project management discussion devry

WEEK 2: CASE STUDY: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT DOTCOM.COM

Read Case Study 5.3 in your textbook, page 192: Project Management at Dotcom.com (Links to an external site.).

Dotcom.com is a software engineering and systems development consulting firm that needs some organizational improvements in the area of project management processes that will cut cost and potentially increase the profit margin for the company.

Share your answers for the following questions.

  • Discuss how you would begin redesigning dotcom.com’s project management processes to minimize the problems it is experiencing with poor scope management.
  • Why do you think configuration management and project change control are difficult to perform in the middle of a complex software development project, such as those implemented at dotcom.com?
  • Share any experiences you have with project change requests.