The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

Each student will prepare a research paper discussing, in depth, a subject related to one of the topics covered in the course. The paper should be from 2,000 to 3,000 words in length (8-12 pages) and contain a separate title or cover page and separate pages for the list of reference sources. The paper is expected to be authoritative, and based on at least 10 high-quality sources (i.e., no Wikipedia, newspaper, or web page citations allowed). Use the UMUC library to find relevant journal or respected trade publication articles for your report. The majority of reference sources should be from recent publications no older than five years. Follow the APA format (6th ed.) for the paper and for all citations, figures, tables, and the list of references. You may include in your paper any of the articles assigned as readings, as well as any other reference sources encountered during the course. The style and content appropriate for an academic literature review can be seen in most scholarly journals found in peer-reviewed literature. Most articles will contain a section called, Literature Review. Look over a few to get a feel for the general style of writing expected. The report should exhibit graduate-level writing, in terms of grammar, punctuation, format, quality of analysis, coherence, insight, logical flow, and reasoning. The paper is NOT an essay, how to, or opinion piece, it is to be a research report based fully on facts and data derived from appropriate sources in the literature. Provide a reference citation for EVERY statement of fact you include in your paper. Do NOT string together direct quotes from reference sources to create a narrative in the report. More than three quotes within the paper will be too many. Write in your own words and include quote marks for ALL material copied from other sources. Remember, a literature review tells what other experts and researchers have discovered, NOT what you know or think. Save your own opinions about what all the facts mean for the conclusion of the review. Literature Review Individual Paper Assignment Criteria: Write a review of the literature that describes the findings of other researchers related to a specific topic in the Project Management field. The objective of the research paper is to enable you to conduct independent academic research in an area directly related to the course subject matter. Your efforts will generate a high-quality written report summarizing the results of your research into the current scholarly and relevant trade literature related to your chosen topic. Please make sure to cover the following question in depth: In what ways can project managers utilize artificial intelligence to improve project performance? The title of the paper should be: The impact of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

Because of your extensive background in health law and ethics you have been appointed Risk Manager of your organization

Because of your extensive background in health law and ethics, you have been appointed Risk
Manager of your organization. Your organization is a large integrated delivery system with a
Medical Center and clinics throughout the state.

Because of your extensive background in health law and ethics you have been appointed Risk Manager of your organization

Week Six Assignment One Scenario

Because of your extensive background in health law and ethics, you have been appointed Risk
Manager of your organization. Your organization is a large integrate d delivery system with a
Medical Center and clinics throughout the state. Your organization also has various state contracts to provide care for state program beneficiaries. You are in a contract with the state to provide Managed Medicaid dental services. You sit on the Credentialing Committee and you are also an advisor to the Medical Director.
Monday morning when you arrive at your office, you have a voicemail from the Medical Director of your organization.

Voice Mail
“Hey, this is Jenna.”
“We‘ve got a big problem here. Did you read the Sunday papers? One of our providers is in some trouble. He’s the only provider of pediatric dentistry to our Medicaid population.”
“I need you to look into the Medical Staff Bylaws for employed and contract providers applicable to our organization, and then we have to come up with a plan. We really need to get out in front of this.”

Newspaper Article

Football Equipment Tampering May Lead to Criminal Charges
Years from now, they’ll still be talking about the bizarre saga of the razor-sharp buckle on the helmet of a player in a November 6 football game between Linsly Academy and St. Benedict
XVI. Right now, though, they’re talking criminal behavior. As of Monday, no charges had been filed against either the player or his father, who claimed responsibility for sharpening the buckle.

But the district attorney of Alamo County is on the case and said charges may be coming.
The episode started to unfold during the first quarter of the Academy’s 16-14 double-overtime win. Two Academy players found that they were bleeding from wounds to their hands and arms; one had sustained three cuts that would require 10 stitches. A third teammate, whose arm was covered with scratches, told his coaches, “It feels like they’ve got razor blades out there.”
Referee Bob Renner ran a quick check of the St. Benedict players’ equipment and found what he thought were two defective chin-strap buckles on the helmet worn by junior center Mike Miller. After removing them, he gave the first to a St. Benedict assistant and pocketed the other.

After the game, officials found that the buckle in Renner’s possession had been milled to razor sharpness.

(The St. Benedict assistant coach said he had thrown away the first buckle, and a search of the field failed to turn it up.) On November 8, the Ohio High School Activities Association began an investigation, which resulted in Miller’s being discharged from the team and then expelled from school. After the expulsion, Miller’s father, Homer, a pediatric dentist, told St. Benedict XVI principal Rev. Benjamin Schmidt that he had done the milling.

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Homer was upset that in the previous week’s game against St. John’s High, Mike had been a 2 victim of what the father considered excessive head-slapping. According to Schmidt, this was the elder Miller’s solution to that. Several observers describe Homer, who was working on the side-line chain gang during the Linsly Academy-St. Benedict game, as a hothead. He was so vocal in his criticism of the officiating during St. Benedict’s game against Carlow High on Sept.21 that he was ask ed to leave the sideline crew. Apparently, the elder Miller is not always so bellicose; people close to Mike’s sporting events describe Homer as “mouthy” and “macho” but also say that he “loves children” and frequently performs charitable dental work on youngsters from low-income families. More than one source describes Mike as a nice, levelheaded kid.

Neither father nor son has talked to the press.

Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the buckle sharpening was team wide, but the hope remains that this was an isolated incident. Or, as D.A. Dan Marino puts it, “a really dumb idea confined to some really dumb people.”
Medical Staff Bylaws

Section I: Termination or Suspension of Medical Staff Membership, Reduction of Clinical
Privileges, and Other Corrective Action

1. Grounds for Action:
a. Non-compliance with Medical Staff Bylaws, and Rules and Regulations — This shall include, but not be limit ed to, failure to disclose information pertinent to and necessary in the evaluation of a member’s qualifications for appointment or reappointment to the Medical Staff.

b. Violation of Specific Rules of the Medical Center or this Medical Staff — This shall include, but not be limit ed to, failure to complete medical records, failure to adhere to approved admitting and discharge policies, or failure to discharge responsibilities relative to consultation and call.

c. Misconduct — This shall include, but not be limit ed to, violations as indicated in I.1.b above, abandonment of a patient, conviction of a crime, disruptive behavior, unethical behavior, or falsification of records.

d. Care Below Applicable Standards — This shall include, but not be limit ed to, incompetence, unprofessional conduct (as excluded from I.1.c above), failure to adhere to patient care policies of the Medical Center, clinical performance below the standards of practice established by the clinical service, provision of sub-optimal and/or substandard care, substantial or consistent misdiagnosis, and/or a demonstrated lack of clinical competence.

e. Personality Conflict — Continuous inability to work in harmony with others or evidence of disruptive behavior or conduct detrimental to patient care may be cause for such 3 action.

f. Improper use of Medical Center resources.

Based materially on bylaws retrieved from:
https://medicalaffairs.ucsf.edu/sites/medicalstaff.ucsf.edu/files/
Wysiwyg/governingDocuments/2018_Medical Staff Bylaws_06.26.18 %
28After Annual Meeting Approval%29_0.pdf

The challenges and implications of Advanced Practice

This is a paper that is focusing on the challenges and implications of Advanced Practice. The paper also provides the guidance instructions to use n writing the paper.

The challenges and implications of Advanced Practice

LO5 Guidance

Your written assignment will form the foundation of a future publication. Following completion of the course we recommend that you continue to work with your academic supervisor to further develop this initial draft and submit a publication in a journal of your choice. Your supervisor can guide you through this process and help you to develop the content pre and post publication submission. You will lead this publication and be the first author; your academic supervisor will be the second or last author.
Publications and presentations are important for your CV, and also enable you to showcase your achievements with other clinical and academic colleagues. This will help to develop Advanced Practice and shape the future of health care. Critically discuss the challenges and implications of this, set out plans for further development, and recommendations for future actions.

Assignment Guidance
This assignment should follow the standard structure for journal publications, with the following sections:
Abstract: This should be a structured, brief summary of your background, aims, methods, results and conclusions (100 words)
Background/Introduction: Briefly set the context for your project by outlining succinctly current guidelines/standards/recommendations, clinical issues and literature evidence to justify your project choice
Aims/Objectives: Briefly state the aims/objectives for your DQIP
Methods: Briefly state what methods you used, and why you chose this approach. Include your project design (audit/service evaluation), methods used for data collection and analysis, including pre and post measures and timelines. Clearly describe your intervention and outcome measures that you chose to focus on. Include the need for university ethics approval and permission from your clinical organisation. If you were unable to complete all your project, you should still include your intended methods, including plans for your intervention and post data collection/analysis.

The challenges and implications of Advanced Practice

·         Results: Set out your main results using a logical flow to present key demographics, and use tables/graphs to illustrate your findings pre and post your intervention. If your project is incomplete, focus on baseline data as interim findings. Include some narrative, but avoid interpretation in this section.

·         Discussion: Start with a summary of your results where you can provide some interpretation. Also, link this with evidence from the literature to critically discuss the implications of your results for patients, staff and service delivery/improvements. If you were unable to complete your project critically discuss the challenges and implications of this, highlighting future plans for your intervention and evaluation, and include recommendations for clinical practice.
·         Conclusion: This should be a brief summary of the key findings/implications to date, to highlight the impact on clinical practice (or future potential if your project is incomplete), outlining your planned next steps and making recommendations for future work in this area.

You should be clear about what you have achieved, and what gap in practice you are addressing. You can also critically discuss the challenges in project implementation, delivering an intervention, and evaluation. Irrespective of the status of your project, you can make recommendations for others to improve practice in their area with a similar patient population.

Pay careful attention to academic discipline in your work. Factors such as writing style, grammar, and spelling are all important. The quality of your referencing is also of fundamental importance. Poor quality referencing to sources that do not support your argument is poor academic practice and reflects negatively. Please ensure that all of your references are of good quality and correctly cited.

The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 outlines the role of ICT

The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 outlines the role of ICT in teaching and learning as follows:As the foundations for ICT are strengthened in the Malaysian education system, the Ministry will study additional opportunities to transform ICT usage in the classroom such as through EduWeb TV.

The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 outlines the role of ICT

QUESTION 1 (50%)

OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this assignment is to provide you with experience in systematic instructional design. You are tasked to plan and design instructions using suitable instructional design models.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare a design document according to the questions below. Your answer must be related to your subject area and expertise. You are to elaborate and provide the necessary evidence for this design document. This document will also be the basis for the development of instructional materials in Assignment 2.

QUESTIONS:
The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 outlines the role of ICT in teaching and learning as follows:

As the foundations for ICT are strengthened in the Malaysian education system, the Ministry will study additional opportunities to transform ICT usage in the classroom such as through EduWeb TV. This includes also scaling up best practices from areas of excellence and innovation identified in Wave 1. The Ministry will also update its strategy to reflect new findings from international research on how to leverage ICT in developing higher-order thinking skills.

Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 (Preschool to Post-Secondary), p.6 – 23

In line with the need to incorporate ICT as an enabler for teaching and learning, the Malaysian National Education Philosophy stipulated that:

Education in Malaysia is an on-going effort towards further developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner, so as to produce individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balanced and harmonious, based on a firm belief in and devotion to God. Such an effort is designed to produce Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeable and competent, who possess high moral standards, and who are well responsible and capable of achieving high level of personal well-being as well as being able to contribute to the harmony and betterment of the family, the society and the nation at large.

As an instructional designer, you are tasked to design a suitable instructional environment to fulfil the objectives of ICT under the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 and the Malaysian Education Philosophy in the context of teaching and learning conducted in schools or any education institution. Your instructional environment may be related to a particular subject area of your choice, or can be non-specific and focused on developing teaching and learning skills in general, or one domain of this teaching and learning skill.

The design of the instructional environment will assist you in selecting and determining suitable instructional materials to be developed in Assignment 2.

Your design document must include the following criteria:

a)      The required instructional environment to achieve the objectives of the Malaysia Education Blueprint focusing on aspects related to teaching and learning. (You are to provide evidence from supporting documents and other literature).
(10 marks)

b)      Further, Description and elaboration on the context of the general characteristics of teachers and learners who will be exposed to the instructional environment that you have designed. Corroborate your description with data from interviews and/or surveys. (10 marks)

c)      A suitable instructional goal of the task for the teachers and learners to follow within your context. Based on this instructional goal, you will need to do the following:
i.             a goal analysis to demonstrate the kinds of learning required to achieve this National Philosophy of Education.
ii.           also, the performance objectives for achieving the goal. (15 marks)

d)      The most relevant performance objectives related to the goal from section (c) above. Based on this performance objective to achieve your goal, you will need to design the following:
i.             relevant assessment methods
ii.           also, instructional strategies
Give  your rationale for the choice of the assessment and instructional strategies you have designed.
(15 marks)
[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]

Define “evolution.”- Define “theistic evolution.”

Define “evolution.” Define “theistic evolution.” Is the dating of Adam important? Explain your answer. When was the origin of the “soul” in man? Explain how dust cannot be a symbol for animal life.

Define evolution- Define theistic evolution

The Creation and Fall of Man
Answer thoroughly the following questions based on this module/week’s Reading & Study material:
Define “evolution.”

Define “theistic evolution.”

Is the dating of Adam important? Explain your answer.

When was the origin of the “soul” in man?

Explain how dust cannot be a symbol for animal life.

Which of the six marriage principles stands out the most to you and why?

Who is the “us” referring to in Genesis 1:26? Explain.

What is included in the phrase “the image of God” (besides “likeness”)?

T/F—Adam and Eve and all of the animals were originally vegetarians. Support your answer.

Explain the terms “dominion” and “subdue.” What implications does this have for humans today?

T/F—It is impossible to understand the rest of the Bible without understanding Genesis 3. Support your answer.

What does Davis say that seems to be a better translation for “gods” in Genesis 3:5? Why?

Further, What is the sequence of the temptation and Fall?

What is depravity?

Also, What were Adam and Eve attempting to do when they made “fig leaves” clothes (other than covering their nakedness)?

Where is the first possible mention of the virgin birth of Christ in Genesis?

How is God’s grace exhibited in chapter 3 of Genesis?

What does the term “coats of skin” (Genesis 3:21) imply?

T/F—Man having to work is a result of the curse. Support your answer.

Describe one meaningful way that a historical view of Genesis could interact with the genetic data.

“Everything else one believes about the Bible and Christian theology and practice depends ultimately on…” what? Explain.

Explain how Genesis 3 is the story that tells you how you became so unable to read the story being told.

Additionally, Explain where temptation is.

How does the author describe the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a “good thing”?

After watching the presentation, state two ways the Fall of man affects life today.

Submit your answers by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2.

What purpose does leadership serve, and why is it an integral part of an organization?

What purpose does leadership serve, and why is it an integral part of an organization?
Examine one leadership theory that you find the most compelling, and discuss specific components (characteristics) that you feel are the most important, and why.

What purpose does leadership serve, and why is it an integral part of an organization

Leadership
Before completing this assignment, please review the attached document, Expectations for Short Papers Preview the document.  It is important that you understand the expectations that are required when completing the short papers for this course. Additionally, this document provides further in-depth instructions.

For this paper, we will be analyzing leadership. Please follow the below outline.

Criteria:
This paper must be at least 5 pages of content, (not including the cover page or reference page), and completed in APA format (6th edition).  Aside from utilizing the text as a source, you are required to use at least 2 additional resources such as scholarly articles to further help substantiate your perspective.

Your paper must include the following:
Cover page
Introduction (1 to 2 paragraphs maximum)
Purpose Statement (2 to 3 sentences)
Analysis (4 pages maximum)
What purpose does leadership serve, and why is it an integral part of an organization?
Examine one leadership theory that you find the most compelling, and discuss specific components (characteristics) that you feel are the most important, and why.
Examine how those components from your chosen theory would benefit your organization or organizations in general.
Conclusion (1 to 2 paragraphs maximum)
Reference page
Sample Leadership Paper

Distinguish and articulate a critical issues in an organization

This is a paper that is focusing on distinguish and articulate a critical issues in an organization. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper.

Distinguish and articulate a critical issues in an organization

BCO324 Cases in Marketing
Assignment Purpose
Firstly, to learn how to distinguish and articulate a critical issue(s) in an organization. Each case study will concentrate on a specific issue critical to the organization you will be working with.
Secondly, to learn how to research this issue, including questioning of participating parties and developing conflicting analytical positions and alternatives. Case studies are meant to be mimetic of real situations.
Thirdly, to deepen your knowledge and understanding of course concepts by applying principles you have learned while dealing with issues of newly emerging data.
Fourthly, to develop the ability to exercise judgment and discretion as you manipulate the flow of information necessary to producing the best teaching product for potential future readers and users of your case study.

Instructions and Grading Criteria
The document should be 2,500 words maximum and address the following points listed below.
Additionally, student must develop a case study analysing a real marketing problem situation where existing problem need to be solved. It should relate the theory to a practical situation;

Synopsis/Executive Summary
Outline the purpose of the case study.
Describe the field of research.
Outline the issues and also findings of the case study without the specific details.
Identify the theory that will be used

Findings
• Identify the problems found in the case by: analysing the problem, supporting your findings
with facts given in the case, the relevant theory and course concepts.
searching for the underlying problems

Discussion
Summarise the major problem/s.
Identify alternative solutions to this/these major problem/s.
Briefly outline each alternative solution and evaluate its advantages and also disadvantages

The DMAIC Project Management research paper topic

This is a paper that is focusing on the DMAIC Project Management research paper. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper.

The DMAIC Project Management research paper

Overview

You are required to submit a research paper on one of the project management topics listed below. The intent of this paper is for you to delve deeper into a particular topic, analyse and synthesize the material in a concise manner, and demonstrate critical thinking. It is about you ADDING VALUE to course content, not repeating it. Think of it as a mini literature review with an organizational example included to consider the usefulness of scholarly work. This is primarily about reporting back on what the literature says–it is not an opinion piece. You are encouraged and expected to critique the literature (what you think of it), but you must FIRST talk about the theories and the constructs, then you can offer your opinion on it and how it applies to you.

The following are a suggest of Project Management Topics area for the Individual Paper;

DMAIC Project Management
PRINCE2 Project Management
Waterfall Project Management
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
Capability Maturity Model
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
New Product Development

Instructions

Firstly, the paper is to follow APA rules and guidelines.
Secondly, you must have at least 4 academic sources, maximum two of which can be the course textbooks; the remaining must be peer review articles.
Thirdly, the paper is to be 2500 (+/- 10%) words in length.
The paper must have a title page and a separate page for references at the end. It is expected that the introduction comprises no more than 10% of the paper, the research body is to be roughly 70% of the paper, and the remaining 20% to be conclusion with application/reflection. Structure the paper such as to have titles and also subtitles that reflect the content of the paper.
Evaluation

Analysis Paper will be a mark in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.

The Critical Chain Project Management research paper

This is a paper that is focusing on the Critical Chain Project Management research paper. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper.

The Critical Chain Project Management research paper

Overview

You are required to submit a research paper on one of the project management topics listed below. The intent of this paper is for you to delve deeper into a particular topic, analyse and synthesize the material in a concise manner, and demonstrate critical thinking. It is about you ADDING VALUE to course content, not repeating it. Think of it as a mini literature review with an organizational example included to consider the usefulness of scholarly work. This is primarily about reporting back on what the literature says–it is not an opinion piece. You are encouraged and expected to critique the literature (what you think of it), but you must FIRST talk about the theories and the constructs, then you can offer your opinion on it and how it applies to you.

The following are a suggest of Project Management Topics area for the Individual Paper;

DMAIC Project Management
PRINCE2 Project Management
Waterfall Project Management
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
Capability Maturity Model
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
New Product Development

Instructions

Firstly, the paper is to follow APA rules and guidelines.
Secondly, you must have at least 4 academic sources, maximum two of which can be the course textbooks; the remaining must be peer review articles.
Thirdly, the paper is to be 2500 (+/- 10%) words in length.
The paper must have a title page and a separate page for references at the end. It is expected that the introduction comprises no more than 10% of the paper, the research body is to be roughly 70% of the paper, and the remaining 20% to be conclusion with application/reflection. Structure the paper such as to have titles and also subtitles that reflect the content of the paper.
Evaluation

Analysis Paper will be a mark in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.

Benefits of using a decision support system in a cleaning company

This is a paper that is focusing on the benefits of using a decision support system in a cleaning company. The paper also provides a brief description of the cleaning company to use in the assignment.

Benefits of using a decision support system in a cleaning company

Question 1. A director of a cleaning company is responsible for scheduling of cleaning services of a chain of fifty supermarkets in a city in Australia. Each supermarket is cleaned every two days by cleaners of this cleaning company. Currently there are several complaints about the cleaning services provided to supermarkets by this cleaning company. The complaints are in regard to irregular cleaning dates and insufficient number of cleaners scheduled for cleaning of supermarkets.

The director of the cleaning company does not expect any increase in the number of cleaning staff for the next three years. The director’s major role is to schedule cleaners for cleaning supermarkets as well as making sure that each cleaner takes his/her entitled four weeks of holidays each year. Each annual leave form is then submit to the director for manual entry of these annual leave data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

The director of the cleaning company is considering the possibility of purchasing and using a decision support system for scheduling of cleaners and monitoring of annual leave requests of the cleaners. The director has a top-end PC. Also, the newest version of Microsoft Office which is in use by the director for word processing. Based on the scenario above answer the following questions:

Benefits of using a decision support system in a cleaning company

1.1 Firstly, this cleaning company intends to purchase a decision support system to assist its director in scheduling of cleaners to supermarkets. Describe three benefits of using a decision support system by the director of this cleaning company. What features should this decision support system have to assist the director in scheduling of cleaners to supermarkets? Also, how can this decision support system assist in managing the leave bookings of cleaners? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

1.2 Secondly, the director of this cleaning company has asked you to investigate the use of data visualization provided by decision support systems. This is for assisting in visualization of cleaning schedule of supermarkets. Explain how data visualization of decision support systems can assist the director in this matter.
(5 marks)

1.3 Thirdly, describe briefly how a data warehouse can be with a decision support system for this cleaning company. To enhance business tasks such as customer satisfaction and complaint handling to reduce complains about the cleaning of supermarkets. Describe the importance of data quality for the data to be in the data warehouse of this cleaning company. What kind of data needs to be stored in this data warehouse?
(5 marks)