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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| 2013 | | | [Trilogy Case] | Virtual Case File | Executive Summary The FBI Information Technology Upgrade Project (FITUP) was initiated in 2000‚ and‚ after five years of cascading problems‚ was abandoned for the Sentinel project in 2005. Estimated to cost $170M‚ VCF went over budget by approximately $330M (Nelson 2007). The project was meant to modernize the FBI’s antiquated computer system and included “a case management system‚ an evidence management system‚ and a records management
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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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1. Problems Identified 1.1 Structural Strategy 1. No proper project structure - this made the execution and management of the project very ineffective. 2. Project over budget – The project estimated cost overrun of atleast 20% 3. Poor leadership/no leadership commitment - the customer requested the Divisional GM and his team to present the status of the project. However the DGM instructed Reichart to go with any other 3 or 4 functional managers 4. No Balanced Scorecard with critical success factors
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a software project failure‚ found on the internet. Explain the project and its circumstances‚ reasoning the facts which caused it to fail. Q2: Explain the Waterfall method used in software development‚ elaborating its phases‚ advantages‚ disadvantages and addressing the given project scenario (explained below). Q3: Explain the Agile methodology used in software development‚ elaborating its phases‚ advantages‚ disadvantages‚ and the benefits of pair programming. Q4: Prepare the project schedule for
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Project Follow Through: What We Should Have Learned Cathy Watkins (1997) reviewed the largest and most expensive experimental project in education that was funded by the U.S. federal government in her book titled Project Follow Through: Case Study of Contingencies Influencing Instructional Practices of the Educational Establishment. Acknowledging key areas that have an impact on education‚ in her case study‚ Watkins (1997) thoroughly reviewed Project Follow Through in the following components: history
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Hardware Replacement Project Steve Smithers How do the five major variables of project management—scope‚ time‚ cost‚ quality‚ and risk—relate to this scenario? Time – This would be the amount of time required to complete the project. Typically it is broken down into the time required to complete the components of the project. This is then broken down into the time required to complete each task contributing to the completion of the project Cost - Cost will typically be determined by the
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preform duties that were needed by patients. Quality healthcare was not being provided by nurses. Other nurses simply preformed in a dangerous manor putting patients at risk. This was a second item which gave nursing a negative image. Florence Nightingale changed the profession of nursing. She made the nursing a more acceptable profession and was able to attract a better quality of women in to the field. Her appearance in nursing was an important event in the history of nursing. During her time the
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Case Study – The Blue Spider Project 1. Discuss the project management organization on the project. Strengths? Weaknessess? Recommendations. Parks Corporation used a matrix project management organization on the Blue Spider Project. It was a multi-disciplinary team where the members came from different functional units such as Research and Development‚ Engineering‚ Manufacturing‚ Quality Control‚ Purchasing‚ and Finance. Gary Anderson‚ the Project Manager‚ was responsible for the project but his
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lessons learnt in the Blue Spider Project Case studies. The Blue Spider Project that Gary Anderson managed for Parks Corporation was a good example of an unsuccessful project. There were many aspects that increased project risk and contributed to the problems encountered. Some of those problems could have been prevented or resolved if Gary Anderson applied proper project management methodology. In any project‚ one of the most important success factor is the project manager being able to communicate
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