Sims Project Final Paper
Davenport University
October 18, 2010

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Schedule
Budget
Functionality
Resource allocation………………………………………………………………………………
Stakeholder satisfaction………………………………………………………………………….
First Period
Worst Period
Best Period
Last Period
Resource Allocation / Managerial Actions
What Worked Well
What Did Not Work Well
Reports
Overall Evaluation
References…………………………………………………………………………………………..

Introduction During the eight periods of the Microsoft SIM Project, our challenge was to make the most effective decisions possible for each round, resulting in superior performance for our project relative to other teams in our class. Our goal as a team was to complete our project with the highest score against the four project success criteria. The four success criteria’s are the following; schedule, budget, functionality, and stakeholder satisfaction with an additional focus on resource allocation. Schedule We participated in the Sims Project simulation for eight periods which followed Auto Supply Inc. (ASI), who is a regional automotive parts supplier, as they updated their antiquated information systems. They were trying to going from an out of date paper system to a strong Internet and e-mail system which linked departments with each other and external stakeholders such as suppliers, customers and distribution services, together effectively and quickly as possible. Their goal was to develop and install their new information system as quickly and effectively as possible with litter disruption to current work flows. In our first period we ranked as a team sixth out of seven places. We had 46% time, 36% cost, 45% functionality, 0% stakeholder and overall 24%. Our decisions were based on the following : schedule, budget, functionality, and stakeholder satisfaction
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