Reference no: EM131048555 , Length: 2000 Words
Supply Chain Project Management Assessment-
Case study: ‘Blue Spider (BS) Project'
The purpose of project management is to achieve a successful project. Some of the answers are matters of opinion and you will need to study for ways to approach them. To support your answer you can take help from project management books, journals and authenticated sources.
The report will be evaluated based on the following outline:
1. Executive summary:
2. Project Appraisal: (Answer the following questions)
Project initiation:
A. Is the decision to start BS project a strategically sound decision? Is it beneficial for an executive to take too much of an interest in an R&D project? Give reasons for your opinion.
B. Should functional employees of the customer and contractor be permitted to communicate with one-another without going through the project office? Justify the selection of type of project organization form in BS project.
Risk management:
A. Should a project manager ever censor bad news and risks? Discuss- how did the BS project handle risks? What might they have done?
Stakeholder and communication management:
A. Who are the key stakeholders and briefly identify their mutual and conflicting interests or objectives in BS project.
B. Should functional employees of the customer and contractor be permitted to communicate with one-another without going through the project office? Discuss the rationale of your answer.
Plan, implementation and management:
A. Quality should be considered whenever there is a change to any component of the "triple constraint" (time, cost and scope). Did the project plan explain how the project and any changes would be controlled? Should this be part of the plan? Give reasons.
B. Was Gary qualified to be a project manager- rationale your answer?
Contract:
A. What happens when a situation of mistrust occurs between the customer and the contractor?
B. Justify the choice of Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for BS project. What other type of contract they could have chosen.
Others:
A. Complete your evaluation of project management for this project, and calculate the average rating using the following grid and justify the average score.
Excellent=5; Very good= 4; Good=3, Poor=2, very poor =1
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Initiation stage
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Planning stage
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Implementation stage
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Closeout phase
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Average
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Scope management
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Time management
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Resource management (human resource)
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Communication management
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Stakeholder management
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Risk management
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Contract and procurement management
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B. What lessons have you learnt from BS project? Give reasons for your opinion.
Attachment:- Case study - Blue Spider (BS) Project.rar
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