contribution for example primary, secondary and external stakeholders. There should be a guideline that the stakeholders that play a major role in the organization say the loyal customers should always be considered. Another guideline should be included to review the capabilities of stakeholders and the available resources. Evaluating the benefits accrued by involving specific stakeholders

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