...planned monitored and controlled on projects and how does this relate to integration? Provide a series of at least 20 actions to plan and control scope, time and cost using the strengths of both the PMBOK model and the PRINCE2 model. Solution: Introduction The scope, cost and time management are three separate bodies of knowledge areas in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) [1]. These knowledge areas are described in detail in PMBOK study guide, but this report gives a brief explanation about what purpose they serve and how they are used. Scope Management In general PMBOK defines different ways of how the scope of a project can be managed and controlled. The scope management is divided in the following five processes [1]. * Scope Planning. * Scope Definition. * Creating WBS. * Scope verification. * Scope control. The above mentioned processes will interact with each other and also with the other bodies of knowledge. These processes document clearly help to define the projects limits, risks, hypothesis, constraints, organization, milestone and etc. The WBS (Work Break-down Structure) is used to subdivide the projects workload and this is done for better or management and control purposes. In general the scope of a project is decided or planned at the scope planning or definition stage. In WBS structure creation all the major deliverables are divided into smaller and manageable components. After the project completion the formal way of acceptance...
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...Journal of Business Research 55 (2002) 389 – 400 Benefits associated with supplier integration into new product development under conditions of technology uncertainty Gary L. Ragatza,*, Robert B. Handfieldb, Kenneth J. Petersenc a Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1122, USA b North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA c University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA Abstract In many industries, firms are striving to integrate material suppliers earlier into the new product/process development process. This involvement may range from simple consultation with suppliers on design ideas to making suppliers fully responsible for the design of components or systems they will supply. In this paper, we develop and test a conceptual model of the effect of elements of the supplier integration process on cost, quality, and new product development time, under conditions of technology uncertainty. Technology uncertainty is operationalized here, as the degree to which the product or process technologies employed in the project are new, complex, and/or rapidly changing. The results suggest that technology uncertainty have a negative impact on cost results, but no direct effect on quality or cycle time. The results also show that certain elements of the supplier integration process are more likely to be employed under conditions of technology uncertainty, leading to significant...
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...together provide a total Enterprise project management system. The Science of Project Management: Project Controls Systems Integration by Frederick Cramer, Susanne Keller, Christopher Law, Thomas Shih, and Britton Wolf G The concepts in this article were applied to the ECP-1 Facility, Overall Winner of the 2010 Facility of the Year Awards. For further information on this project, see “Case Study: Genentech’s ECP-1 Bacterial Manufacturing Facility, Overall Winner, 2010 Facility of the Year Awards” in the March/April 2011 issue of Pharmaceutical Engineering. Project Controls Systems Integration Background enentech is among the world’s leading biotech companies with multiple products on the market and a drive to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialize new medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. In 2005, Genentech was ramping-up a build program due to increased demand for existing and new medicines about to come to market. By that time, Genentech had grown from a small biotech company with less than 3,000 employees in 1995 to more than 9,000 employees. It quickly became apparent that an ad hoc approach to project management of capital construction projects would no longer be sufficient. To keep pace with growth, an intensive effort was launched to investigate and then implement a set of integrated tools and approaches to facilitate project planning and execution. Investing...
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...Welfare benefits plan offerings, and benefit enrollment system technology. There are five key attributes to this role; System Development, File Development, Content Development, Data Integration and Quality Assurance. Associates in this role are expected to have expert knowledge of no less than two of these five attributes, and have a basic to intermediate working knowledge of the remaining five attributes. The workflow within this group is cyclical based on the volume of new work, and the Open Enrollment season. This requires the associates within this group to ebb and flow across the five attributes as the cycle of work demands require. PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Communicates effectively, professionally, and in a timely manner with appropriate parties (all internal resources, clients, and third parties) in order to meet client needs and build strong working relationships. Effectively communicates and manages changing work environments, changing priorities, and new situations to successfully deliver work assignments. Identifies, promotes and drives process improvements to positively impact cost, delivery and quality. Maintains Subject Matter Expert knowledge of no less than two of five key attributes to the role; System Development, File Development, Content Development, Data Integration, and Quality Assurance. Continues to develop working knowledge of all key attributes to the role. Works closely with Implementation Manager to understand client objectives and...
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...Project Charter Template Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Project Charter GenRays September 11th 2012 Table of Contents Project Title Purpose Description Objective Success Criteria or Expected Benefits Funding Major Deliverables Acceptance Criteria Milestone Schedule Approval Requirements Project Manager Authorized by Project Title Human Resources Information System. Purpose In order to allow employees to track their own careers, facilitate transparency in hiring, improve the payroll functions, improve recruiting and automate number of different time consuming and costly processes GenRays will be implementing a new Human Resources Information System. Description Due to better than anticipated financial savings from the implementation of new financial application, GenRays plans to invest the savings into growth and expansion. In order to meet the anticipated growth GenRays needs a streamline human resources system that can facilitate the growth at the same time save money and assist employees. Objective The objective of this project is to implement the new Human Resources Information System in order to improve and streamline various aspect of employee information. Success Criteria or Expected Benefits The expected benefits of this project are as follows: Improved Recruiting. Savings due to automatic calculations. Savings due to auto-fill functionality. Funding $103,000 has been budgeted for procurement...
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...According to ADT (2013), the company’s official website states that, “ADT has been protecting America for over 135 years, and lead the industry in experience and guarantees”. The current inventory management system in place requires managers to manually-count products as they come in, store the product in any space available, and search specific products when needed. The shipping and receiving systems do not communicate with the inventory system, which causes issues when it comes to getting customers what they need in a timely manner. The Inventory Management System Project will outline the objectives and constraints within the project. The project charter is a tool used to improve the project management process, and defines the process used to provide solutions to business problems. The primary beneficiaries of the solutions developed through this project are: • Stakeholders • End Users Purpose of the Project Currently the organization is having issues regarding tracking inventory, shipping and receiving, and maintaining inventory levels. There are too many mistakes made due to the different systems in the inventory department and the shipping and receiving department. The importation of products is an extremely long process. Tracking inventory is difficult because data is recorded manually at the end of the day. Assumptions • Importing and exporting product should become efficient and effective • Inventory and shipping departments will use the system that updates in...
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...IFN600 Research-‐Based Practice Assessment Item 3: Detailed Research Project Proposal Section A: Administration Name: HA Quoc Tien Student number: n08745871 Research project title: Designing a database structure system for management hospital information. Field of research: Information system; database structure; hospital information Section B: Aims This project is going to indicate a new database structure model used to manage information in hospital management with respect to utilizing information and communication technology. It will enhance hospital to retrieve, process and achieve all the information in specific health facilities in a security domain. In fact, the database structure is not really considered as an important aspect in patient informational management in hospital. From the synthesis of the results of current hospital, the management of information within the hospital will include: management of patient information, medical information, laboratory data, diagnostic results, treatments, financial, pharmaceutical, medical equipment and general operations of the hospital. There are numbers of documentation in the database, the problem is illustrated that a hospital database management does not have the same synchronization in all fields....
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...Genrays Project Charter Project Charter Template Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Project Charter GenRays September 11th 2012 Table of Contents Project Title Purpose Description Objective Success Criteria or Expected Benefits Funding Major Deliverables Acceptance Criteria Milestone Schedule Approval Requirements Project Manager Authorized by Project Title Human Resources Information System. Purpose In order to allow employees to track their own careers, facilitate transparency in hiring, improve the payroll functions, improve recruiting and automate number of different time consuming and costly processes GenRays will be implementing a new Human Resources Information System. Description Due to better than anticipated financial savings from the implementation of new financial application, GenRays plans to invest the savings into growth and expansion. In order to meet the anticipated growth GenRays needs a streamline human resources system that can facilitate the growth at the same time save money and assist employees. Objective The objective of this project is to implement the new Human Resources Information System in order to improve and streamline various aspect of employee information. Success Criteria or Expected Benefits The expected benefits of this project are as follows: Improved Recruiting. Savings due to automatic calculations. Savings due to auto-fill functionality. Funding $103,000 has...
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...Project Charter On behalf of Company “PharmaCorp,” I would like to establish the beginnings of a new project: The development and FDA approval of the anti-diabetic drug Insulex. The American Diabetics Association estimates approximately 25.8 million Americans and 285 million individuals worldwide suffer from diabetes. The efficient and effective treatment and management of its symptoms are essential to reducing healthcare costs and improving quality of life of those afflicted. I therefore would like to establish the development of Insulex, which shows promise to become one of the world’s forefront drugs to manage diabetes. In it’s initial trials, Insulex works to regulate the release of insulin thus reducing the need to insulin pumps and other drugs with potentially harmful side effects. The objective of this project is to scale-up new anti-diabetic therapy and integrate its new manufacturing technology into the company. This project comprises the development of drug from (insert stages of drug development) to the FDA approval. Furthermore, “PharmaCorp” will be purchasing new technology from “GE,” and will implement and integrate new manufacturing technology into the company. This new technology (insert name for technology) is essential for the development of the drug and assures the highest quality product is achieved. In summary, we will achieve the following by the end of year one: * Acquiring of new technology from GE * Implementation and integration...
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...Genrays Project Charter Project Charter Template Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Project Charter GenRays September 11th 2012 Project Title Human Resources Information System. Purpose In order to allow employees to track their own careers, facilitate transparency in hiring, improve the payroll functions, improve recruiting and automate number of different time consuming and costly processes GenRays will be implementing a new Human Resources Information System. Description Due to better than anticipated financial savings from the implementation of new financial application, GenRays plans to invest the savings into growth and expansion. In order to meet the anticipated growth GenRays needs a streamline human resources system that can facilitate the growth at the same time save money and assist employees. Objective The objective of this project is to implement the new Human Resources Information System in order to improve and streamline various aspect of employee information. Success Criteria or Expected Benefits The expected benefits of this project are as follows: Improved Recruiting. Savings due to automatic calculations. Savings due to auto-fill functionality. Funding $103,000 has been budgeted for procurement and implementation of this HRIS. Major Deliverables The major deliverables for this project are as as follows: Work Package Deliverable Recruiting Requirements Analyze and monitor applicant pool Career...
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...[Type the company name] | Project Management Assignment | Research Paper and Presentation | Nathan Alexander 4/16/2016 | Contents Introduction 2 Traditional (Waterfall) 2 Agile Project Management 3 Rapid Application Development 3 What is PMBOK? 4 What is a project? 8 What is project management? 8 What does current literature have to say on this matter? 8 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 11 Introduction In our essay, we will be talking about the strategies that can offer advantages to an association through IT projects. We will be examining the current literature on the matter including diverse project management methods and additionally their qualities and shortcomings. PMBOK will be analyzed including the procedure groups that are included. We will be assessing and examining the learning regions and how the processing groups identify with each other. Traditional (Waterfall) According to Successful Projects, this is the oldest methodology it was practiced decades before the newer methodologies were introduced (Projects, S. 2016). This methodology can be used all industries, but it is most common in the construction industry. They call it the waterfall model because it defines the sequence of phases to be completed. This project management methodology is divided into 7 consecutive phases: 1. Requirements specification 2. Design 3. Coding 4. Integration 5. Validation 6. Installation 7. Maintenance You can only move...
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...GenRays Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Project Charter Table of Contents Project Title 3 Purpose 3 Description 3 Objectives 3 Success Criteria or Expected Benefits 5 Funding 7 Major Deliverables 7 Acceptance Criteria 9 Approval Requirements 12 References 14 Project Title GenRays Human Resource Information System with payroll function. Purpose The GenRays Human Resources Information System Project Charter documents and tracks the necessary information required by decision maker(s) to approve the project and funding to implement the project. Description The new GenRays Human Resources Information System with payroll function will be implemented to create solution to track the career path that aligns with individual goals and career aspirations. It will also allow for more hiring transparency for recruiting external qualified candidates as well as staffing internal positions with eligible and qualified candidates. The payroll side will ensure that paychecks and expense reports are processed more or less automatically, which will make it faster and easier to be reimbursed or to make changes to auto-pay options. Objectives The Objectives of GenRays Human Resources Information System are as follows * Transparent recruitment capability and succession planning * External applicant should able to apply for position and monitor the progress in the hiring process * Internal applicant (Employee) should able to define career goals...
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...Large project: Takes a long time to complete; Involves a large investment;Has a big project team;Produces a large number of deliverables. Size : Dimensions: Time;Resources (financial, number of organizations/functions);Scope (number of deliverables);Importance/Impact;Issues (number and severity);Use of new technology Characteristics: More subprojects and team leaders; Project administration infrastructure; Formal reporting process; Greater use of formal software tools Tightly controlled and coordinated project plans; More formal interface meetings between groups;Full-time project managers; Multiple locations involved in the project; Multiple organizations involved in the project; More complex tasks and work to be done; More complex and difficult-to-use tools in the project; Increased integration effort between work results ofsubprojects Challenges: Changes in the business environment: Economy; Goals and objectives; Partnerships; Dependencies; Competition;Laws, regulations, regulatory bodies( Change with time; International; Impact on communities, environment); Complexity: Technology; Schedule/Project Management Large number of deliverables = Large number of activities; Simultaneous activities; Difficult to identify and manage project dependencies. Financial challenges: Large investments; Long payback periods; Unbalanced budgets; Significant costs at the beginning of the project; Difficult to reliably estimate costs and benefits; Amount and timing. Technology:...
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...IT Project Implementation Failures HCS/245 September 16th, 2013 Marc Magill Project Implementation A typical IT Implementation process normally follows SDLC process. SDLC refers to Standard Development Life-Cycle. Below are the standard SDLC phases: 1) Initiation Phase 2) System Concept Development 3) Planning 4) Requirements Analysis 5) Design 6) Development 7) Integration & Testing 8) Implementation 9) Operations & Maintenance 10) Disposition Any project starts with an Initiation phase when a Business or Project Sponsor identifies a use case or need or opportunity to achieve some of the company’s strategic goal. Based on this proposal will be created. System Concept Development phase where we define the scope, business requirements trace matrix, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Management Plan and if the proposal can be feasible and define an approach. This is the phase where you identify all stakeholders and socialize the project for its approval. Planning phase is where you do vendor selection; create project management plan, project schedule and any other planning documents. Budget plan, Resource plan will also be defined in planning phase. Disposition provides end of system activities and lessons learned and close the project. Requirements Analysis is where you work closely with business users and understands their needs, develop user needs and create a detail functional design document and get approval from all stakeholders. Design phase is...
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