Week 4 (February 15 – February 21)

Monday, February 15   (6:30 P.M. – 7:20 P.M., GoToMeeting) Optional Session

Online Dropin Session

On Monday evenings, I will be holding an Online Drop-In Session using the GoToMeeting platform. Students are invited to join us to discuss questions and issues concerning the class. This will serve as an opportunity to meet and start discussions with other students in the class. I expect this to be particularly useful during the early part of the semester when we are forming teams. Your experience will be best when you are using a headset. You may join the GoToMeeting session using this link.

Thursday, February 18   (3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M., NWQB-3472) Optional Session
Office Hours	Every Thursday afternoon, I will be holding Office Hours in my UWM office. Please feel free to drop by to ask a question, to discuss a problem, or just to say hello.

Sunday, February 21, @  11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics	Managing Scope and Procurement Managing Time and Cost Managing Team Dynamics and Communication Managing Quality and Risk
Required Readings	Layton: Chapter 12 Layton: Chapter 13 Layton: Chapter 14 Layton: Chapter 15
Required Recordings	Recorded commentary on Layton: Chapter 12 Commentary Audio Recorded commentary on Layton: Chapter 13 Commentary Audio Recorded commentary on Layton: Chapter 14 Commentary Audio Recorded commentary on Layton: Chapter 15 Commentary Audio
Class Participation Assignments Due	Top Two Project Management Issues Description: The readings from the Layton text for this week address the project management issues of scope, time, cost, risk, quality, team dynamics, communication, and procurement. Which two of these important issues do you think will have the biggest impact on your team's project? Why have you chosen these two rather than the others? Submit to: Weekly Discussion Forum Team Formation - Staff (Step 3 of 4) Description: In this third week of team-related activities, our goal is to pick a preliminary list of members for our team. Obviously, those students who find the project opportunity will be part of the project team. The objective is for us to find a home for everyone on some team. Staffing success will be reached when we have evenly sized teams (approximately 4 people), when team skills are well-matched with project needs, and when each team member can see a role for themselves that is appealing. While I prefer that teams self-staff, I am willing to intervene in the staffing process if necessary. Submit to: Team Formation Forum