Level platforms and platform screen doors for safety
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COMP3770-COMP6770 S1, 2022 Final Examination Part A
Construct an Ishikawa diagram based on issues potentially arising from the scenario we covered in assignment 2 (installing a knowledge system for Company X). Not all installations of systems in firms proceed smoothly. With an Ishikawa diagram you can illustrate some of the potential pitfalls.
Comment on your answer briefly, explaining the issues you identified.
Assume five (5) candidates are short-listed. Construct a matrix showing the weighted scoring model developed and briefly explain your calculations.
b) What other approaches might you use for selecting a project manager - other than a weighted scoring model?
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marks Dukach, D. (2021) “Why stand-up meetings don’t always work” The Australian Feb 12th URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-deal-magazine/why-standup-meetings-dontalways- work/news-story/e39ffd0b4c97c00c9f1626f9bb959cc5 Accessed 30/4/22).
HBR: So frequent stand-ups make people less innovative?
The literature defines innovation as the combination of two factors: value — or usefulness for a specific customer — and novelty. We found that frequent stand-up meetings at the hackathon
I’d say stand-ups are fairly representative of other practices and frameworks that derive from the agile approach, like scrum and kanban. They all focus on co-ordination around shared goals, so I suspect that they’d have a similarly detrimental effect on new-idea generation.
What should managers using agile do to encourage their teams to be more innovative? The short answer is: Have fewer meetings! Just let people work on their own and dig really deep into the problem at hand. Don’t be afraid they’ll fall down rabbit holes, because that’s where real innovation often comes from. Too many managers act as though company leadership is the main source of creativity. In my experience it’s the engineers and designers at the middle and the bottom that come up with the best ideas. Bill Gates had to be told by his subordinates that the internet was worth his attention, for example.
hackathon was that we were able to observe the development process at an incredibly granular level.
How do your findings apply to other industries, like hardware, or to creative projects like music or art?
Dagny Dukach is an editorial co-ordinator at Harvard Business Review.
COMP3770-COMP6770 S1, 2022 Final Examination Part B
In 2024, Sydney will have 31 metro railway stations and a 66-kilometre stand-alone metro railway system, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels.
Chatswood to Sydenham
Sydenham to Bankstown
Sydney Metro received planning approval on 19 December 2018 to upgrade the T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro standards. In 2024, customers will benefit from a new fully-air conditioned Sydney Metro train every four minutes in the peak in each direction with lifts, level platforms and platform screen doors for safety, accessibility and increased security.
Improved CCTV surveillance, platform screen doors, platforms level with train floors, minimal gaps between platforms and trains
New or upgraded concourses and new station entries
Reduced travel times to key employment and education precincts
New, direct and fast services to Martin Place, Barangaroo, North Sydney, Chatswood and Macquarie Park
The metro network will be fully segregated from the existing Sydney Trains network between
Sydenham and Bankstown, improving the reliability of services on the line. Interchange between Sydney Metro and Sydney Trains at both locations will be provided, with improvements to station way-finding and signage.
B2. For a big project like the Sydney Metro, how will you develop a communication management plan? What will need to be included in this plan? Your discussion must be relevant to the Sydney Metro project.
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