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AACSB: Reflective ThinkingAACSB: TechnologyBlooms: AnalyzeDifficulty: 3 HardLearning Outcome: 09-06 Describe the two primary diagrams most frequently used in project planning.Topic Area: Understanding Project Planning113. Identify the three primary areas a project manager must focus on managing to ensure success. AACSB: Reflective ThinkingAACSB: TechnologyBlooms: AnalyzeDifficulty: 3 HardLearning Outcome: 09-07 Identify the three primary areas a project manager must focus on managing to ensure success.Topic Area: Managing Projects9-50
Chapter 09 - Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility114. Explain the three different types of outsourcing along with their benefits and challenges. Onshore outsourcing: engaging another company within the same country for services. Nearshore outsourcing: contracting an outsourcing arrangement with a company in a nearby country. Offshore outsourcing: using organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems. The many benefits associated with outsourcing include increased quality and efficiency of a process, service, or function; reduction of operating expenses and exposure to risks involved with large capital investments; and access to outsourcing service providers' expertise, economies of scale, best practices, and advanced technologies. Outsourcing comes with several challenges, including length of contracts, losing competitive advantages, and risking a breach of confidential information.AACSB: Reflective ThinkingAACSB: TechnologyBlooms: AnalyzeDifficulty: 3 HardLearning Outcome: 09-08 Explain the three different types of outsourcing along with their benefits and challenges.Topic Area: Outsourcing Projects9-51