PART 1
This summative assessment has two parts. Part 1 is to be completed in Week 1, and Part 2 is to be completed in Week 2. You will submit both Part 1 and Part 2 of the assessment in Week 2.
Read the following scenario and address the steps that follow in 525 to 700 words.
Innovative Automotive is an automobile accessories company that has been in business for 15 years. The company’s director of research and development (R&D) has been asked by the president to develop a new product: an after-market accessory that attaches to any windshield wiper and helps solve the problem of removing bugs from the front windshield.
This product needs to be developed, tested, patented (or patent-filed), and brought to market in 12 months. The R&D director, who has an industrial engineering background and a track record of successfully leading projects of this nature, has assigned you as an in-house project manager (PM) to this project. As the project manager:
List the 3 primary characteristics of this product development project that qualify it to be considered a project.
Describe a project initiation force that caused this project to be initiated.
Explain why you chose the specific type of project.
Summarize the project life cycle that will likely follow this project.
Describe the selection method that has been used to initiate the project.
Identify 2 to 3 of the constraints that the PM will be required to manage.
Identify at least 5 stakeholders you imagine will be key to the success of this project.
Determine the best project structure for this project.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
This summative assessment has two parts. Part 1 is to be completed in Week 1, and Part 2 is to be completed in Week 2. You will submit both Part 1 and Part 2 of the assessment in Week 2.
Read the following scenario and address the steps that follow in 525 to 700 words.
Innovative Automotive is an automobile accessories company that has been in business for 15 years. The company’s director of research and development (R&D) has been asked by the president to develop a new product: an after-market accessory that attaches to any windshield wiper and helps solve the problem of removing bugs from the front windshield.
This product needs to be developed, tested, patented (or patent-filed), and brought to market in 12 months. The R&D director, who has an industrial engineering background and a track record of successfully leading projects of this nature, has assigned you as an in-house project manager (PM) to this project. As the project manager:
List the 3 primary characteristics of this product development project that qualify it to be considered a project.
Describe a project initiation force that caused this project to be initiated.
Explain why you chose the specific type of project.
Summarize the project life cycle that will likely follow this project.
Describe the selection method that has been used to initiate the project.
Identify 2 to 3 of the constraints that the PM will be required to manage.
Identify at least 5 stakeholders you imagine will be key to the success of this project.
Determine the best project structure for this project.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Part 2
As an independent project manager, you have just been hired by the president of a privately-owned insurance company that has 200 employees and has been in the family for three generations. The current leadership of the company has grown up in the business, has little background in project management, and is largely absentee.
The project you have been hired to turn around is one that was started 18 months ago and was managed by the then-director of customer service, who, after 20 years, has left for another opportunity. This project, like other projects at the company, is floundering. It is already six months behind schedule and over budget, and it lacks commitment from the four other functional groups who are key stakeholders: sales, accounting, IT, and order processing. The project you are charged with getting back on track and completing is for a new customer service system that is projected to create efficiencies, automate call center functions, and increase the quality of customer service.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words.
Assess two reasons why the previous manager may not have been the right person to run this project. The previous manager was the director of customer service who knew her department well, but she had no project management experience.
Determine the type of power you will likely have as an independent PM leading this project and requiring input and fractional resources from various other departments.
Identify the key person in the company who must actively and fully support you and the project for the project to succeed.
Describe the leadership style you will choose to practice as project manager.
Summarize the steps you will take to reform the team and name the type of team culture (using the Human Synergistics Circumplex) you will try to develop.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Combine Part 1 and Part 2.
Submit your assignment.
Resources
Center for Writing Excellence
Reference and Citation Generator
Grammar AssistanceAs an independent project manager, you have just been hired by the president of a privately-owned insurance company that has 200 employees and has been in the family for three generations. The current leadership of the company has grown up in the business, has little background in project management, and is largely absentee.
The project you have been hired to turn around is one that was started 18 months ago and was managed by the then-director of customer service, who, after 20 years, has left for another opportunity. This project, like other projects at the company, is floundering. It is already six months behind schedule and over budget, and it lacks commitment from the four other functional groups who are key stakeholders: sales, accounting, IT, and order processing. The project you are charged with getting back on track and completing is for a new customer service system that is projected to create efficiencies, automate call center functions, and increase the quality of customer service.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words.
Assess two reasons why the previous manager may not have been the right person to run this project. The previous manager was the director of customer service who knew her department well, but she had no project management experience.
Determine the type of power you will likely have as an independent PM leading this project and requiring input and fractional resources from various other departments.
Identify the key person in the company who must actively and fully support you and the project for the project to succeed.
Describe the leadership style you will choose to practice as project manager.
Summarize the steps you will take to reform the team and name the type of team culture (using the Human Synergistics Circumplex) you will try to develop.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Combine Part 1 and Part 2.
Submit your assignment.
Resources
Center for Writing Excellence
Reference and Citation Generator
Grammar AssistanceAs an independent project manager, you have just been hired by the president of a privately-owned insurance company that has 200 employees and has been in the family for three generations. The current leadership of the company has grown up in the business, has little background in project management, and is largely absentee.
The project you have been hired to turn around is one that was started 18 months ago and was managed by the then-director of customer service, who, after 20 years, has left for another opportunity. This project, like other projects at the company, is floundering. It is already six months behind schedule and over budget, and it lacks commitment from the four other functional groups who are key stakeholders: sales, accounting, IT, and order processing. The project you are charged with getting back on track and completing is for a new customer service system that is projected to create efficiencies, automate call center functions, and increase the quality of customer service.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words.
Assess two reasons why the previous manager may not have been the right person to run this project. The previous manager was the director of customer service who knew her department well, but she had no project management experience.
Determine the type of power you will likely have as an independent PM leading this project and requiring input and fractional resources from various other departments.
Identify the key person in the company who must actively and fully support you and the project for the project to succeed.
Describe the leadership style you will choose to practice as project manager.
Summarize the steps you will take to reform the team and name the type of team culture (using the Human Synergistics Circumplex) you will try to develop.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Combine Part 1 and Part 2.
Submit your assignment.
Resources
Center for Writing Excellence
Reference and Citation Generator
Grammar AssistanceAs an independent project manager, you have just been hired by the president of a privately-owned insurance company that has 200 employees and has been in the family for three generations. The current leadership of the company has grown up in the business, has little background in project management, and is largely absentee.
The project you have been hired to turn around is one that was started 18 months ago and was managed by the then-director of customer service, who, after 20 years, has left for another opportunity. This project, like other projects at the company, is floundering. It is already six months behind schedule and over budget, and it lacks commitment from the four other functional groups who are key stakeholders: sales, accounting, IT, and order processing. The project you are charged with getting back on track and completing is for a new customer service system that is projected to create efficiencies, automate call center functions, and increase the quality of customer service.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words.
Assess two reasons why the previous manager may not have been the right person to run this project. The previous manager was the director of customer service who knew her department well, but she had no project management experience.
Determine the type of power you will likely have as an independent PM leading this project and requiring input and fractional resources from various other departments.
Identify the key person in the company who must actively and fully support you and the project for the project to succeed.
Describe the leadership style you will choose to practice as project manager.
Summarize the steps you will take to reform the team and name the type of team culture (using the Human Synergistics Circumplex) you will try to develop.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Combine Part 1 and Part 2.
Submit your assignment.
Resources
Center for Writing Excellence
Reference and Citation Generator
Grammar Assistance