How A Project Cycle Differs From A Product Cycle

Discuss each of the chapter topics in no less than 900 words (300 per chapter topic)

Discussion 1 – in no less than 300 words answer the following questions:

• Describe how culture in an organization is related to project management.
• Is an information technology culture important to consider and why?
• What types of culture promote and what types of culture demote a strong project management environment?
• Discuss your current organizational culture (this is referring to where you work now). If you are not employed, make up a job and guess at the culture.

Discussion 2 – in no less than 300 words answer the below

• Describe the 3 phases of a traditional project life cycle.
• Are the 3 phases any different for information technology departments?
• How does a project cycle differ from a product cycle?
• Explain why a good project manager would understand both.

3 – In no less than 300 words-

Search the internet for articles describing different software development life cycles. Make one of the life cycles AGILE. Write a summary on your findings. Describe advantages/disadvantages for each and where they might be used.