...Module: Project Management: Leading, Creating, Implementing and Improving (M1) Case: Multi Projects Inc. Group: Mpumalanga Multi Projects, Inc. Table of Contents |Executive Summary |3 | |Introduction |4 | |Problem Analysis |4 | |Solutions to Problems |8 | |Conclusion |11 | |References |12 | |Declaration |13 | | | | | | | | | ...
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...7 March 2014 Case study: “Multi Projects” First Draft Evaluate the case and propose a solution. Prioritise the steps to be taken in your approach, be systematic and motivate your assertions. After examining the “Multi Projects Inc.” case, it is clear that the rapid expansion of this company has both the employees, and their clients chasing after very big results without the proper planning before the implementation to start, and going about their execution of the desired projects in the wrong way. During this evaluation, we will analyse the communication channels, determining why there is a problem between the employees communicating. We will determine how we will go about the best way to start the “Growin Project”, how to devise the correct project proposal, organizational structure, resource utilization, and compiling the most effective project team for the Growin Project, and still to accommodate current/existing projects. Multi Projects Inc. has a Matrix organizational structure, but is ineffective; the employees have formed their own communication channel, and completely ignoring the proper communication structure that is already in place. Completely cutting the ‘functional managers’ out, and discussing new projects with the ‘functional employees’ themselves, over ruling the authority of the higher communications. Multi Projects Inc. taking on projects in the range from $20 000 to $1 Million, and with a project duration ranging from 1 month, to 2 years, makes it...
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...Module: Project Management: Leading, Creating, Implementing and Improving (M1) Case : Multi Projects Inc. Declaration: “We hereby declare that this assignment is entirely our own work, and that it has not previously been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. We also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced. This includes figures, table and exhibits. Where modified by us, this has also been indicated.” COMMENTS BY LECTURER/ EXAMINER ....................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................... Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 Case Study: Overview of Multi Projects Inc. 5 Organisation Structural Design 6 The Matrix Organisational Structure 6 Disadvantages of the matrix type organisation: 8 How is Multi Projects Inc effective in the management of its structure? 8 PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED 9 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS 12 Recommendations 17 In conclusion 19 Bibliography 20 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Just like the chain is strong as its weakest link, Matrix (cross functional) structure is the same. Multi project consulting firm deals with many projects at the same time for various clients and uses...
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...SUMMARY This submission identifies the various challenges portrayed in the case study. It presents an evaluation of these challenges and seeks to identify the causes which led to the challenges. Multi Projects Incorporated is a company that provides a consulting service, it relies on the acceptance of project proposals in order to generate revenue. In the case study, Multi Projects Incorporated has two projects which have been awarded to the organisation. These are at different stages in the project lifecycle. The Goodold project is presently in the Implementation Phase, while the Growin Corporation project has just been awarded to Multi Projects Incorporated and can be said to be at the Initiation Phase. The dilemma presented is that the project manager of the latter project, Jeff Armstrong, is not incumbent of a team player. This submission elaborates on the factors which appear to have caused the dilemma in the organisation, as presented in the case study. The factors include organizational strategy, organizational structure, human resources development and communication. These factors are presented as the driving force behind what appears to be a project manager who is displaying undesirable characteristics. Recommendations as to what and how change should be affected are provided in order to drive behaviours which are perceived as more favourable when considering effective project leadership. TABLE OF CONTENT Declaration ...
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...BAB111 Revised January 12, 2005 ILinc Case Study of a Start Up “It’s been a long semester,” thought Mark Bernstein. “I have spent a lot of time with Degerhan working on our business plan for our proposed new venture, Interactive Learning Corporation, but can we really make it go? Should we even try? I’ve got a good job waiting for me with a large corporation. Is the upside potential of ILinc great enough to justify taking the risk?” Mark Bernstein and Degerhan Usluel knew each other from MBA classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Outside a career fair sponsored by the school in the fall of 1993, Bernstein was sitting on a bench when Usluel approached and asked, “Do you really want to work for any of them?”, referring to the established companies at the career fair. “No, I can’t see myself working for corporate America. I’d really like to start my own business, but I’m not sure what to do,” Mark replied. “I know what you mean. I can’t see myself being a small part of a large corporation. I’ve been doing some work for Professor Jack Wilson that has made me wonder whether there might be something in our project that could be turned into a business,” explained Usluel. Thus began the prospecting. The Players Mark Bernstein Bernstein earned a BA in Economics from Union College. Articulate and hard driving, he had worked in sales and sales management for several computer related companies for over nine years before enrolling in Rensselaer’s MBA program...
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...be an 11 store operation in no time and one of the southeast’s largest independent retailers, and is still owned and operated by Gary Houser (Houser Shoes, 2007). In 2000, Houser and his daughter Beth Houser created a shared vision for another chain of stores named GB Shoe Warehouse, which is also one of the southeast's largest shoe stores. Houser has a total of 150 people employees and embraces the strategy of making stakeholders feel special and realizes that its staff that is the backbone of its existence and people have faces and names not just numbers. Social Network Building the first step to building a social network is identifying those on whom the project depends for success (Gray & Larson, 2006). And that's why employees at all the Houser Shoes stores are friendly and welcoming. Houser has a managing project reward system that assigns the leadership team the responsibility of managing the reward system that encourages stakeholder’s performance and extra efforts (Gray & Larson, 2006). The retail fashion industry is con-steadily changing, Houser wants to maintain its reputation in providing all brand names at prices up to 75% off regular department store prices(Houser Shoes, 2007). Houser’s concept is to provide quality shoes to his customers during many years of expansion. Houser has a total of 16 retail stores is located throughout Tennessee, West Virginia and the Carolinas (Houser Shoes, 2007). Houser stores are facing...
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...Technical Writing Project Cover Sheet Capstone Proposal Project Name: Upgrading ABC Inc. Internet Edge Student Name: Michael Wakefield Degree Program: Bachelor of Science IT-Security Mentor Name: Signature Block Student’s Signature Mentor’s Signature Table of Contents Capstone Proposal Summary 1 Review of Other Work 8 Rationale and Systems Analysis 16 Goals and Objectives 22 Project Deliverables 26 Project Plan and Timelines 27 References 28 Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 4 Capstone Proposal Summary Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following: In February 2013, Cisco released a study predicting that $14.4 trillion of value (net profit) will be at stake globally over the next decade, driven by connecting the unconnected –people-to-people (P2P), machine-to-people (M2P), and machine-to-machine (M2M) - via the Internet of Everything (IoE). Cisco defines the Internet of Everything as the networked connection of people, process, data, and things. The IoE creates new “capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunity for businesses, individuals, and countries” (The Internet of Everything, Cisco, Inc. 2014). With such a...
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...THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT IN MULTIPLE, CONCURRENT PROJECTS: INVESTIGATION OF ASSUMPTIONS REGRADING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR DURING PROJECT PLANNING J. C. Kago1 and P. J. Viljoen2 1 Masters in Project Management, Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 002, South Africa. 2 Formerly Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 002, South Africa. ABSTRACT CCPM has attempted to account for certain human behaviour patterns during project planning and execution which other time management techniques neglect. CCPM gives this human behaviour as a major influence on amount of contingency provided in activity duration estimates. The human behaviours however are assumptions and justification of CCPM relies heavily on these assumptions. The problem is that we do not know if the human behaviours assumed are an important influence on contingencies provided in activity duration estimates during project planning. The main objective of this research is therefore to determine, using empirical data how stakeholders in the construction industry rate the influence of human behaviour on contingency provided in activity duration estimates. Other factors that influence contingency provided have been identified and their relative importance investigated. 1.1 Introduction As competition increases, organisations survival will be determined by their ability to make...
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...APPLE INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REPORT Apple, Inc. Financial Analysis Report Ricardo Figueroa DeVry University BUSN412 Case Study Instructor David Mozinski May 27, 2013 Case Study Report Outline and Grading Guide (150 points) COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY Apple, Inc., http://www.apple.com/about/, Electronic Equipment BACKGROUND/HISTORY The company began as “Apple Computer” by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They were college dropouts. The company almost went bankrupt in 1996 even though they had a strong brand, rapid growth, and high profit late in the 1980s. Jobs then went to work and transformed “Apple Computers” into “Apple Inc.” with innovative and technologically sophisticated non-PC products in the 2000’s. By 2010, the company also viewed itself as a “mobile device company.” Apple became the fourth-largest PC vendor in the US market. Through multi-million dollar campaigns, such as successful “Think Different” ads and catch slogans, Apple promoted itself as a hip alternative to other computer brands. It also highlighted its computers as the world’s “greenest lineup of notebooks.” The goal of Apple is to differentiate its products amid intense competition in the personal computer and mobile device industry. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths | 1. Pioneer of innovative and high-tech quality products like iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Mac 2. Globally recognized brand name 3. Large segment of loyal customers of “Apple culture” 4. Strong Research and Development...
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...TITLE: INTEGRATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH: A case study of USAID SCMS Project, Nigeria. NAME: Ogbolu', B, Emeka Supply Chain Operation Department, John Snow Inc. Abuja, Nigeria ORGANIZATION: USAID Supply chain management system project, Nigeria PROBLEM OR ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED “The more integration, the better the performance of the supply chain” (Bagchi et al., 2005). SCM concept is defined as “integration of business processes” (Cooper et al., 1997). According to Lee (2000) the integration of supply chain does not only reduce costs, but it also worth full for the company, and all its shareholders. The ideal condition is that the whole process across the supply chain is designed, managed and unified as a unit. However, different peoples have different opinions, some are disagree with that integration and close cooperation with suppliers and customers is the best resolution in every case. Bask and Juga (2001) think that we have to to reevaluate the dominant vision of integrated supply chain management and propose that polarization of strategies in supply chains can lead to separation and give rise to semi-integration rather than full integration. For others intensive integration might not be in every area of SCM but it can be in some special areas such as quality management and performance measurement while in other areas it is valuable to have limited integration. Bagchi and Skjoett Larsen 2002 suggest a contingency approach to supply chain...
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...Resources Advance Tech, Inc. Liza Compound, Sto. Tomas, Batangas Subject : Solar PPA/BOT Agreement Dear Mr. Santos , We, Green Global Resources Advance Tech, Inc, with official address located at 167 Liza Compound, Brgy. 4, Sto. Tomas, Batangas, hereby make this formal offer with full corporate authority and responsibility, that we are ready, willing and able to build a solar system in your campus. It is with great pride that our 100 % Filipino owned company shall be able to provide to the Philippines the cleanest and greenest alternative source of Energy. The objective of this Letter of Intent (LOI) is to identify and obtain your concurrence that the Customer desires to acquire, and GGR desires to supply, a Photo Voltaic solar project including the scope, system size and cost. ➢ No. of KW Solar System __________ (Solar Capacity) ➢ Installed Operational value of Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (System Amount) ➢ Annual savings based on FIT is Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (Annual Savings) ➢ Lifetime profit after ROI is Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (Savings After ROI) Execution of this LOI will initiate GGR undertaking project development activities, including, but not limited to, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering documents, arrangements for financing and project management. As such, the Parties agree to: a. Coordinate and cooperate in the conduction of preliminary and final design studies for a Hybrid Solar/Generator...
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...Capstone Project Cover Sheet Capstone Project Title: ABC Inc. Firewall upgrade Report Student Name: Michael Wakefield Degree Program: BS- IT Security Mentor Name: Dave Huff Signature Block Student’s Signature Mentor’s Signature Table of Contents Capstone Summary 3 Review of Other Work 13 Rationale and Systems Analysis 19 Goals and Objectives 25 Project Deliverables 28 Project Plan and Timelines 30 Project Development…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31 Additional Deliverables………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….35 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….35 References 37 Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 38 Appendix 2: Cisco ASA 5555-X Firewall Specifications…………………………………………………………….40 Appendix 3: ABC Inc. Project Schedule…………………………………………………………………………………….44 Appendix 4: High-Availability Design Screenshots……………………………………………………………………45 Appendix 5: Screenshots of inside to outside access; outside to DMZ access; NAT rules and configurations; and performance graphs and performance results….........................................51 Capstone Report Summary Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following: ...
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...A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS SELECTION: AN ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS AND ZERO-ONE-GOAL PROGRAMMING APPROACH Salah R. Agha School of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University-Gaza, Gaza Strip, Phone: 970-599-746-533, aghasr@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study uses Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Zero-One Goal Programming(ZOGP) to select the most favorable industrial projects from the viewpoints of three stakeholders, namely, govern mental, consultants and academics. Therefore, it is the purpose of this paper to help reach a consensus among the stakeholders for selecting certain projects using weights obtained by AHP as inputs to (ZOGP) model. This is first done by identifying the projects from each individual stakeholder's viewpoint. Further, an aggregate model that simultaneously combines the viewpoints of the three stakeholders is built assuming that the three stakeholders have equal weights. Results show that the aggregate model does strike a balance not only among the conflicting criteria, but more importantly, it strikes a balance among the different stakeholders. Therefore, the aggregate model would make it easier for stakeholders to reach a consensus. Keywords: Multi Criteria Optimization; Project Prioritization; Integrated AHP-ZOGP; Multi-stakeholder. 1. Introduction Traditional methods used in project selection usually justify the projects using low level capital budgeting which works well for investments with clearly...
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...Available online at www.sciencedirect.com International Journal of Project Management 30 (2012) 608 – 620 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman The three roles of a project portfolio management office: Their impact on portfolio management execution and success Barbara Natalie Unger a,⁎, Hans Georg Gemünden a , Monique Aubry a b b Technische Universität Berlin, Chair for Technology and Innovation Management, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. H71, 10623 Berlin, Germany Université du Québec à Montréal, School of Business and Management, P.O. Box 8888 Downtown Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3P8 Received 27 July 2011; received in revised form 29 November 2011; accepted 26 January 2012 Abstract Project portfolio management offices (PPMOs) are a subset of project management offices (PMOs) that handle collections of multiple single projects and programmes, i.e. portfolios. PPMOs are centralised organisational units that cater to the demands of various stakeholders by performing specialised tasks. They are initiated by their organisation's leadership in response to increasing management challenges originating from project portfolios. Although there has been considerable research on PMOs in general, not only a clear understanding of multi-project PMOs' activity patterns set in specific contexts like project portfolio management, but also both existence and mode of multi-project PMOs' contribution to successful performance are still lacking. By quantitatively analysing PPMOs in 278 portfolios...
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...promising alternative source because it has many advantages such as abundance, pollution free and renewability. The solar photovoltaic (PV) power will play an important role in alleviating the energy crisis and reducing the environmental pollution and has a bright prospect of applications. Due to the nonlinear relationship between the current and the voltage of the photovoltaic cell, it can be observed that there is a unique maximum power point (MPP) at a particular environment, and this peak power point keeps changing with solar illumination and ambient temperature. In recent years, a large number of techniques have been proposed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT), such as the constant voltage tracking (CVT), the incremental conductance (INC) method, the perturb-and-observe (P&O or hill-climbing) method (Basso, 2008). Perturbation and Observation (P&O) method has a simple feedback structure and fewer measured parameters (Feng, 2010). It operates by periodically perturbing (i.e. incrementing or decreasing) the array terminal voltage and comparing...
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