Description
Scenario Information
You are assuming the role of the project manager for a company called SuperPacks to provide a new backpack product with a built-in refrigeration pouch and radio module. Your customer for this project is the U.S. Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations. As the project manager for your team, you will be submitting to your manager a project management report.
Instructions
Having been recently hired by the company, you will assume the role of the assigned project manager overseeing the design, development, production, and delivery of the new product. The details below provide a summary of your company's project:
- Company type (name your company): A small defense contractor located in the United States of America
- Company size (employees): 100
- Product: Backpack with built-in refrigerated pouch and radio module
- Awarded quantity: 200 units - 100 assigned to Ground Forces / 100 assigned to Special Operations
- Program Budget: Proposed award: $1,500,000
- Customer: U.S. Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations Unit
- Award date: Current Date
- Completion date: Two years from current date
- Delivery schedule: 100 units, 12months ARO (after receipt of order). 50 units every 3 months after first delivery
- Milestone Schedule:
- First delivery:
- Second delivery:
- Last delivery:
- First milestone payment (from the customer):
- Second milestone payment:
- Final milestone payment:
- Initial program review (at the customer's site):
- Subsequent program reviews: 6 months after the initial review
Expected Result from Senior Management
- On-time delivery for the three stated product deliverables
- Desire to complete the total program under the stated budget of $1,500,000
- All milestones accomplished by due dates listed
- Supplemental contract for future additional units (backpacks)
You will be submitting to your manager, using the Final Project Report Template (template is attached) in Microsoft Word or similar, a project management report, which will include the following:
- Executive summary
- Project background/project overview
- Major activities/milestones
- Project closure synopsis
- Project metrics performance
- Project management issues
- Project closure recommendations
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DOCUMENT
Project Name:
Backpack with built-
INFORMATION
Prepared By:
in refrigerated pouch
and radio module
Project Manager:
Version
Period Covered:
Date
Author
9/15/2017
Project Management Report
2 years
Change Description
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Executive summary
As the assigned project manager to a new project that has been awarded to my company
SuperPacks, a small defense contractor located in the United States of America to provide a new
backpack product with a built-in refrigeration pouch and radio module to the customer the U.S.
Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations.
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The project has been awarded a proposed budget of $1,500,000 and was designated to be
completed two years from its commence date. The delivery schedule has been 100 units,
12months ARO, 50 units every 3 months after first delivery. Reviews will follow subsequently 6
months after the initial project review.
Project background/project overview
As a project manager at SuperPacks Company, I have been assigned to provide a new backpack
product with a built-in refrigeration pouch and radio module the U.S. Army, Ground Forces and
Special Operations. This project will take a maximum of two years for completion with a stated
budget of $1,500,000.
This project will require a team of about 70 employees to oversee its completion. These
employees will be subdivided into teams focusing of different par...
