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Assignment Part 1: Simulation
Your Role: Senior Project Manager at Delphi Printers & Peripherals, a small electronics and computer peripheral manufacturer.
Your Task: You assemble and direct a product design team to develop a new and innovative consumer printer. Delphi has intelligence suggesting that a competitor is launching a printer with similar features and capabilities in six months, putting pressure on you and your team to develop a new printer that can compete effectively against the competitor's offering.
You will benefit from playing the simulation multiple times using different scenarios to experience various project challenges. The scenarios you can work on include:
Scenario A: Easily achievable targets, with even weighting between objectives.
Scenario B: Project has staffing crisis mid-project. Project will lose up to 3 staff members and be unable to hire for 2 weeks.
Scenario C: Competitor issues surprise announcement mid-project. Schedule target will move up and points for schedule will increase.
Scenario D: Very difficult management targets, with points weighted towards schedule compliance.
Scenario E: Very difficult management targets. With points weighted towards scope compliance.
Simulation Goals: Successful completion of the project. Success is rated on the following metrics:
- Scope
- Schedule
- Resources (cost)
- Team process (morale and stress).
Simulation Timeline: The simulation will continue until you either complete the project successfully or decide to end it prematurely.
Assignment Part 2: Written Assignment
Write a two- to three-page paper describing the scenario you completed this week, the intent of the simulation, and your lessons learned. Identify a minimum of four what-if assessments that resulted in obtaining a better score and completing the scenario with better results. Use scholarly resources to support your findings.
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