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MGO 634 F20 TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM FALL 2015

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 Distributed: Wednesday, 18NOV2015, 8:00 pm

 Due-Date: Wednesday, 16DEC2015, 3 p.m.

Assertion of My Academic Integrity:

I, _____________________________________ by signing below assert that I have not provided,

(Print your name)
requested or accepted any form of assistance, directly or indirectly, for this work from other than Prof
Hayden. Further, all information provided within the work has been properly attributed as to its’
source(s).

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SIGNATURE Student I.D.

Date: _______________________

I. General Instructions:
In case you have not participated in a take-home exam such as this, I want to lay out the specific
ground rules and expectations for the exam. I will put them in a list format so they will be easier
to identify and follow:
1. You are to work on the exam individually. No discussion between students about the exam
should take place. You should not accept or seek help from other people nor should you provide
it.
2. You can research these questions to help you to better understand the issues and how best
to approach your solution.
3. You will be expected to use the assigned textbook and readings to help you answer the
questions. Our in-class discussions have also extended this material. It is important that you use
the reading materials as resources, not as the entire answer to the questions. I have to be able to
tell that you understand what it is you are writing about. Don’t just copy down what the authors

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wrote. If you quote directly from anyone else’s work, you should place it in quotation marks and
cite the source.

4. The questions have multiple parts and assume that you have read and studied in detail the
materials that we have covered in class. Make sure that you respond specifically to each part of
each question being asked. Structure your responses so that it is easy for me to tell that you have
specifically addressed each aspect of each question.

5. You may, but do not have to, provide personal work or personal non-work examples for any
part of any question.

6. Only typed submittals, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 Font are acceptable.

7. There are four numbered questions. One of these is marked “Optional.” You must answer all
parts of each of the 3 Required questions.

8. Submit THIS ENTIRE exam by stapled hard copy only, NLT: Wednesday, 16DEC2015,

SUBMITTAL LOCATIONS/CHOICES

Submit your Take-Home Final Exam by

hard copy only, using any one of the
following locations/methods:

Nanette Derry1
1. Name:
Phone: 716.645.3500
Fax: 716.645.5078
Email: nmderry@buffalo.edu
Address: Office 326 E Jacobs

2. OMS Department Mailroom 326 J

Jacobs, in tray “HAYDEN.”

3. Mailroom, 1st Floor , 119 Jacobs.

Place in Box “#93 Derry.”

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Be certain to confirm Nanette’s hours before you attempt to deliver your exam.

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4. Mail for arrival NLT: 16DEC2015
to:

Dr. William M. Hayden Jr.,

CMQ/OE
University at Buffalo/SUNY
Operations Management & Strategy
326 L Jacobs Management Center
Buffalo, NY 14260-4000

II. Pre-Submittal Matters

1. Each sub-part of each of the main “Readings and Case Questions2” is to be clearly
labeled, and answered. Do not repeat the questions.
2. Any and all questions of any nature whatsoever are to be directed only to professor
Hayden as of Wednesday, 18NOV2015, 9:10 p.m.

III. Your Required Exam Questions

1. Ch. 2: p79 - 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 points.
Reading: “From Experience: Linking Projects to Strategy.”
a. (7 main questions)

2. Ch. 3: p124- 130 . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 points.

Case: “The National Jazz Hall of Fame.”
a. (6 main questions)

3. Chapter 12: p530-532. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 33 points.

Case Study: “Theatre High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD): Five Failures and
Counting”
a. (5 main questions)

2 “Project Management: A Managerial Approach.” Meredith & Mantel. 9th Ed. 2015.

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OPTIONAL
4. Chapter 10: p.456 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 points.
“PROBLEMS,” Solve each and all parts of problems 1 to 7, inclusive. Show all
work.
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Maximum Final Exam Score, 110 points.

Maximum Final Grade Score, 100 points, for 40 Final

Grade points.