Managing Technology Projects

by Robert Slate and Daniel Slate

Read here Read at LibreTextsPDF

Built around real-world technology projects and the decisions that shape them, this case study collection gives students opportunities to apply project management principles to authentic scenarios. Cases explore challenges involving legal and regulatory compliance, contracts, patents, trade secrets, and the complex decisions technology leaders face as they move projects from planning to execution.

Description from LibreTexts.

Publisher
De Anza College and the University of Notre Dame
Subjects
Engineering
Licence
Mixed licences (each page states its own), as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

LibreTexts writes equations in TeX, and here they show as TeX; the PDF has them typeset.

  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Program Page
  7. AI Use
  8. Accessibility Statement
  9. About the Authors
  10. 1: Introduction
  11. 2: Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 Vaccines
  12. 2.1: Introduction
  13. 2.2: Operation Warp Speed
  14. 2.3: COVID-19 Vaccine Development
  15. 2.4: Drug Development for Traditional Drugs and Biologics
  16. 2.5: Immune System and Vaccines
  17. 2.5.1: Section Goals
  18. 2.5.2: Review of the Anatomy of the Immune System
  19. 2.5.3: Vaccines
  20. 2.5.4: References
  21. 2.5.5: Glossary
  22. 2.6: Introduction to Pharmacology
  23. 2.7: FDA Vaccine Development 101
  24. 2.8: mRNA Vaccines
  25. 2.9: Investigational New Drug (IND) Application
  26. 2.10: Biologics License Application (BLA)
  27. 2.11: Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)
  28. 2.12: Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP)
  29. 2.13: CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  30. 2.14: Project Management Considerations
  31. 2.14.1: Project Schedule Preparation
  32. 2.14.2: Project Acceleration Techniques
  33. 2.14.3: Risk Management
  34. 2.15: Legal Considerations
  35. 2.15.1: National Emergency Powers
  36. 2.15.2: Contracts
  37. 2.15.2.1: Selecting the Type of Contract
  38. 2.15.2.2: BARDA Contracts
  39. 2.15.2.3: BARDA contract with Moderna
  40. 2.15.2.4: BARDA Contract with SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. for Vials
  41. 2.15.3: Risk Mitigation and Liability
  42. 2.16: Glossary
  43. 3: EU GDPR Compliance
  44. 3.1: Introduction
  45. 3.2: The Regulation
  46. 3.2.1: Article 1 Subject-matter and objectives
  47. 3.2.2: Article 3 Territorial Scope
  48. 3.2.3: Article 4 Definitions
  49. 3.2.4: Article 5 Principles related to processing of data
  50. 3.2.5: Article 6 Lawfulness of processing
  51. 3.2.6: Article 7 Conditions for consent
  52. 3.2.7: Article 9 Processing of special categories of personal data
  53. 3.2.8: Article 13 Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
  54. 3.2.9: Article 15 Right of access by the data subject
  55. 3.2.10: Article 16 Right to rectification
  56. 3.2.11: Article 17 Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
  57. 3.2.12: Article 18 Right to restriction of processing
  58. 3.2.13: Article 20 Right to data portability
  59. 3.2.14: Article 21 Right to object
  60. 3.2.15: Article 22 Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
  61. 3.2.16: Article 24 Responsibility of the controller
  62. 3.2.17: Article 25 Data protection by design and by default
  63. 3.2.18: Article 28 Processor
  64. 3.2.19: Article 32 Security of processing
  65. 3.2.20: Article 33 Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority
  66. 3.2.21: Article 34 Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
  67. 3.2.22: Articles 35-36 Data Protection Impact Assessments
  68. 3.2.23: Article 37 Designation of the data protection officer
  69. 3.2.24: Article 38 Position of the data protection officer
  70. 3.2.25: Article 39 Tasks of the data protection officer
  71. 3.2.26: Article 42 Certification
  72. 3.2.27: Article 83 General conditions for imposing administrative fines
  73. 3.3: Implementing GDPR Compliance
  74. 3.3.1: Implementation Considerations
  75. 3.4: Project Management Considerations
  76. 3.5: Legal Considerations
  77. 3.6: Glossary
  78. 4: Network Switch Development
  79. 4.1: Introduction
  80. 4.2: Types of Network Switches
  81. 4.3: System Scope
  82. 4.4: Hardware System Design
  83. 4.4.1: Network ASICs
  84. 4.4.2: Chassis Design
  85. 4.4.3: Board Design
  86. 4.4.4: Signal integrity
  87. 4.4.5: Electro-magnetic Regulatory Compliance
  88. 4.4.6: Testing (HALT)
  89. 4.5: Software System Design
  90. 4.6: Project Management Considerations
  91. 4.6.1: Procurement
  92. 4.6.1.1: Bid Documents (RFI, RFP, etc.)
  93. 4.6.1.2: PR to PO procedure
  94. 4.6.2: Team Management
  95. 4.6.2.1: Content Theories of Motivation
  96. 4.6.2.2: Leadership
  97. 4.7: Legal Considerations
  98. 4.7.1: Patents
  99. 4.7.1.1: The Patenting Process
  100. 4.7.1.2: Patent Disclosures
  101. 4.7.1.3: Patent cross-licensing
  102. 4.7.2: Trade Secrets
  103. 4.7.2.1: Trade Secret Protections
  104. 4.7.2.2: The Foundations of Trade Secrets Law
  105. 4.7.2.3: Elements of a Trade Secret
  106. 4.7.2.4: The Secrecy Requirement
  107. 4.7.2.5: Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
  108. 4.7.2.6: Remedies Available for the Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
  109. 4.7.2.7: Assessment Questions
  110. 4.7.3: Trademark Basics
  111. 4.7.3.1: Core Concepts
  112. 4.7.3.2: Early Trademark Systems
  113. 4.7.3.3: U.S. Trademark Law
  114. 4.7.3.4: Four Types of Trademarks
  115. 4.7.3.5: Subject Matter of Trademarks
  116. 4.7.3.6: The Spectrum of Distinctiveness
  117. 4.7.3.7: Bars to Trademark
  118. 4.7.3.8: Establishing Trademark Protection
  119. 4.7.3.9: Trademark Infringement
  120. 4.7.3.10: Trademark Remedies
  121. 4.7.3.11: Fair Use of Trademarks
  122. 4.7.3.12: Assessment Questions
  123. 4.8: Glossary
  124. 5: EU RoHS Compliance
  125. 5.1: Introduction
  126. 5.2: The Directive
  127. 5.3: Implementing the Directive
  128. 5.4: Project Management Considerations
  129. 5.5: Legal Considerations
  130. 5.6: Glossary
  131. 6: Boeing 737 Max Quality Issue Recovery 2018
  132. 6.1: Introduction
  133. 6.2: Project Scope- Steps to Recertification
  134. 6.3: Project Management Considerations
  135. 6.4: Managing Quality
  136. 6.4.1: Introduction to Managing Quality
  137. 6.4.2: Gurus of Quality
  138. 6.4.2.1: Walter Shewhart (1891-1967)
  139. 6.4.2.2: Edwards Deming (1900-1993)
  140. 6.4.2.3: Joseph Juran (1904-2008)
  141. 6.4.2.4: Philip Crosby (1926-2001) and Armand Fiegenbaum (1920-2014)
  142. 6.4.3: Cost of Quality
  143. 6.4.4: Quality Systems
  144. 6.4.4.1: Total Quality Management (TQM)
  145. 6.4.4.2: ISO
  146. 6.4.4.3: Six Sigma
  147. 6.4.5: Tools for Quality Improvement
  148. 6.4.5.1: Check Sheets
  149. 6.4.5.2: Histograms
  150. 6.4.5.3: Control Charts
  151. 6.4.5.4: Pareto Charts
  152. 6.4.5.5: Scatter Diagrams
  153. 6.4.5.6: Cause and Effect Diagrams
  154. 6.4.6: References
  155. 6.5: Legal Considerations
  156. 6.6: Glossary
  157. 7: Artificial Intelligence Usage by Utilities
  158. 7.1: Introduction
  159. 7.2: Specific Areas of Application of Artificial Intelligence
  160. 7.3: Artificial Intelligence Use by a California Utility (PGandE)
  161. 7.4: AI Initiatives by other California Utilities
  162. 7.4.1: Southern California Edison
  163. 7.4.2: San Diego Gas and Electric
  164. 7.5: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Wildfire Detection and Management
  165. 7.5.1: Vendor Solutions
  166. 7.5.1.1: N5 Sensors
  167. 7.5.1.2: Ladris
  168. 7.5.1.3: Pano.ai
  169. 7.6: Project Management Considerations
  170. 7.7: Legal Considerations
  171. 7.7.1: CPUC Governance
  172. 7.7.2: Wildfire Camera Privacy Issues
  173. 7.7.3: Impact of Potential AI Regulations
  174. 7.8: Glossary of Terms
  175. 8: COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
  176. 8.1: Description of the problem and potential solutions
  177. 8.2: Project Management Considerations
  178. 8.3: Legal Considerations
  179. 8.4: Glossary
  180. Back Matter
  181. Index
  182. Glossary
  183. Detailed Licensing
  184. Detailed Licensing