I need 2300 words in Project Management Basics to answers my questions

Check the attached document for all the questions. You might need to use MS Project and copy to paste in MS word and need to do WBS.

 just answer each question to the best of your knowledge if you need to use reference that would support your answer that's fine everything has to be in APA format.. remember some of the questions there need WBS and Gantt CHART 

each question, you will see a, b,c,d, etc all that need to answer accordingly. You need to answer each of them 

No plagiarism if you need to add a reference to back your answer that's fine. Everything has to be in AP

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Note the weight of each question and budget your space and time accordingly. This exam is not intended to take you very long, especially if you have been keeping up with the readings.

Please format in APA style. References are not required, but you are welcome to use them to support your answers if you feel it useful.  

Please take a graduate-level, well thought-out approach to your responses. Surface-level answers will not receive full credit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions! 

Question 1 (25%): Project Management Basics 

a) What is a project? 

b) What is project management? 

c) What are 5 skills that are often necessary for project managers? Explain. 

d) What is change control? 

e) Discuss 3 ways that project management differs from general management. 

Question 2 (15%): Project Team Dynamics 

a) Name two things that can cause conflict on a project team. 

b) What are three tools that a project manager can employ to avoid interpersonal conflict in team setting? 

Question 3 (40%) 

Below are 8 stages of a hypothetical system upgrade project. 

Stage Direct predecessor Duration 

1. Stakeholder buy-in 5 days

2. Define requirements 1 15 days

3. Define scope, schedule, goals, objectives 1 10 days

4. Team formation 2 5 days

5. Development 3,4 120 days

6. Testing 5 30 days

7. Maintenance 6 150 days

8. Closeout 7 5 days

a) What is the critical path for this project?  

b) What is the earliest possible completion time? 

c) Create a WBS for this project. 

d) Create a Gantt chart for this project. 

e) What are the potential repercussions of incorrectly estimating the duration of project stages? 

f) Name an example of a project driver that could have necessitated this system upgrade.