...Development Group’s Winston-Salem Project Paul E. Juras The Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy Wake Forest University P.O. Box 7285 Reynolda Station Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7285 E-Mail: JURAS@WFU.EDU James F. Cotter The Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy Wake Forest University P.O. Box 7285 Reynolda Station Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7285 Restaurant Development Group Memo To: Date: Re: Registered Students March 1st 2006 Restaurant Development Group’s Winston-Salem Project From: Mr. Bobbie Filet Introduction Restaurant Development Group (RDG) is considering opening a new restaurant in conjunction with the “Winston-Salem Partnership” group that is attempting develop a center of entertainment in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. As part of the project, the company plans to renovate an existing restaurant space in the downtown area and begin operations in six months. RDG has decided to hire several teams of professionals to handle various facets of the project. One team will work closely with city and county government officials to insure the project has strong support from all relevant government agencies. Another team will be responsible for developing the marketing plan and handling media and public relations to insure the project has a positive reception within the media. Finally, the finance and accounting team has responsibility for examining the financial viability of renovating the restaurant and developing a cash flow budget to determine how much cash...
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...IT Project Management MS Project Assignment The POM+ Project Part 1 7. Based on this schedule, submit a memo that answers the following questions: a. When is the project estimated to be completed? How many working days will it take? Project is estimated to be completed by 07/13/2016 within 135 working days b. What is the critical path? 1- Need survey => Set product specs => Shelf life report => Secure fruit suppliers => Production Trials => Quality Trials => Quality Metrics => Quality Training => Prepare product Launch 2- Need survey => Set product specs => Equipment Rehab => Production Trials => Quality Trials => Quality Metrics => Quality Training => Prepare product Launch c. Which activity has the most total slack? Select distributors (50 days) d. How sensitive is this network? The project has more than one critical path (2). e. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choice. * Set products specs : it is a burst activity, 3 new activities are created after the completion of this activity : activities 5, 6 and 9 * Production Trials – It is a merged activity, it is precedent of 2 activities (7 and 9) Part 2 Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: 1. Which if any of the resources are over allocated? Marketing Staff, R&D and Legal Staff are over allocated without levering. 2. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve...
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...1.0 Project Plan Overview 1.1 Description of the Project Remington Peckinpaw Davis leadership team, eRPD oversight committee and IT department have different ideas about what should be most important to the company while fixing problems with the software. The vested groups will work towards resolving the issues with eRPD and embarking on a marketing campaign to save the company’s reputation. 1.2 Problem/Result Statement Members of the Remington Peckinpaw Davis oversight committee do not recognize the importance of contributions from each team member within the eRPD process. The power struggle led to faulty planning for the installation of the eRPD program. RPD can fix problems with the eRPD system by developing and following a baseline for the project. 1.3. Mission Justification The project relates to the mission and goals of Remington Peckinpaw Davis by establishing detailed guidelines for the solving problems with eRPD and for use with future projects. 1.4 High-Level Scope Project Objective To fix the problems with eRPD, establish both a work breakdown structure and organizational breakdown to prevent incurring the same obstacles with future projects. Deliverables • Revamping eRPD to satisfy customers • Team building exercises to strengthen the relationship amongst the three teams • Marketing campaign designed to explain how the company has resolved the software issues. Milestones: • Team Building for Technical team and eRPD oversight committee- July...
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...Mgt 201. Assignments Please submit your assignments one at a time, and space the assignments so that you have a chance to get feedback from one before you submit another. Think Pieces 1. Read the material on Myers-Briggs psychological types contained in Module. Then take the online Myers-Briggs psychological type test at the following site: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm. Once you have taken the test, press the hot button that allows you to learn more about your type. a. What is your psychological type? b. How do you think your specific type affects your behavior in the workplace? c. Write down the psychological type of someone whose type is completely opposite of yours (e.g., ESTP is the opposite of INFJ). Using Myers-Briggs concepts, describe how the relationship between the two of you could be uncomfortable. Describe also how you might be able to complement each other. You should devote about two pages (single spaced, 12 point font) to your answer. 2. Harden, Harden, & Harden is a venerable Wall Street stock brokerage firm. It has its business offices located in downtown Manhattan in the Wall Street district. Its information technology offices are located across the Hudson River in Jersey City. One of HHH’s most important corporate clients is Mammoth Capital Corporation. For years, HHH has been handling Mammoth’s financial security transactions in a semi-automated fashion. Mammoth would supply HHH with financial data generated from its financial systems formatted...
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...Executive Memo To: IT Manager, Networking Manager, Administrative Assistant From: USER, Training Project Manager Date: August 10, 2013 Re: 2-Day Training – Post Mortem Review Objective This memo details the benefits and drawbacks of a postmortem review for the training class project. All included within this memo should partake in the postmortem review meeting to discuss what the team’s hopes were during the project timeline and to discover any changes needed for future training class projects. Benefits of Postmortem Review The benefits of this review are to list the goals and outcome of the project, the actual budget versus the final costs incurred, and any stakeholder participation issues. It is also helpful to document what worked and what did not throughout the project timeline. Areas to review are morale, communications, and any cost components such as hardware, software, office space, people, time, and budget. This should also include project scope, requirements, conflict management, and deadlines. Drawbacks of Postmortem Review The drawbacks of this review is that it would be too late to correct any issues or errors that occurred during this project. Considering that the training class project was on a smaller scale, there were very few milestones to help gauge the success of the entire project. Meeting There will be a meeting the following business day after the training class ends; August 5, 2013 at 9:00am in the main conference room within the...
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...HRM 517 WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT 2 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/hrm-517-week-10-assignment-2/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM HRM 517 WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT 2 HRM 517 Week 10 Assignment 2 - MS Project and Team Leadership - Strayer Latest Imagine your human resource project of revamping the employee compensation and benefits package is starting to develop issues. The project is 6 weeks off track and your team members are becoming discouraged. A key member of the team is consistently late with deadlines and you have discovered that your budget has been depleted quicker than expected. Write a 3-4 page paper in which you: 1. Write a memo that communicates the budget situation to the rest of the team. 2. Suggest two (2) ways to improve an underperforming team member. 3. Organize a plan of action to get the project back on track. Your assignment must: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of HRM 517 Week 10 Assignment 2 in order to ace their studies. HRM...
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...Individual: Project Budget CMGT/410 January 19,2015 Jim Kupferer Individual: Project Budget MEMO: To: Branch Managers CC: From: Date: January 19, 2015 Re: Proposed Budget for Offsite Training Session This memo is to inform all concerned of the budget needed for the upcoming proposed compliance training session. I will include estimates for all hardware, software, documents, airfares, transportation, accommodations, labor, and salaries of those attending the training. The first item on the budget will be the fees for the project manager. It is estimated it will take this person five days to set up the training session. The average salary for a project manager is $96,425 per year (glassdoor, 2014). If this is broken down for just the five days needed to prepare plus the two days of the training session, the estimated cost for the project manager is approximately $2600. Some equipment will need to be rented such as, a screen and projector to show slides during the meeting sessions. The cost for these items are $99 per day (Rental Projectors.Com, 2014), The item will need to be picked up the day before the training sessions and returned the next day. This means the equipment will need to be rented for four day at a cost of $396 and the cost of someone picking up the equipment and then returning it. The average wages for a delivery person is $13.35 per hour, (MyMajors, 2014), and it will take approximately...
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...Week 10 Assignment 2: MS Project and Team Leadership Jamal Herrera June 16, 2013 Human Resources Projects- HRM 517 Instructor: Dr. Stephen Castellese 1. Write a memo that communicates the budget situation to the rest of the team. Memo To: Team Members on the Compensation / Benefits Project From: Director of Human Resources Date: 6/16/2013 Re: Budgetary concerns related to the revamp Compensation/Benefits package. While assessing the budget details of the Compensation and Benefits package project some concerns have been raised, that the budget is depleting quicker than expected. This issue is related to specific target dates that have not been met. In order to find a quick resolution to this problem, I am calling for a meeting to be held immediately in Conference Room H. This meeting will address the budget issues and how we can improve the situation. I would like to for each team member representative to analyze their place within the project and to verify if you are on schedule. This is a sound way to keep the project from over budgeting itself. It is very important that each member utilize their time wisely and focus on meeting the company goals and standards. Addressing this situation will possibly prevent the budget from going too far off course by eliminating or adjusting the amount of some items. We share the responsibility...
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...Shipsim Inc. Project Charter & SOW BUS 530: Project Management Post University Ruby Whitson-Mills |Memo | | | | | | |Shipsim Inc. | | | | | | | To: Susan Rodriguez, Robert Jones, Vincent Mirmina, Joyce Rivard, and Peter Kaminski From: Ruby Mills: Project Management Officer CC: Michael Chadukiewicz: Chief Executive Officer Date: December 30, 2011 Re: Preliminary Scope of Work for the Office Relocation Project Introduction/ Project Overview Shipsim Inc. was recently awarded a contract to provide ship simulators for one of the major cruise lines in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The main purpose of this memo is to inform the entire staff of Shipsim Inc. about the relocation from Boston to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where the company is opening...
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...| TRG International Inc. | Memo To: | Johnson, Aja CMGT/410 | From: | Tony R. Gill | cc: | Managers | Date: | June 8, 2014 | Re: | Project Budget | | | The Stampede Project The TRG International Inc. Stampede project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-ahead. This memo will address the budget needs that will be submitted for approval. There are cost estimates that will be addressed per resources for both labor and materials as it pertains to this project. The cost estimates per resources are as follows: 1. Facility procurement: The organization has acquired the use of the 914 3MSONS building to conduct the necessary training required for the compliance system training. 2. Compliance materials: New compliance policy manuals and packages will be procured and issued. 3. Training, trainers, and testing materials: The training will be conducted over a period of two days with a total of 10 hours divided between each training period. During this period the new platform will be introduced along with new technical manuals, software packages, and web application bundles. As previously stated managers will be arriving from various locations. Included in the cost estimates: 1. Transportation to and from the airport 2. Hotel accommodations (food/lodging) 3. Transportation to and from the training location offsite (rental services) Cost estimates: Resources: Travel | # of personnel:20Airline tickets...
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...OVERVIEW Physical security is primarily concerned with restricting physical access by unauthorized people (commonly interpreted as intruders) to controlled facilities, although there are other considerations and situations in which physical security measures are valuable (for example, limiting access within a facility and/or to specific assets and controls to reduce physical incidents such as fires). Security unavoidably incurs costs and, in reality, it can never be perfect or complete - in other words, security can reduce but cannot entirely eliminate risks. Given that controls are imperfect, strong physical security applies using appropriate combinations of overlapping and complementary controls. For instance, physical access controls for protected facilities are generally intended to: • deter potential intruders (e.g. warning signs and perimeter markings); • distinguish authorized from unauthorized people (e.g. using pass cards/badges and keys) • delay and ideally prevent intrusion attempts (e.g. strong walls, door locks and safes); • detect intrusions and monitor/record intruders (e.g. intruder alarms and CCTV systems); and • trigger appropriate incident responses (e.g. by security guards and police). It is up to security designers to balance security controls against risks, taking into account the costs of specifying, developing, testing, implementing, using, managing, monitoring and maintaining the controls. Physical access control is a matter of who, where, and...
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...Section 1 – E-Mail to Alex conveying project duration and critical tasks Hi Alex, Based on the task details provided, a project plan for the UltraMAX Testing Project has been created. The total duration of the project as can be seen from the project summary report is 140 days, with the project completion date as 3rd September 2010. The tasks that are on the critical path, and which should be managed very closely to ensure that there are no delays to ensure that there is no schedule slippage are : identify target consumers, recruit test subjects, screen test subjects, finalize test subjects, prepare placebo, test the subjects, input actual data into database, analyze actual data and prepare findings report. The critical tasks report for the project is attached below for your reference Section 2: Project Overview, Project Status and Resource Leveling The project in scope is the product testing and analysis for UltraMAX to determine suitability for women customers, where NutroBalance as part of its strategic goals have decided to expand the Ultra product line to include new customer segments. The scope of the project therefore entails detailed end to end activities to effectively plan, facilitate, test, analyze and then report findings using which the company can make decisions for the new product. The timeline for the project is expected to be 140 days given that this is a key strategic project that must be completed fast, with the project start date being February 22, 2010...
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...Assignment: Due Week 5 This is a two part assignment. Part 1 First, develop project selection criteria and a high level process for applying the criteria and managing the portfolio. The criteria should be consistent with the business environment for the industry, consistent with your company's overall mission/strategies, and consistent with the mission and strategies of your strategic business unit. You are proposing a process, not individual projects. The deliverable for Part 1 is a written proposal for the project selection criteria and a high level description of a proposed portfolio management process. You may also be expected to make an informal presentation of the report in class. The proposal should be in the form of a memorandum to your Vice President (your instructor) outlining your proposal. The memorandum should be no more than 10 pages, including any figures and tables. It should be double-spaced, 10 or 12 point font with one-inch margins. This is a summary for an executive, so be concise, to the point, and leave out the fluff. If you don't need 10 pages to document your proposal fully, I am sure that your Vice President will be happy with less as long as it is complete. Using appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure will be part of your grade. The actual proposal should include the following: 1. A description of the proposed portfolio process. You are explaining it to the executives. 2. The reasons it was selected (tie to...
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...TO: All Management From: Project Manager Date: 10/8/2013 Subject: SQL Server Training Project Budget It is essential that everyone on the management team understand the costs associated with the three-day training session so that a budget can be created and allocated. Some of the cost associated with this project include: Fixed Cost, Fixed Cost Accrual, Baseline, Variance, and Actual Cost. In creating a budget for the project several things must be considered such as the amount of time needed to complete the project, resource, and employee allocation. During the budget creation phase of the project we will be using Project Cost Management that will focus on the processes, procedures, and techniques to develop and manage the project budget. This will allow us to 1). Estimate costs, and focus on processes to estimate the monetary resources needed to complete the project work or activities. 2). Determine Budget by aggregating the individual cost for each of the project activities or work package components to determine the cost baseline or overall project budget. 3). Control Cost by updating the projects while monitoring the projects budget and managing any changes to the baseline plan. Once the project schedule and budget are determined, the total time and cost of each activity can be summed using a bottom-up approach to determine a target deadline and budget. The schedule and budget must, however, be reviewed and accepted by the project sponsor or client. This may require...
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...| |NutroBalance | Memo To: Alex Manager From: Martin E. Jones CC: Professor Roshonda Davis-Cheadle Date: 1/1/2011 Re: Section 1, Memo - PM587 Case Study After receiving the requirements for this project and putting a project plan together, I was able to determine that this project is set to run for 138 days, considering that we maintain our project schedule. With a commencement date of February 22, 2011, this will put us at an expected completion date of Thursday, September 1, 2011. In order to meet this date, the series of tasks that must be completed on schedule for the project to finish on schedule is as follows. If any one of these tasks on our critical path moves, the end date of the project will move as well. [pic] * Critical Tasks Report | |NutroBalance | Status Report To: Alex Manager From: Martin E. Jones CC: Professor Roshonda Davis-Cheadle Date: 2/1/2011 Re: Section 2, Status Report - PM587 Case Study With the proven success of our Ultra weight loss supplement, we at NutroBalance felt it could be a beneficial endeavor to build off that success by formulating an Ultra pill to target other segments of the work-out population. NutroBalance has decided...
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