Q-1 Reflection and Discussion FOR following chapters in 1.5 page apa Chapter 13: Progress and Performance Measurement and Evaluation Chapter 14: Project Closure Chapter 15: International Projects Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions: Why is it important for project managers to resist changes to the project baseline? Under what conditions would a project manager make changes to a baseline? When would a project manager not allow changes to a baseline?Imagine you are conducting a review of the International Space Station project. Research press coverage and the Internet to collect information on the status of the project. What are the successes and failures to date? What forecasts would you make about the completion of the project, and why? What recommendations would you make to top management of the program, and why?Use an Internet search engine to find the most recent International Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) released by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International.Check your predictions with the Index.How well did you do? What countries surprised you? Why? Q-2 Read the Case "Introducing Scrum at P2P - PART A & PART B" at the end of the chapter 16 and response to the following questions: ( PAGE #599) 2 page APA PART A How well is Scrum working?What are the issues confronting the Big Foot project?Assume you are Kendra. What would you want to say at the retrospective? How would you say it?What improvements or changes need to be made? PART B How would you assess P2P's effort at introducing ScrumWhat challenges does an organization face when adopting an Agile approach like Scrum?What could P2P have done to enhance success? Q-3 The assignment should be within 950 - 1000 words, and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced, in-text citation, reference list, etc) Research Project ON (Critical success factors in software projects) Out of the sixteen (16) chapters in your text, select any FIVE (5) components (or chapters) of the text that are applicable to the journal, hence relating to the critical success factors identified in the journal. Critique the journal based on those FIVE (5) components, using your text and any other resource as a reference. For each selected component, specify whether you agree with the author or not, and provide your rationale accordingly.

Case 1:Please answer these questions passed on the attachment case:1- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.The Overstock-Grant Thornton dispute was publicly aired via disclosure statements filed with the SEC. What impact do you believe those disclosures had on the investing public's confidence in the financial reporting domain and the independent audit function? Were the interactions between Overstock and Grant Thornton unprofessional or otherwise inappropriate? Explain.=====================================================================2- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.Do you believe that the $785,000 amount at the center of the Overstock-Grant Thornton dispute was material? Defend your answer. What factors other than quantitative considerations should have been considered in deciding whether the $785,000 amount was material?=====================================================================3- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.Briefly compare and contrast the nature and purpose of an independent audit versus a quarterly review.=====================================================================4- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.The SEC requires registrants to have their quarterly financial statements reviewed by an independent accounting firm but does not mandate that a review report be included in a Form 10-Q. Under what circumstances must a review report accompany quarterly financial statements in a 10-Q? Why doesn't the SEC routinely require public companies to include their review reports in their 10-Q filings?=====================================================================5- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.What is the purpose or purposes of Form 8-K filings by SEC registrants? What specific items of information must be included in an 8-K that announces a change in audit firms?=====================================================================6- See the "Overstock.com, Inc." case for this question.Do you agree with the accounting treatment that Overstock typically applied to the revenues generated by its "Partner" line of business? Why or why not?=====================================================================- Make sure that your answers have (0%) plagiarism.- answer with details.==============Case 2:Answer these questions passed on the attachment case:1- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Analyze Take-Two's 1998-2000 financial data included in Exhibit 1. Compute the following financial ratios for each of those years: age of accounts receivable, age of inventory, gross profit percentage, profit margin percentage, return on assets, return on equity, current ratio, debt-to-equity ratio, and the quality-of-earnings ratio. What major "red flags," if any, were present in Take-Two's financial statements given these ratios? Explain.================================================================2- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Identify the primary audit objectives that auditors hope to accomplish by confirming a client's year-end accounts receivable. Explain the difference between "positive" and "negative" confirmation requests and discuss the quality of audit evidence yielded by each.================================================================3- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Identify audit tests that may be used as alternative audit procedures when a response is not received for a positive confirmation request. Compare and contrast the quality of audit evidence yielded by these procedures with that produced by audit confirmation procedures.================================================================4- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.In your opinion, did the apparent mistakes made by the PwC auditors in auditing Take-Two's receivables and reserve for sales returns involve "negligence" on their part? Would you characterize the mistakes or errors as "reckless" or "fraudulent"? Justify your answers.================================================================5- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Is it appropriate for audit firms to sharply discount their professional fees for developmental stage companies? Why or why not? What problems, if any, may this practice pose for audit firms?================================================================6- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Do you believe that the relationship between Robert Fish and Ryan Brant was inappropriate? Explain.================================================================7- See the "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc." case for this question.Should audit firms accept "ethically challenged" companies and organizations as audit clients? Defend your answer.================================================================- Make sure that your answers have (0%) plagiarism.- answer with details.

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