What is a Work Breakdown Structure?

Now that you have completed the initiation phase of the project you are ready for the planning project. In this phase you will determine what work must be done (scope), who will do it (resources), and making a schedule (time) for the project.

Read Schwalbe, chapter 4 Planning Projects, Part 1. This chapter deals with the activities involved in Project Integration Management around forming teams as well as Project Scope Management. You might also wish to review the LinkedIn Learning course you did in Week 1, Project Management Foundations section 2 (Gather Requirements, Prepare a project scope statement) and section 3 (What is a Work Breakdown Structure?, Build a work breakdown structure).

1. Review the LinkedIn Learning course, Project Management Foundations – Sections 2 and 3 on requirements, scope and the WBS.
2. Download and study the Work Breakdown Structure template (you will find this in the Important Documents site). You will create a work breakdown structure for your fictional project in the Lesson portion of this module.

Investigate Scope Statements

Scope statements define the boundaries of the project. Its important to note the tasks and deliverables that are considered in scope, meaning the goals of the project that are funded. Its sometimes even more important to identify those things that are out of scope! In your scope statement there should be some statement similar to everything that is not explicitly in scope is explicitly out of scope, including..

Review the LinkedIn Learning course, Project Management Foundations Section 2
Study the templates in the Resources for the scope statement. Choose one to use in the Lesson.

Submit the Team Charter and the Scope Statement – for your fictional project.

Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks.

Assignment Content

Project plans outline the intended course of events; however, things dont always happen as intended. Organizations need to consider risks and develop a contingency plan. This plan is typically presented to management.

Add the following 2 columns to the project plan table you created in Wk 4 Apply: Project Plan:

Potential Risk Factors
Contingency Plans

Based on your prior research, determine potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives. Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks. Add the potential risks and contingency plan to your Wk 4 Apply: Project Plan.

Use Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi, or another software to create a 12- to 14-slide executive presentationwith appropriate images and diagramsthat summarizes the following information:

The organizations information presented in Wk 1
SWOT analysis and market trend research
Project objectives
How success will be measured
The value this project will bring to the organization
Project metrics
Timelines
Responsible parties
Potential risk factors
Contingency plans

Include detailed speaker notes within the presentation. Convert the speaker notes to a Microsoft Word document and add it to the citations slide.

Note: Review the Strategic Management- 8 Most Popular Cases located in the Course Resources folder at the top of course.

Cite all sources according to APA guidelines.

Describe how operating systems manage memory

About this Assignment
In this project, you will use the what you have studied in the chapter Memory Management & Operating Systems to emulate how operating systems manage memory paging, allocation, deallocation and replacement. Upon completion of this project you will be able to:

Describe how operating systems manage memory
Use simple codes to emulate basic functionalities of operating systems
Sources
This assignment covers material presented in the chapter ‘Memory Management & Operating Systems’. You can refer particularly to the following lessons in order to help you working through your solution:

Memory Allocation Schemes: Definition & Uses
Paged Memory Allocation: Definition, Purpose & Structure
Memory Deallocation: Definition & Purpose
Page Replacement: Definition & Algorithms
Memory Management (MEM) Coding: Analysis & Example
Prompt
Consider the below settings to begin this project and keep them in mind:

Total Memory size = 20 Kbyte

Page size = 1 Kbyte

Run the following list of jobs given the above considerations.

Job ID Start Time Job required size Execution interval Job state at the end of the interval
1 1 2 7 End
2 2 3 8 Sleep
3 3 4 6 End
4 4 3 6 Sleep
5 5 2 9 Sleep
6 6 3 6 Sleep
7 7 2 6 Sleep
Using the functions you studied in the previously mentioned code that implement the different allocation, deallocation and replacement schemes, try three different scenarios in order to manage memory allocation for the following jobs

Job ID Start Time Job required size Execution interval Job state at the end of the interval
8 8 3 4 Sleep
9 9 5 5 Sleep
10 10 2 8 Sleep
11 11 4 6 End
12 12 6 5 Sleep
2 13 3 6 End
4 13 3 4 Sleep
13 13 5 3 End
7 13 2 3 End
9 17 4 4 Sleep
10 19 2 11 End
6 19 3 6 End
5 20 2 10 Sleep
4 21 3 12 Sleep
12 22 6 13 End
8 22 3 9 End
9 28 5 11 End
5 33 2 3 Sleep
4 34 3 10 End
5 38 2 10 End
Show the memory state for the different scenarios and analyze which choice is the best. Discuss the impact that Linux verses Windows might have on the ending memory state.

Grading Rubric
Your project will be graded based on the following rubric:

Category Unacceptable (0-1) Needs Improvement (2-3) Good (4) Excellent (5) Total Possible Points
Efficiency of solutions (x2) Solutions require long unnecessary waiting times for the processes and not using the complete memory space Solutions either require long unnecessary waiting times for the processes or not using the complete memory space Solutions are making acceptable use of memory on both temporal and spatial levels Solutions lead to an optimal temporal and spatial use of memory 10
Analysis (x2) Not able to explain choices or results Basic understanding of memory management but needs to be improved on the analysis level Adequate explanation and analysis for memory state scenario choice Clear explanation and clarification of the choices for scenarios and results 10
Trying different scenarios (x1) No Scenarios tested Only one scenario is tested Tests of only 2 different scenarios Tests of 3 different scenarios 5
Use of functions for each memory management task (x1) No use of any of the three function types (allocation, deallocation and replacement) Use of only one of the three function types (allocation, deallocation and replacement) Use of only two of the three function types (allocation, deallocation and replacement) Use of all function types for allocation, deallocation and replacement 5
Correct matching between the chosen scenario and functions (x1) Chosen methods do not match the planned scenario Some of the chosen methods match the planned scenario Majority of the chosen methods match the planned scenario All chosen methods match the planned scenario 5
Completeness and correctness of the test case (x1) Less than half the timing and memory spatial constraints of the assignment (task starting times, sizes and intervals) where implemented More than half the timing and memory spatial constraints of the assignment (task starting times, sizes and intervals) where followed Most of the timing and memory spatial constraints of the assignment (task starting times, sizes and intervals) where followed All the timing and memory spatial constraints of the assignment (task starting times, sizes and intervals) where fully followed 5