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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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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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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Introduction 32 3. CASE ANALYSIS 32 3.1 Organisational Structure and Culture 32 3.2 Project Selection and Technology Issues 7 3.3 Risk Attributed to the Project 7 3.4 Issues with Project Plan‚Concept and Schedule 7 3.5 Issues with Team Cohesion 7 3.6 Salaries Scales not Aligned . 3.7 Project Contraints . 3.8 Critical Success Factors……………………………..................................................... 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 8 4.1 Solutions to the organisational Culture 1213 4.2 Solutions to Project selection
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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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SUMMARY Accounting Software Installation Project started four months ago and is managed by Karin Chung. Karin thought she had everything planned before the project started. Each company division had trained and informed task force members and six the contractors involved in the project contributed to the work breakdown structure‚ cost‚ timeframes and specifications of the project. Karin got all the important role players together at the beginning of the project and conducted a one day partnering workshop
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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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PMI® Case Study SAUDI ARAMCO HARADH GAS PROJECT: 2004 PMI Project of the Year Saudi Arabia’s growing economy needs energy to supply the domestic industry and the kingdom’s national electric power generating plants. While oil is abundant‚ greater utilization of Saudi Arabia’s natural gas resources for these domestic uses would release oil for export. Background In 2000‚ Saudi Arabia’s total gas sales totaled 3.9 billion standard cubic feet per day (SCFD)‚ but were forecast to grow to 8
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Morlote-Leon Observational Case Study Project Carlos Albizu University Abstract After an extended period watching and observing Adrian‚ the bystander is able to see where Adrian is developmentally. He is growing physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally as a child his age‚ four years old‚ should be maturing according to many theorists. While he has not mastered all the required steps for his age group he is achieving more and more of them each day. The following case study will discuss where Adrian
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