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1.Everyone has been involved in projects. What is the largest project you have been involved in? (You do not have to have been the project manager, but could have played another role.)

1. Write one sentence that describes the objective of the project.
2. Describe specifically how this project meets the definition of a project used in this textbook. (How is it unique? What were the time constraints? If it is over, how did you know it was over? If it is ongoing, how will you know when it is over?
3. What was your role? Were you the project manager, a volunteer, some other role? If you were not the project manager, who was?
4. Was the project part of a larger portfolio or program of projects?
5. Who else was involved?
6. What was the budget?
7. Did you anticipate any risks at the outset? Did the project experience any outside forces that caused a change in either the objectives or the approach to achieving those objectives?

2. Go online and search for project life cycle models. Identify at least two that are different from the PMI model, and compare and contrast the phases. Be sure to cite your sources.

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Task2

Assume that you recently got a job as an investment analyst and your boss has developed the following set of questions you must answer to explain the U.S. financial system to one of your firm’s clients.

1. Why is corporate finance important to all managers?
2. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
3. How do corporations go public and continue to grow? What are agency problems? What is corporate governance?
4. What should be the primary objective of managers?
5. Do firms have any responsibilities to society at large?
6. Is stock price maximization good or bad for society?
7. Should firms behave ethically?
8. What three aspects of cash flows affect the value of any investment?
9. What are free cash flows?
10. Who are the providers (savers) and users (borrowers) of capital? How is capital transferred between savers and borrowers?
11. What do we call the cost that a borrower must pay to use debt capital? What two components make up the cost of using equity capital? What are the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money, or the general level of interest rates, in the economy?
12. What are some economic conditions that affect the cost of money?
13. What are financial securities? Describe some financial instruments.
14. List some financial institutions.
15. What are some different types of markets?
16. Along what two dimensions can we classify trading procedures?
17. What are the differences between market orders and limit orders?
18. Explain the differences among broker-dealer networks, alternative trading systems, and registered stock exchanges.
19. Briefly explain mortgage securitization and how it contributed to the global economic crisis.