...Huntsville Plant Communication Plan The communication plan is an important document for any undertaking. In any relationship, communication is key to its success. When one or more members are not involved in the process, problems begin to form. It may be as simple as a paint scheme, extending a floor several feet more, or can be a major change, such as a site change or requesting more material and labor. The biggest thing that the communication plan brings to a project team is providing a plan in which to mitigate problems and execute the project in the same manner as it is drawn up, thereby ensuring that everyone involved is on the same page. The project communication also outlines the level of involvement in which each person must communicate. As we discussed, communication involves a sender, a medium, and a receiver. For each specific event that we have outlined in our communication plan, there is a plan that clearly defines who the sender is, what medium to transmit that information, and the recipients. The different levels of communication change as the significant impact to the project as a whole will be different. For example, the daily meetings can be done through a teleconference, with all members actively being there and participating. This could be equated to the morning breakfast that you would have with your family. Pleasantries aside, this keeps all members of the team involved and aware of what is going on from a day to day basis. The meeting with the...
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...| Seitz CorporationMilwaukee, WI12345 Main Street | Phone: (224) 555-0190Fax: (224) 555-0192E-mail: jclark@seitz.com | SEITZ HUNTSVILLE plant Development Project Our Opportunity for Southern Region Expansion Project Introduction Project planning is a key component to the success of any project. The Seitz Huntsville Plant Expansion project is a large project with a budget of $2.75M and an aggressive timeline of eighteen months. Janet Clark, the PM for Seitz Huntsville project seems very committed to the project success. She has the support of the board of directors, the company and the project sponsor. Additionally she has access to resources and technology (including others strategy plans) to get the south plant completed. Steve Pokorski, the VP of Operations, and Joe Downs, the Director of Plant Engineering, were also asked to help Janet make the project a success. Janet’s Strategy Mark Green, the project sponsor, has asked Janet to form the project articles before proceeding with the project. Janet’s approach is to convert her task list to the following: * Project Charter * Scope Statement * WBS Janet had already created a task list so this was easy to build a WBS. However, Janet should have first created a project charter with the help of the project assistants. This is the most basic initiation of any project. When the steps of project creation are skipped, it puts the whole project in jeopardy. A charter document is used to communicate between the...
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...| Seitz CorporationMilwaukee, WI12345 Main Street | Phone: (224) 555-0190Fax: (224) 555-0192E-mail: jclark@seitz.com | SEITZ HUNTSVILLE plant Development Project Our Opportunity for Southern Region Expansion Project Introduction Project planning is a key component to the success of any project. The Seitz Huntsville Plant Expansion project is a large project with a budget of $2.75M and an aggressive timeline of eighteen months. Janet Clark, the PM for Seitz Huntsville project seems very committed to the project success. She has the support of the board of directors, the company and the project sponsor. Additionally she has access to resources and technology (including others strategy plans) to get the south plant completed. Steve Pokorski, the VP of Operations, and Joe Downs, the Director of Plant Engineering, were also asked to help Janet make the project a success. Janet’s Strategy Mark Green, the project sponsor, has asked Janet to form the project articles before proceeding with the project. Janet’s approach is to convert her task list to the following: * Project Charter * Scope Statement * WBS Janet had already created a task list so this was easy to build a WBS. However, Janet should have first created a project charter with the help of the project assistants. This is the most basic initiation of any project. When the steps of project creation are skipped, it puts the whole project in jeopardy. A charter document is used to communicate between the...
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...|SEITZ |February 1 | | |2009 | | A vision, obstacle, and a goal can all be found inside every business, but it is how they |Huntsville Plant | |are seen, defeated, and achieved that sets them apart. SEITZ promises that each and every day,| | |whether or not our doors are open or shut, we will stick to our mission and complete it to its| | |full potential. We will conquer the difficulties that are faced in our path, to ensure that we| | |are fair to customers, guests, employees and business. Relationships with our guests and | | |employees are our number one priority since SEITZ bases their success on the happiness of | | |their clients and employees. Service is an action that we will hold to its best and is | | |completely complimentary to everyone who steps inside our institution. | | Tables of Content: Essay Responses to the Questions....................................................….. 3 Project...
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...the firm were small- to medium-sized plastic bottles and containers, used mainly in the food and dairy industries. By 1985, the annual sales of the corporation had reached $31 million and the firm enjoyed a dominant market position in the upper Midwest. In 1998, Walter and Teri Seitz, Johann’s grandchildren, assumed the day-to-day operation of the business. Teri Seitz was a somewhat unstructured, but diligent, student of the latest business school theory and decided that in order to meet increased competition, especially from Japanese companies, SEITZ Corporation needed to develop a long-range strategic plan. A consultant was hired to do this. The plan reflected much of the philosophy that had enabled the company to succeed in the past, but this was the first time these philosophies had been written down and synthesized into formal goals. The key elements of the strategic plan, ranked according to priority,...
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...Huntsville Plant Project Report Shannon Foreman Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University Abstract This research paper will explain the process and reason for a communication plan as it pertains to the success of the Huntsville Plant Project. It was once quoted by, President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp, Gilbert Amelio that, "Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter." There are many ways to communicate; this report will focus on three forms of communication, Face-to-Face, Personal and Impersonal Written. The report will take a look at which method of communication is best for this project, best for that phase of the project and how best to generate and distribute project documents among project stakeholders and team members throughout the project in an affective and timely manner. This report will address individual’s responsibility for distribution of each document, generation of each document, what action each recipient is expected to take and the type of document each individual is responsible for developing. A communication plan has been shown to be an effective tool in assisting management in the successful outcome of project deliverables. Keywords: communication...
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...Project communication: My first thought is that Janet needs to meet with Downs and Pokorski in a face to face meeting at an operating plant to see and learn how the operation works. After the initial meeting and the development of a mutual understanding of the project concepts, responsibilities and limitations, weekly meeting could be established by telephone to track the progress of the plant and the budget, and to discuss any problems encountered or anticipated during the next week. At critical times and when Clarks feels it necessary either Downs or Pokorski would need to be onsite to assist with technical aspect of the project. Potential communication conflicts: As far as conflicts go I think that there are going to be many from all sides. To my understanding Clark is a sales and marketing person. She would have not been my first choice to lead this project as the technical aspects of construction and assemble of an operational plastics plant are well outside her knowledge and experience set. There may be unknown factors in play as to why she was picked but as that information was not revealed to us, I will just have to point out the obvious problems that I foresee in the near future. From the technical engineer (Downs) I see two major area of concern. First he was beat out for funding and his prototype had been handed over to Clark, this could work to our advantage if he can find the funding within the existing project to incorporate his prototype in the Huntsville...
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...Huntsville Plant Project Course - PM586 Professor William 1/27/2012 Huntsville Plant Project The Huntsville Plant Project deadline of June, 30, 2012 set by the board of directors will not meet the deadline. According to my finding, it will not meet the deadline because one of my resources, Manufacturing Engineers is over allocated. The option of reschedule task resources next available time might be open to ensure this deadline is met. When placed in a situation as this there are several things that should be kept in mind to ensure the project will be ready to meet its deadline on time. One suggestion I considered is to meet with all the project team members to ensure that they are aware of the projects objectives and their own role in the project. In doing this it will elevate any misunderstandings and uncertainties so that any of the other tasks will not be over allocated as the manufacturing engineers are. With this in mind each team member will monitor the task usage and the number of hours for work on the scheduled details. Another option is to hire more resources to reduce the time that the manufacturing engineers were allocated. These resources would be well trained in handling the equipment to make sure there is no time delay in finishing the task that was assigned. In a situation like this I would have to reevaluate all tasks of this project. Key tools such as risk management, scope management, proactive communication and issue management should be...
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...Motivation, Stress & Communication Leadership & Organizational Behavior Browder CoateS August 12, 2012 To find the right job for you, you'll need to figure out what type of person you are, and what your interests are. For many jobs available, you will need the proper training or education. However, a lot of jobs do offer on the job training, which would enable you to apply for that particular field. Try to match your personality, interests, knowledge, and age, with a position suitable for you. Where you work can be just as important as what you’ll do there, in terms of determining whether a job is right for you. The Company that I would choose to work for is Redstone Arsenal, which is a United States Army base. Originally a chemical weapons manufacturing facility for World War II, the Arsenal became the focal point of the Army’s rocket and space projects, including development of the first U.S. ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles in 1950s. Huntsville Arsenal was established in 1941 to create a second chemical weapons plant in addition to the one in Edgewood, Maryland. The military installation was originally composed of three separate entities: The Huntsville Arsenal and the Huntsville Depot, which were operated under the auspices of the Chemical Warfare Service, and the Redstone Ordnance Plant, operated by the Army Ordnance Department. The name Redstone drew on region’s red rocks and soil. The ordnance plant was renamed Redstone Arsenal in 1943...
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...| Project Risk, Communication and DocumentationCourse Project: Week 5 | PM 586: Project Management SystemsInstructor: Rich EllimanShari HollowayFebruary 16, 2012 | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Huntsville, Alabama ------------------------------------------------- Production Plant Communication Plan Risk Management – Step #1 Risk Matrix Identification | Assessment | Response Plan | Risk | Consequence | Probability | Impact | Trigger | Resp. | Response | Cost | May not have enough in the budget | High | | | | Make sure that the Financial administrtor stay on top of the allocated budget and try to communicate how to cut cost as much as possible. | Weather Permitting | Weather could put a hold on building the foundation and or areas of the building | Moderate | | | | Assure that the PM’s along with the Team Members are monitoring the weather within a 24 hr advance period. | Physical Events beyond Control | Contractors... Get injured Sick or They are not able to obtain building permit or license. | Moderate | | | | Train Personnel on safety and mishaps, talk to the PM’s and TM’s about the importance of | Manufacturing of Equip /purchasing of equipment | Equipment does not arrive on time or not the correct equipment. | High | | | | Reorder the correct equipment and estimate the turn around time of getting the equipment so the delay won’t be weeks.Talk with Safety Inspectors daily...
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...HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA PROJECT: Organizational Structure Angel Menchaca Professor Yates Keller Graduate School of Management 8/17/12 Once an organization finds its organization structure, it will help put them on the road to success. There are three primary project management organizational structures to choose from, which include: functional, matrix, and pure project. Every organizational structure has advantages as well as disadvantages, but choosing the correct structure can help implement a successful project. The Seitz Corporation has allocated funding for a structured project team to develop a plastics plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The board of directors has employed their ideal matrix style-organizational structure in order to create a distributing plant in a relatively short time frame. Although there could possibly be dilemmas and shortcomings of this type of leadership, the benefits could save the team and the project as it comes across risks and other events that could halt progress entirely. As it appears, the Board of Directors has chosen to run with a combination of functional and project style leadership. Taking the benefits of these two styles, they have developed a matrix style structure that envelopes the sole leadership of a project manager, and a multifaceted group of functional experts that are specialists in their related job tasks. There are some indications that the project team is not utilized anywhere else other than the project; in addition, most...
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...Project Scope: The expansion project for JS Corporation to spread out its operations in Huntsville, Alabama in order to capitalize on potential growth and meet its strategic plan will begin April 17, 2006 with an expected completion date of June 16, 2007. An amount of 25,000 sq. ft. will be renovated in the existing "Boeing Corporation" facility. Total operating capital for the project is $3,450,000. For the project to be considered complete, the following deliverables must be met: Project Deliverables include • A completely operational manufacturing and distribution facility • Acquisition of equipment required for production and distribution • Meet and/or exceed all building code and safety standards • Complete testing equipment • Extensive walk through 1 week before completion and sign off by management. • Recruiting and training of new personnel. • Provide all appropriate Permits and approvals Management Plan The Board of Directors will be responsible for the final approval of the project and will determine the success level at completion. The Program Team will facilitate risk probabilities and scope changes. This committee will meet with the Project Manager should cost or duration problems arise. The Production Management is responsible for the plant operations and will conduct the final inspection and audit, which will be presented to the Program Team and the Board of Directors. Completion will be judged based upon success of the pre-production...
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...completed on an individual basis. Use of Microsoft Project software is required. The project will consist of the Huntsville plant construction effort, the details of which are in the "project tabs" in the course shell for each week's assignment This course project assignment follows the Huntsville project from a Project Charter (where the effort is initially approved), through the Project Scope Statement (where the scope is elaborated in more detail), through the WBS (where the major tasks and sub-tasks are documented), and finally to a completed project schedule in Microsoft Project, with resources and costs added in. Along the way we also complete a Risk Plan and a Communications Plan for the Huntsville project, and deal with scheduling and resource issues, all normal and customary actives in most project environments. However all a bit mysterious to the uninitiated! So I'm going to try and walk you through all of that with these Part-1 through Part-5 instruction documents. Please do listen to the Course Project Tour Video (in the Course Home/Course Project tab). It lays out in summary all the deliverables for the Course Project. Since the effort is worth 25% of your grade, you really need to understand what we are asking for and when all the pieces are due! As you complete this course project effort, remember; think of this as a set of business communications as well as a class assignment. In part this is a role playing exercise. You are the project manager reporting...
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...Communication Plan Huntsville Production Plant Seitz Corporation PM586 Project Management Systems October, 2010 Week 5 VERBAL COMMUNICATION | WHAT | WHEN | WHERE | OWNER | ATTENDEES | Project Kickoff Meeting | Per project schedule | Building CC203Teleconference1-777-472-0493Code: 55555 | Project Manager | Project TeamKey Project Board Members | Project Status Meetings | 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month1:00 – 2:30PM | Building CC203Teleconference1-777-472-0493Code: 55555 | Project Manager | Project Team | Technical/Production Review Meetings * Pre-production plan * Production plan * Pre-production run review * Performance startup | Per project schedule | TBD | Project Manager | Project TeamFunctional Area Manager | Building Design Review | Per project schedule | TBD | Facility SpecialistArchitect | Project TeamProject Board Members | Progress Review Meetings | Quarterly4th business day of quarterTime TBD | Building AA209(Net Meeting as necessary) | Project Manager | Project Board MembersAdd’l Team Members, as needed | Problem-Solving Meetings | As needed | TBD | Person who calls and leads the meeting | TBD | Immediate Action Required | As needed(via phone and/or IM) | n/a | Person requiring action | TBD | WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | WHAT | DUE WHEN | METHOD OF DELIVERY | SENDER | RECEIVER | Meeting Agendas | 3 business days prior to meeting | EMAIL | Owner of the Meeting or facilitator...
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...AND COMPANY BACKGROUND LOOK AT LG ELECTRONICS LTD Consumer electronics are irresistible, there is nothing quite fascinating than to see someone use an electronic gadget for the first time. There is absolutely no question that consumer technology sparks imagination like nothing else. The Consumer-Electronics industry is the world of entertainment, communication and office products. Currently, the global consumer electronics industry is dominated by the South Korean, Japanese and American companies. One of these South Korean companies is LG Electronics Inc. Originally being established in 1958, LG Group is the merger of two Korean companies, Lucky and GoldStar, hence the acronym LG. Its current slogan, “Life’s Good” is the bacronym. LG Electronics is the flagship of LG Group, one of the world’s largest electronics conglomerate. The company is the world’s second largest manufacturer of television sets and third largest producer of mobile phones. Being its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, LG currently employees 95,000 people worldwide with 75 subsidiary companies globally. The main area for production division lies in mobile communication, digital appliances, digital display and digital media. In terms of distribution networks and worldwide sales, LG stands highest in the consumer electronics industry. Being a good control over the white goods market, LG has the highest market share in the home appliances. The company’s desire to create a happier, better life has always surrounded...
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