Project Activities and Sequencing Scenario 4: Smartphones for upper management
Courtney Dennard
CPMGT/301
Dr. Jeff Atkinson
8/10/2015

In the context of project scenario four, the firm currently issues its executives with smartphones with abilities to access the internet. As one of its major undertaking, the firm seeks to expand its smartphone program to include all employees that own a mobile phone and a laptop. The company has ten senior members of the executive who are prioritized by the scheme, as well as another one-hundred employees that own a cell phone and a laptop. Notably, fifteen employees that have been signed up for the training will require the program’s expanded internet service. In case funding gets approved, this project is intended to save considerable finances in the long run.
The Scope of the Smartphone Project The scope of the Smartphone project is to establish the deadline for project, in terms of the time duration it will take to finally realize the programmed expansion across the firm (Kerzner, 2013). In the context of this project, finalization of the firm’s member upgrade should be achieved within a period of one month. The project scope also includes the information necessary for successful completion of the project. Importantly, acknowledging the cost of the intended expansion under scenario four must be considered prior to any subsequent project decision making (Heagney, 2012). Such cost analysis must include any potential system upgrades, materials, labor demands, as well as training and maintenance expenses.
Stakeholder Needs The project’s stakeholder demands will vary based on the outcome expected of each engaged party. In the Smartphone project scenario, stakeholder interests in the final outcome mainly emanate from the firm’s 100 employees enlisted for the upgrade. Other stakeholder interests arise from the firms whose