What are some of the principal reasons why project management has become such a popular business tool in recent years?

Hello,

I need help to do some short discussion questions for an assignment for a project management class.

Read the uploaded file for the instruction.

Please, write only 1 or 2 paragraphs for each of the four discussion questions.

Thank you

Requirements: As needed please

Assignment 1 (PM Intro, Leadership) – 10 pts.

Individual Assignment (Pinto, Ch.1, Ch.4) NAME ______________________

Submit the Discussion Questions below in a Word document to the course Dropbox for Assignment 1. Be sure to put your name in the filename and at the top of your document.

Discussion Questions – (Pinto Ch.1)

1.1 (2 pts.) What are some of the principal reasons why project management has become such a popular business tool in recent years?

1.4 (2 pts.) What key characteristics do all projects possess (be sure to elaborate a bit)?

1.6 (2 pts.) Describe a successful project and an unsuccessful project with which you are familiar. What distinguishes the two, both in terms of the process used to develop them and their outcomes?

Discussion Question – (Pinto Ch.4)

4.10 (4 pts.) Identify an individual you would call a business leader. Search the Web for information on this individual. What pieces of information cause you to consider this individual a leader? Identify and relate to 4 “Traits of Effective Project Leaders” as learned in Chapter 4, specifically relate to the 5 characteristics, 7 essential project manager abilities, or 4 conclusions about project leaders.