Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Project Management Case Analysis PRESENTED TO Dr. Rupesh Kumar Pati Submitted BY Sudha T (EEPOM-05-029) Suman KR (EEPOM-05-032) Mithun Mukundan (EEPOM-05-010) Manickavasagam Ramasamy(EEPOM-05-008) Yeshaswini Rajendra (EPGP-03-193) About Teradyne Corporation • Teradyne was founded by Alex d’Arbeloff and Nick DeWolf, who were classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1940s. • Teradyne was the world's largest supplier
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project As Jack O’Brien, project lead of Teradyne’s Jaguar project, sat in traffic on his way to work he pondered his team’s efforts over the past eight years. Teradyne, a manufacturer of semiconductor test machines, had long been awaiting the arrival of their new full-range testing equipment. The project marked a number of firsts for Teradyne including up-front project planning, formalized tools for project tracking, and a structured development process. Despite
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Case Study #3 SUMMARY OF RELEVANT FACTS Teradyne was the world’s largest supplier of equipment for testing semiconductors, with sales of $1.8 billion (in 2004) and over 6000 employees working worldwide. Teradyne initially focused on making equipment to test transistors and other electronic components and their business involved a new breed of “industrial grade” electronic test equipment that is highly reliable however, two main problems were created within these five units. The first problem
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ASSIGNMENT 1 Case Analysis # 1 Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Stephen Byrne 10/13/2013 Prepared for Clifford White, MSTM 6034 – Project Management Brief Overview of the Situation: Teradyne Corporation is the world’s largest supplier of equipment used in semiconductor testing with 2004 net sales reaching 1.79 billion dollars (Gino & Piaano, 2006). As the semiconductor market has changed during the 1990’s through to the early 2000’s, the specific requirements for this
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GINO GARY PISANO Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien had
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project As Jack O’Brien, project lead of Teradyne’s Jaguar project, sat in traffic on his way to work he pondered his team’s efforts over the past eight years. Teradyne, a manufacturer of semiconductor test machines, had long been awaiting the arrival of their new full-range testing equipment. The project marked a number of firsts for Teradyne including up-front project planning, formalized tools for project tracking, and a structured development process. Despite
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien
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