Answer just one of the two questions below in a paragraph or more, and then include the REFLECTION (another paragraph or more) described below them. The first two questions take a comparative race & ethnicity approach to the zoot suit youth culture by looking at the larger social and cultural conditions experienced by young people of color in the U.S. in the early and mid-20th Century. The third question provides a space for students to be creative and share their experiences of participating in a youth culture.

1. According to Luis Alvarez, what is the social context or connection between African-Americans and Mexican-Americans adopting the zoot suit style in the early 1940s and the idea of having a sense of dignity? In other words, what were the social conditions that influenced their decision to express themselves in this manner, through what Alvarez calls “body politics”?
2. According to Catherine S. Ramirez, what was the significance for young Mexican-American women in the 1940s in dressing as a “pachuca” and being out in public? What were the specific social and cultural barriers that they confronted both outside their communities and within them?

REFLECTION: Based on which question you chose to answer, how does what you’ve learned about the Zoot Suit youth culture differ from or present a different perspective than what you may be familiar with from what you were taught in high school or from old Hollywood moves and American pop culture, i.e. swing music, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Mask, etc. Do you see any parallels between the histories of the youth cultures of the 1940s and the youth cultures and lived experiences of young people in the U.S. today?

Review Ch. 5 of Project Management: The Managerial Process
and the Week 1 ERR articles located under the “Project
Estimation,” “Project Scope,” and “Project Risk
Analysis” topic headers.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper that briefly explains the
following:

• Explain the factors that can affect cost estimate
  quality.

• Explain the difference between top-down and bottom-up
  estimates including when each would be used.

• Explain the methods for estimating project costs.

• Explain the types of costs.

  Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Reference Materials;

Larson, E. W. & Gray, C. F. (2014). Project management: The managerial process (6th
ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Week 1 ERR

Project Estimation

Readings:

• Armour,
  P. G. (2012). The Goldilocks estimate. Communications of the ACM, 55(10),
  24-25.

• Doloi, H. K. (2011). Understanding stakeholders’
  perspective of cost estmation in project management. International Journal
  of Project Management, 29(5), 622-636.

• Kern, H. (2010). Are estimating methods hurting U.S.
  energy projects? Power Engineering, 114(7), 56-60.

• Swanson,
  S. A. (2011). Estimating errors. PM Network, 25(10), 62-67.

  Project Risk Analysis

  Readings:

• Project risk analysis or project risk assessment. (2009).
  Business: The Ultimate Resource, n/a.

• Besner, C., & Hobbs, B. (2008). The paradox of risk
  management; a project management practice perspective. International Journal
  of Managing Projects in Business, 5(2), 230-247.

• Bodea, C. N., & Purnus, A. (2012). Project risk
  simulation methods – a comparative analysis. Management & Marketing, 7(4),
  565-580.

• Kušar, J., Rihar, L., Žargi, U., & Starbek, M.
  (2013). Extended risk-analysis model for activities of the project. Springer
  Open Journal, n/a.

• Sanchez, H., Benoit, R., Bourgault, M., & Pellerin, R.
  (2009). Risk management applied to projects, programs, and portfolios. International
  Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2(1), 14-35.

• Stoica, C. M., & Constantin, B. (2012). The
  assessment of risks that threaten a project. Economy Transdisciplinary
  Cognition, 15(2), 153-163.

• Thamhain, H. (2013). Managing risks in complex projects. Project
  Management Journal, 44(2), 20-35.

• Zhang, H. (2011). Two schools of risk analysis: A review
  of past research on project risk. Project Management Journal, 42(4),
  5-18.

  Project Scope

  Readings:

• DeReyck, B. (2010). Effective project planning: Making
  the most of project planning tools. Production and Inventory Management
  Journal, 46(2), 10-25.

• Steinbrecher, C. (2010, July 6). Commentary: Keeping your
  project scope under control. The Idaho Business Review, n/a.

Instructions

In this assignment, you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation of the project plan that you have been creating throughout this course. As you are creating the presentation, you will draw on assignments that you completed in Units III, V, and VI. Be sure that you have incorporated any feedback that you may have received from your professor. You will also be including information from the knowledge gained in this unit regarding international projects since you have been advised that there is a possibility of the project being repeated in your company’s branch office in another country. Please choose a country for this assignment, and conduct some research on the country’s culture and environment.

Create the presentation from the standpoint that you will be presenting your finished project plan to your stakeholders.Your presentation should consist of at least 15 slides, not counting the title slide and reference slide. Your presentation should include the components listed below.

• Title slide
• Project name and project manager name (you)
• Goals of the project (reason for undertaking the project/anticipated benefits)
• Project cost estimates
• Project structure (functional, matrix, or projectized) with a definition of the structure
• People/departments involved in the project
• Timeline for completion (start date/estimated completion date)
• Work breakdown structure (WBS) of the project
• Three of greatest risks in your project, their effects on the project, and your response to the risks
• Parts of the project that will be outsourced
• Six primary environmental factors that would affect the project when it is taken internationally
• Description of culture shock that may be experienced by employees who go overseas to work on the project and strategies for coping with it
• References slide

Some general guidelines to follow whenever preparing PowerPoint presentations are listed below.

• Design your presentation with the back of the room in mind. It is important that everyone can easily see and read the content.
• Select a professional-looking slide design (appropriate for the presentation/audience). White text on dark background is the easiest for the audience.
• Use font size of at least 24.
• Use color and graphics when appropriate.
• Follow the 6 x 6 rule (no more than six lines per slide/no more than six words per line).
• Utilize the Notes function to add your talking points.
• Avoid complete sentences whenever possible; bullet points work best.
• Add slide transitions to enhance the audience’s experience.
• Make this a WOW presentation!

Be sure that citations and references follow proper APA formatting. You must use at least three references for this assignment, one of which can be your textbook and two of which must come from the CSU Online Library.

Resources

The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.

• Citation Guide
• CSU Online Library Research Guide
• Submit Writing Center Request

Because BIOLOGY is an essential element of our everyday lives, we see and hear news reports on a variety of issues that relate to it almost every day. Your assignment is to research and review one article or report on the specified topic or issue related to Biology indicated. Additional information on writing a journal (or newspaper) review or summary can be found in the attachments to these instructions (Journal Review[1].docx and WRITING A SUMMARY[1].docx). Your report should be organized as follows (please follow this format in writing your summary):

1. Title of the article or report pertaining to the specific topic for the week
2. Author of article
3. Source of article or report: including the name of periodical, newspaper, or other media resource. Include the edition/number for periodicals and “URL” for online resources. “Wikipedia,” other encyclopedias, textbooks, and abstracts of articles are not approved sources. (The source must be valid, as I will check the source)
4. Date of article (this is absolutely required)
5. “Your summary” in “your own” 200 words or less discussing and/or explaining what the article is about.
   • Make sure you read the attached files on “Writing a Journal Review” and “Writing Summaries.”
   • The summary should not express your personal views about the topic or author but should provide an objective summary of the facts presented in the article; therefore, do not use first person (i.e., I, me or we) in your summary. In this summary, you are to
     • discuss (consider as many important elements related to the issue as you can)
     • explain (tell about something that is complex in a way that makes it clear)
   • Since the summary should be “in your own words,” avoid directly quoting material from the article, unless absolutely necessary to characterize what the article is about. Also, be mindful of plagiarism.

   I have tried to align assignments and discussion topics with the chapters covered in the textbook. So an ideal place to share personal commentary that you might have on an article that you have read would be the Discussion forums.The article submitted for the week must be on the specified biology topic or issue listed for the week. The article should come from a source that provides “new” information; therefore, it should not simply define the topic or provide background information that has long been established. See “Biology News Sources” under Important Course Information on the HOME PAGE for some websites that offer current biology news articles. The publication date of the article MUST be CURRENT or within 90 days of the assignment due date. Weekly Assignments/Reports will be evaluated based upon the degree of completion and correctness. Research Assignment Grading Rubric.
   Research assignments should be submitted by 11:59 pm Sunday (the last day of the week in which the assignment is made). You may submit your report up to four (4) days after the due date, but a late penalty will apply. THE PENALTY FOR SUBMITTING LATE REPORTS IS 20% PER DAY.This week’s topic is Microbes and Disease. This topic includes microorganisms that are involved in, cause, or lead to disease.
   TO SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT on Microbes and Disease: Click on “Submit Assignment”. Type or copy and paste your report directly in the “text entry” space that opens.