Applying the Learning Curve Theory to a ProjectTime and cost estimates are important to project management for the following reasons:Estimates are key inputs to project planning and control.Estimates support good decisions.Estimates are used to determine project duration and cost.Estimates are used to develop time-phased budgets and establish the project baseline.Without estimates you have inaccuracies, which result in time and cost under/overruns.Most project tasks are unique and require the project manager to estimate duration/cost for each and every task separately; however, projects may also have repetitive tasks completed by the human resources assigned to the project. To estimate the labor hours/cost for these tasks the project manager may use an estimating technique that relies on learning curve theory to estimate the time and/or cost for completing repetitive tasks. In this assignment, you will:Task #1. Define and thoroughly discuss the Learning Curve Theory and how it applies to project management.Task #2. Explain how you would apply the principles of the Learning Curve Theory to a real project in which you are familiar (as a project manager, team member, or one that you have read about in current events).Task #3. Complete the following exercise on learning curves (see Page 2 of this assignment).Instructions for completing the assignment:Before you begin this assignment, review the grading rubric for this assignment to understand how your work will be graded.Search out scholarly resources related to the subject of this assignment; use the UMUC online library databases as a start. You may also use the PMI site as a resource.In MS Word, compose a paper of 300-400 words (approximately 1 page) that addresses Task #1 and Task #2.Insert your response to the Exercise on learning curves (Task #3) and include all supporting calculations.Format your assignment response in accordance with APA 6th edition, include a title page and References page, and save the file as PMAN634_IA5_yourlastname. Submit your assignment through the Assignment folder of the course no later than 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Week 5. EXERCISE: Using the concept of Learning Curves for Estimating consider the following scenario and respond to each question (all work should be shown in your Word document):Suppose that you are the estimator who is assigning costs to a major project to be undertaken this year by your firm, Acme Software Developers. One particular software development process involves many labor-hours, but the work is highly redundant. You anticipate a total of 100,000 labor-hours to complete the first iteration of the software development process and a learning curve rate of 80%. Assume you are going to use the cumulative average time in your calculations to determine the time it takes for each iteration. You are attempting to estimate the cost of the tenth iteration of this repetitive process. Based on this information and a $60 per hour labor rate, what would you expect to budget as A.The cost of the tenth iteration? B.The cost of the twentieth iteration?

write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.There are a number of types of private insurers. Describe each type of insurer in the following list. What are the advantages of a company converting from a mutual insurer to a stock insurer?Stock insurersMutual insurersReciprocal insurersThis insurance companyPlans such as this oneHealth maintenance organizations ReferencesBlue Cross Blue Shield. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.bcbs.com/Lloyd's. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.lloyds.com/

According to the Crash Course World History video that I assigned for you to watch, the presenter, John Green argues that "Italy was primed for the Renaissance for exactly one reason."  What was that reason? Group of answer choicesMoney Religion Intellectualism Realism Flag question: Question 2Question 21 pts In the Crash Course World History video that I assigned, John Green makes the following argument about the Renaissance:  Group of answer choicesHe believes that the Renaissance was centered in the Ottoman Empire and not Europe He proclaims that the Renaissance didn't even happen He supports the view that the Renaissance began with the lower classes rather than the elites.  He announces that without the Renaissance the Protestant Reformation would not have happened. Flag question: Question 3Question 31 pts Castiglione's The Courtier was a: Group of answer choicesa sharp denunciation of the wasteful lives of aristocrats a work on how to achieve political power and then keep it very popular handbook laying out the new skills in politics, arts, and personal behavior expected of Renaissance aristocrats  a primer on military training for nobles Flag question: Question 4Question 45 pts Match the people associated with the cultural world of the 14th century with the correct definition (see Chapter 11):  Group of answer choicesA Florentine who wrote about easygoing, cynical postplague values in the Decameron  [ Choose ] Christine de Pizan Geoffrey Chaucer Dante Alighieri Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio  An English author whose most famous work is a collection of stories told by a group of twenty-nine pilgrims on a journey to the tomb of St. Thomas à Becket [ Choose ] Christine de Pizan Geoffrey Chaucer Dante Alighieri Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio  This Italian's most famous work, the Divine Comedy, is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought [ Choose ] Christine de Pizan Geoffrey Chaucer Dante Alighieri Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio  This author wrote texts encouraging women to become well educated and defend themselves against the intellectual attacks of men [ Choose ] Christine de Pizan Geoffrey Chaucer Dante Alighieri Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio  This author mostly wrote sonnets, but also played a large role in the revival of the CLASSICS OPTIONS for QUESTION 4 christin de pizar,geoffer chaucer,dante aligheri,petrach,giovAnni boccacio. Question 51 pts Erasmus of Rotterdam was all of the following except: Group of answer choicesa supporter of Luther and a fellow Protestant the author of In Praise of Folly a humanist a gentle critic of the Catholic church Flag question: Question 6Question 61 pts The Diet of Worms was: Group of answer choicesa meeting in which Martin Luther stood up to the powers of Germany a meeting in which Martin Luther compromised with the Catholic church a meeting of cardinals to pass judgment on Thomas More a diet plan to promote physical fitness described in The Courtier Flag question: Question 7Question 71 pts The word renaissance means rebirth.  What is being reborn in the era we call the Renaissance? Group of answer choicesMedieval trade and communications networks Christianity the Old World the Classical age of Greece and Rome Flag question: Question 8Question 81 pts Martin Luther was most angered by the Catholic church policy of: Group of answer choicesdemanding payment for services like confession selling indulgences pluralism simony Flag question: Question 9Question 91 pts As a young monk, Martin Luther Group of answer choicesavoided confession because he thought it was unnecessary for salvation believed that a corrupt church could not save his soul was fearful that he could never do enough good deeds to deserve salvation was confident that he would be saved by God because he did so many good works Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts Machiavelli's ideas as expressed in The Prince would have led to: Group of answer choicesa concept of politics in which gaining and keeping power is the most important issue a more powerful pope a new attitude of moral responsibility among politicians a democratic and unified Italy Flag question: Question 11Question 115 pts Match the quote to the correct speaker: Group of answer choices"Since then Your Majesty and your lordships desire a simple reply, I will answer without horns and without teeth.  Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason-- I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted eachother-- my conscience is captive to the Word of God."  [ Choose ] Martin Luther Erasmus of Rotterdam Laura Cereta Leon Battista Alberti Niccolo Machiavelli  "Whenever you have to kill someone, make sure you have a suitable excuse and an obvious reason." [ Choose ] Martin Luther Erasmus of Rotterdam Laura Cereta Leon Battista Alberti Niccolo Machiavelli  "I did no doubt that my wife was most loving, and more discreet and modest in her ways than any, but I still considered it safer to have her unable, and not merely unwilling, to harm me...." [ Choose ] Martin Luther Erasmus of Rotterdam Laura Cereta Leon Battista Alberti Niccolo Machiavelli  "You brashly and publicly not merely wonder but indeed lament that I am said to possess as fine as mind as nature ever bestowed upon the most learned man.  You seem to think that so learned a oman has scarcely before been seen in the world.  You are wrong on both counts." [ Choose ] Martin Luther Erasmus of Rotterdam Laura Cereta Leon Battista Alberti Niccolo Machiavelli  A good prince is one who holds the life of each individual nearer than his own, who works and strives night and day for just one end -- to be the best he can be for everyone." [ Choose ] Martin Luther Erasmus of Rotterdam Laura Cereta Leon Battista Alberti Niccolo Machiavelli  Flag question: Question 12Question 121 pts Italian artists in the 15th century began to: Group of answer choicescopy the works of 11th century artists focus on the themes of religion and women focus on realistic portrayals of people move away from the study of anatomy Flag question: Question 13Question 131 pts Who is often associated with printing the first book using moveable type in Germany? Group of answer choicesErasmus of Rotterdam Isaac Newton Jan Arnolfini Johannes Gutenberg Flag question: Question 14Question 141 pts The noble patron who protected Martin Luther from the pope was: Group of answer choicesArchduke Joseph, Elector of Hanover young Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor Duke William of Orange Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Saxony Flag question: Question 15Question 151 pts What factor was shared by both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? Group of answer choicesreligion (Catholicism) was important in people's lives people wanted to know how to make money and be successful in trade people were concerned with the correct way to lead others realism and beauty were important to a comfortable lifestyle Flag question: Question 16Question 161 pts Our textbook notes that Renaissance women like Isabella d'Este and Battista Sforza played important roles in what aspect?  Group of answer choicesthese noble women created brilliant courts they traveled Europe as diplomats for their husbands they were educated and enlightened leaders of convents they were scholars who translated the great works of the ancients Flag question: Question 17Question 171 pts The Italian Renaissance was primarily: Group of answer choicesnew views that were part of the recovery from the disasters of the 14th century a product of rural Italy characterized by a preoccupation with religion a mass movement of the peasants Flag question: Question 18Question 181 pts The Calvinist belief that certain people were members of the "elect" meant that these people were given salvation because of:  Group of answer choicesthe performance of good works predestination their fervent faith transubstantiation Flag question: Question 19Question 191 pts Two key areas of Renaissance technological innovation were: Group of answer choicesoptical instruments and lens grinding mill construction and hydraulics mining and metalworking, including the manufacture of firearms fireworks and glass making Flag question: Question 20Question 201 pts All of the following are reasons that Portugal got involved in maritime trade except: Group of answer choicesthey enjoyed a good mid-Atlantic location a desire to gain wealth a desire to spread Christianity a desire to break from the Catholic Church Flag question: Question 21Question 211 pts In the long term the Columbian Exchange: Group of answer choicesbrought a lasting decline in world population because of the ravages of diseases like smallpox had no influence on the world population led to economic instability due to a glut of Japanese silver increased world population because of the spread of new food crops Flag question: Question 22Question 221 pts According to the Florentine humanist, Leonardo Bruni, history should be studied first (after a mastery of Latin grammar) because: Group of answer choicesreligion is not a reliable source of wisdom and inspiration understanding the past is the key to making better business decisions and gaining wealth studying the past makes it easier to understand the affairs of the current era people are doomed to repeat past mistakes Flag question: Question 23Question 231 pts In Laura Cereta's Defense of the Liberal Instruction of Women what reason does she give for why there are so few intellectual women in Renaissance Italy? Group of answer choicesthe challenges of caring for home and family are too demanding to allow women time to get educated Men have prevented women from gaining education women are too preoccupied with childbearing to worry about intellectual pursuits Women choose lesser goals for themselves Flag question: Question 24Question 241 pts What is Bernal Diaz describing in this excerpt from 1502: "We could not walk without treading on the bodies and heads of dead Indians.  I have read about the destruction of Jerusalem, but I do not think the mortality was greater than here in Mexiso, where most of the warriors who had crowded in from all the provinces and subject towns had died...Indeed, the stench was so bad that no one could endure it...Even Cortes was ill from the odors which assailed his notrils." Group of answer choicesThe ravages of smallpox in the New World what was left of the city of Tenochtitlan following a massive earthquake the bubonic plague in Europe the aftermath of a battle between the Spanish and the Aztecs Flag question: Question 25Question 251 pts All of the following are policies of Elizabeth I of England except: Group of answer choicesencouraging the nobility to get involved in trade and invest in businesses relative tolerance of Catholicism promoting the merchant class encouraging the rights of women Flag question: Question 26Question 261 pts The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was ordered by the French queen against what group? Group of answer choicesJoan of Arc Huguenots Lutherans Catholics Flag question: Question 27Question 271 pts the Edict of Nantes: Group of answer choicesapproved of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ended the 16th century wars between the Catholics and the Huguenots in France permitted Huguenots to attend universities throughout France guaranteed religious freedom to all Jews in France