Appendix C Additional Running Cases INTRODUCTION These cases are provided here on the companion Web site as additions to the four running cases in Appendix C of the text. Each running case includes five partsinitiating‚ planning‚ executing‚ controlling‚ and closingwith scenario-based information and several tasks to complete under each part. Several of the tasks involve using templates provided in Appendix D and on this companion Web site. Table D-1 on page 595 of the text summarizes the templates
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Louis Jones Case Study Kerzner Office Equipment This case provides an opportunity to explore some of the issues surrounding the startup of a project and formation of a team. Read the case study found on page 409 in your textbook. You should then answer the four below questions thoroughly utilizing the concepts found in your text book. 1. Critique Brigg’s management of the first meeting. What‚ if anything‚ should she have done differently? Given the time constraint and late start‚ Briggs probably
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Changing the Face at the Busiest Airport in the World through Project Management Refurbishing Heathrow Airport Terminal 1‚ On Time‚ On Budget‚ With No Disruptions to Travelling Public Background: Dated and In Need of a Revamp‚ But It has to be Business as Usual... BAA Airports Ltd. was tasked with the refurbishment of Terminal 1‚ a 40-year-old building within Heathrow Airport‚ the busiest international airport in the world‚ whilst constantly keeping the terminal open to the 20 million annual travellers
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Project Management plays an important and strategic role for many companies to innovate and sustain the challenges in today’s economic demands and for their long term growth. Upper management need to recognize the importance of project management and its fundamentals to better engage the employees for mutual benefits. Project management is not limited to a particular industry‚ such as engineering or construction‚ it is indeed relevant to many other industries too. One aspect of project management
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Case Study II-2 The Challenges of Local System Design for Multinationals: The MaxFli Sales Force Automation System at BAT Overview (Class Discussion Case) Large multinational corporations are designed to leverage economic efficiencies in economy of scale and economy of scope across geographic regions. These efficiencies are challenged when local market tastes‚ business processes‚ or regulations render a one-size-fits-all solution suboptimal. In contrast‚ locally-tailored solutions may fail
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Project Management Roadmap Student Name University Affiliation Project Management Roadmap The role of human resource managers includes the management of employees within an organization. The management approach adopted by the management determine the level of effectiveness of the entire process. The problem is that some of the approaches are inherently flawed in relation to effectiveness‚ partly because of time wastage. Gladwell Grocery Stores exudes time wastage by the human resource because of
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Case Study 5 Suppose you now wanted to calculate duration estimates for these activities. How would you make use of the following approaches? Are some more useful than others? a. Expert opinion – Joe has years of administrative experience. This experience may have beneficial factors to assist in the management of this project. But because Joe has never actually managed a project before‚ he may need to look to fellow colleagues for assistance from time to time who have the experience. One person
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Case Study 3 It was agreed upon by a board of top engineers that the basic design was sound and the suspension bridge had been constructed competently. The project’s original plan and scope management may have been an appropriate one if it was for a shorter bridge. Since this bridge was so long The planners started taking unknown and unnecessary risks when they determined the width of the bridge would be single lane versus double and when they changed the girders from round to flat‚ preventing
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refurbishing project? What could the possible causes be? Mid-India Construction Company (MICC) granted a refurbishing project at Director of National Institute of Management (NIM). The project should finish 8 months after contract award (Contract award: 17/11/12 Planned date for end of project: 27/06/13) before new academic term starts (01/07/13). MICC kicked off the project with one week delay on 24/11/12. One month after project commencement slow progress stresses both MICC and NIM project managers
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ENGAGEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS BY IKECHUKWU‚ ONYEJEKWE 2017 TABLE OF CONTENT PAGES 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Critical Evaluation of Selected Article 3 2.1 Project Accomplishment 3 3.0 Stakeholders Found in the Construction Sector 4 3.1 Classes of Stakeholders 4 3.2 Stakeholder Influence in Project Construction 45 4.0 Summary 5 References. 5-6 1.0 Introduction Stakeholders in project management are defined as
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