Petrie Electronics

Assignment 1 - Petrie Electronics Case Study As a project manager Jim was able to subdivide the overall system into a set of components. For example he understood the importance of having representatives from the COO and marketing. Jim was also flexible to change. Although he was not expecting to have representatives for the COO and marketing to be on the team and be directly reporting to their supervisors he handled the situation well. Last but not the least he made sure that he has representatives from information technology and a manger from a store to ensure that he has the best team possible to make the project happen. Reworking is a natural part of being the project manager of an object-oriented analysis and design project and an integral part of its development process. He also understood the importance of looking into which strategies helped to make the project a success by focusing on the busiest store in Irvine as a previous iteration. Jim also showed eagerness and interest in the project by compromising with his personal preferences for the benefit of the project. By personally investing his own time he will prove to be a leader and stimulate a similar motivation from other team members. This proves that Jim possesses the qualities of a good project manager.
To further show that he is a good project manager Jim should show an understanding towards the fact that Ella is also under pressure from her supervisors to make the project a success. She may have a lot riding on the project or may have the competition looking to see where any flaws in her company lies. Jim should portray confidence in his abilities to succeed with the project. By being flexible to work with Ella’s plan but remaining firm in his other team member selections, it shows his faith in his ability to create a successful team and gives off the image that he knows what is necessary for the project to be a success. As Ella is implying that Bob seems to understand the importance of the