If you have difficulty accessing any of the Web addresses listed here, you can find these exercises (with up-to-date addresses) at www.towson.edu/~clements.
Question 1
Jerry Madden, associate director of the Flight Projects Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has compiled an excel-
lent Web site, which lists 100 rules for NASA project managers. The rules cover a wide range of areas, including communica-
tion, decision making, ethics, and failures. The Web address is http://web.mit.edu/pm/100rules.html.
Question 2
Search the Web for ideas on leadership. Based on your search, briefly describe the leadership style and some suggestions from one of your favorite leaders.
Question 3
Search the Web for ideas on effective delegation. Describe what you find. How does it relate to the topics presented in this chapter?
Question 4
Visit the home page of the Project Management Institute at www.pmi.org. Check out their career headquarters link from their home page or go directly to it at http://www.pmi.org/careerhq/. Describe at least three of the project management jobs that are posted.
Question 5
Visit the home page of the Project Management Institute at www.pmi.org. Reach the code of ethics for project managers from the Project Management Institute's home page or go directly to it at http://www.pmi.org/membership/standards/MemberEthicalStandards.pdf. Print out and summarize the code.
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