Case Study
Read Case Study 2.4: The Widgets ‘R Us case study is a case with a problem of how the company is set up
and how the company will handle operations with its projected growth.
Answer The Following Questions:
You have been called in as a consultant to analyze the operations at WRU. Based on the readings, what would you advise Widgets ‘R Us to do in order to sustain the competitive advantage in the widget market?
What structural design changes might be undertaken to impr..
Case Study: Project Management at Dotcom.com – 65 Pages
Read Case Study 5.3: Project Management at Dotcom.com. Dotcom.com is a software engineering and systems
development consulting firm that needs some organizational improvements in the area of project management processes that will cut
cost and potentially increase the profit margin for the company.
Answer The Following Questions:
Discuss how you would begin redesigning dotcom.com’s project management processes to minimize the p..
Agile Schedule Development (Graded)As we have seen, traditional and Agile schedule developments are quite different. Agile project management was originally developed to do software development. Could a traditional process be successfully used to develop a new software program? Why or why not? Could an Agile methodology be used to build a strip mall in your home town? Why or why not? Does it require more or less resources to perform tasks in parallel?…
What that said, what, in your opinion, do ..
Risk Management Part II (Graded)
As the work of your risk management team (from the first discussion question) continues, the discussion of your team’s risk management plan outline moves on and considers the following questions:
How should the risks be prioritized?
Who should do the prioritization of the project risks?
How should project risks be monitored and controlled?
Who should develop risk responses and contingency plans?
Who should own these responses and plans?…..
Reducing Project DurationIn your own words, describe crashing, fast tracking, and scope reduction as means of schedule compression. When would each be appropriate? Which methods would you consider better first-choice methods by most project sponsors? Would any of these methods apply to Agile projects? How does Agile address schedule compression?
Let’s take a couple of scenarios. We are going to talk about the PM’s contingency budget tonight. That is the excess (10-15%) the PM has planned as a ..
Case Study: Finding the Emotional Intelligence
Read Case Study 4.2: Finding the Emotional Intelligence.
Answer The Following Questions:What are the differences between leaders and managers?Can anyone be a leader? Which would you prefer to work for: a leader or a manager? Why?Select one of the characteristics of an effective project manager and tell why it is important.Is leadership of a project different in an Agile environment than in a traditional project environment?Take the Future Ti..
Agile Project Control (Graded)In the first discussion, we looked at traditional project control. Is project control different in an Agile project? What is the role of a project manager in controlling an Agile project? What is the role of the project client, sponsor, or customer at controlling project changes?…..