functional team Eric Robertson suggested following planning components « « « « « « « « Define the business requirements Define the process flows Create the technical architecture requirements Build a simple prototype of the system Create WBS (Work breakdown structure) of project Estimate the effort for
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to implement four different programs to raise money. First, we will have a capital campaign designed to solicit monetary donations. Second, we will organize a soccer tournament open to employees, along with their friends and family. Third, we will work with a food catalog company such as Charles Chips and pass out catalogs with items that can be ordered. (A percentage of catalog sales come back to us.) Lastly, we will organize a phone bank for several days and have employees make calls to solicit
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areas within this company that really stands out and have contributed to the trophy project’s failures. The conflicting organizational structure, the lack of senior management support, and the project manager all contributed to the failure of the trophy project. Organizational structure problem: The company appears to be operating as a matrix organizational structure with a project manager assigned to this specific project. However, there is a lack of support amongst the project manager, the functional
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Limits and exclusions 6. Review with customer 2. Step two: Establishing project priorities 3. Step three: Creating the work breakdown structure A. Major groupings found in a WBS B. WBS development 4. Step four: Integrating the WBS with the organization 5. Step five: Coding the WBS for the information system 6. Project rollup 7. Process breakdown structure 8. Responsibility matrices 9. Summary 10. Key terms 11. Review questions 12. Exercises 13. Case: Manchester United Soccer
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CASE 4.1 Manchester United Soccer Club Nicolette Larson was loading the dishwasher with her husband, Kevin, and telling him about the first meeting of the Manchester United Tournament Organizing Committee. Nicolette, a self-confessed "soccer mom," had been elected tournament director and was responsible for organizing the club's first summer tournament. Manchester United Soccer Club (MUSC) located in Manchester, New Hampshire, was formed in 1992 as a way of bringing recreational players to a
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WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS) Remote Control Rotary Mower YVONNE MILES 06-166 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 627-6 NOVEMBER 15, 2015 INTRODUCTION The WBS is a view into the project which shows what work the project encompasses. It is a tool which helps to easily communicate the work and processes involved to execute the project. The Project Manager and project team use the WBS to develop the project schedule, resource requirements and costs. There are many ways you can present the
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budget and under schedule. Due to his lack of experience as project manager, it seemed that he was not respected among the functional managers. They were taking advantage of his position to charge direct labor time and also taking the advantage to work on their own pet projects. When he complained he was not taken seriously. A major issue plaguing this project is the a lack of planning resulted in schedules slipping and excess expenditures. There was absence of the organization of resources and
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------------------------------------------------- Date: 11/03/2012 Following our meeting on above subject and your directive for me to organize the product development process for the project I have employed a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) will be used to organize the work elements of the project. Overview of the Work Breakdown Structure The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the tool for breaking down a project into its component parts. It identifies all the tasks in a project that are the foundation for all subsequent planning. The
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schedule. For example, during the process of dividing the project into manageable tasks by creating the project’s work breakdown structure, it may be ideal for Jim to assign Carmen on tasks that do not pose a strict deadline, given her busy schedule. Chapter 4 1. Look over the scope statement (PE Figure 4-1). If you were an employee at Petrie’s Electronics, would you want to work on this project? Why or why not? After reviewing Petrie’s Electronics ‘No Customer
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the organization’s long-term strategy for the next ten years at the upcoming Keystone Conference. The conference is scheduled to take place 21 months from now in Charlottesville, NC. This paper documents the project scope, the preliminary Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and the recommended communication plan. DU Keystone Conference: Initial Planning Elements of Scope Project Objective The objective for this project is to stage the Keystone Conference in Charlottesville, NC in 21 months
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