Using the traditional waterfall methodology

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Signatures, Inc. specializes in producing personalized products for companies such as coffee mugs and pens with company logos. The company generates over $60 million in annual sales and has more than 300 employees. The company is in the middle of a large multimillion-dollar SCM implementation and has just hired your Project Management Outsourcing firm to take over the project management efforts. On your first day, your team is told that the project is failing for the following reasons:

The project is using the traditional waterfall methodology.

The SDLC was not followed.

The developers and users decided to skip the testing phase so the project could be completed as scheduled.

The project plan was developed during the Analysis phase, but the departed project manager never updated or followed the plan.

Write a short APA formatted essay (3 pages would be appropriate) responding to these perceived project short comings. In addition, provide 5 specific steps you would take to get this faltering technology project back on track. (Make any assumptions about the project you would like about why the project is in trouble.) Be sure to explain the actions that you would take and the expected results of those individual actions. Assume this essay will be shared with both company executives and your management.

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