Week 3 Discussion

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Part 1

Using the downloadable software, templates provided, or other preferred software, such as Microsoft Excel:

• Complete a WBS for your project.
  Work Breakdown Structure

This list of activities needs to contain enough detail so you can effectively plan and schedule your event.

• Using the completed WBS as a reference, next complete a Gantt chart of your project using the template provided. If you discover in the process you overlooked activities make sure to include them in the WBS.
  Gantt Chart
• In a paper that is a minimum of 2 pages long, identify the Critical Path for your project. Using the WBS and the Gantt chart you constructed for this project analyze how much longer you will need to start planning in advance of your event in order to complete the project? Your submission should follow the essentials of APA (i.e., cover page, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, reference section at the end, in-text citations, etc.).

Part 2

For this part of the Course Project, you will put together a Quality Plan. In order to provide the highest quality experience possible, attendees of the event were surveyed to determine what was most important to them when attending such an event. The result of this survey is listed below:

– 90% of those completing the survey felt that having engaging and dynamic speakers is key to a successful event
– 90% felt that it was important that the accommodations were physically located where the convention is being held; they didn’t want to have to take a bus or a shuttle from their hotel to the convention.
– 85% stated the food provided should be wonderful and meet any dietary restrictions, such as vegetarian or gluten-free.

For your assignment, you will need to do the following:

Complete a scope statement for your project (Use may use the templates for Project Scope and Business Objective Worksheet provided). Your project Scope should be at one page in length.

Project Scope and Business Objective Worksheet

Using the WBS for your project, identify which of the Work Activities listed could potentially impact those items identified by attendees as critical for the success of the project.

Complete a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Only include those activities that impact the four issues identified by your customers as critical to producing a quality event. For each of the activities listed:

– Based on your knowledge of the activity analyze the severity of the impact on the project if the activity failed to produce a quality result as Low, Medium, or High
– Also based on your knowledge of the activity analyze the probability of the poor quality result occurring as Low, Medium, or High
– For the three activities that were evaluated as having the most severe quality consequences AND having the highest impact generate an action plan to reduce or eliminate these failures from occurring

• In a paper that is a minimum of 2 pages long, clearly and concisely summarize the action items identified through the FMEA that will increase the probability of your project being considered a success with your customers.
• Your submission should follow the essentials of APA (i.e., cover page, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, reference section at the end, in-text citations, etc.).

Write a 5-6 page engagement with Kecia Ali’s book, Sexual Ethics and Islam.

In your paper, do not spend most of the time giving a summary of the book. Do that only as much as you need to situate your own thoughts.

Instead, focus on a chapter we did not read in class (choose from: chapters 2, 6, 7, or 8 – but not chapter 9). Analyze and critique Ali’s presentation of that chapter in light of the book as a whole (of course, you can and should read all of the other chapters of the book for this), as well as previous class readings on Islamic law, theology, and ethics (as appropriate to your argument) from the earlier part of the course.

The following might be some points you discuss, and/or you may come up with your own:

How does this particular chapter represent her overall argument throughout the book?

How does her approach challenge previous legal and theological claims about sexuality and/or gender in Islam?

How might her work here impact other dimensions of Islamic ethics?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of her approach?

Due: At the beginning of class, Monday, 1 May 2017. Also submit an electronic copy via SafeAssign on Blackboard.

Format:

Double-spaced, one inch margins on all sides, standard font (Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman, etc.).

Make sure to use page numbers.

References:

DO NOT !!!!! use sources from outside of our class materials. Do not cite our class discussions/your class notes unless it is specifically about something we discussed not in or beyond the course materials. If you need to cite that, write: (class notes, 4/18/17).

There is no need to provide a bibliography, nor footnotes. But when referring to the text for ideas that are not your own, use a parenthetical notation of author’s last name and page number(s) like this:

IS believes it has today fulfilled the conditions required to allow them to take slaves, including concubines (Ali, 71).

Diversity Management Project – Rough Draft

The rough draft of your Diversity Management Proposal is due. It should be submitted in proposal format, except that is should be double spaced. Also make sure of the following:

• Discuss the problem or opportunity
• Describe the alternative solutions to the problem
• Evaluate the alternatives
• Discuss which alternative you selected and why.
• Discuss any follow-up to determine effectiveness of decision.
• Make sure to use correct tone. Remember that your audience for your proposal is the decision-makers of the organization who have the power to implement your change.
• You should have one interview (phone or email is fine) and at least two scholarly sources.
• All sources should be included on an APA formatted reference page.
• The length of the proposal should be five to eight pages, plus the reference page.
• Use visual markers (e.g., bullets and lists) and visuals wisely.