Description
You have been selected to be the project manager (for a project of your choice). The project you choose here will be used again in Assignment 4 (Week 10) and you may be asked to reference this project in subsequent weekly discussions. The project that you decide to use should meet the key criteria of a project, such as (a) having a beginning and an end; (b) results in something being delivered to someone; (c) requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project; and (d) requires resources (e.g, people, materials) to complete the work. The project can be one of a personal or professional nature.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you define the scope of your chosen project. In your paper you must:
- Provide a brief summary of your chosen project.
- Describe at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives.
- Identify the key customer(s) and at least two (2) stakeholders for your project. Remember, you are delivering the project to your customer(s); however, there are others (stakeholders) who have a vested interest in your project.
- Describe at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project.
- Describe a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines.
- Estimate the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed.
- Examine your project’s greatest challenge and provide a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question.
- Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: PROJECT MANAGER
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Project Manager
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Instructor
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PROJECT MANAGER
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Summary of project
Successful invention and innovation have become a significant driver for survival,
revenue growth as well as competitive margins (Gemünden, 2015). The ability to bring creativity
ahead of the competition faster and efficiently has become increasingly critical. An effective and
efficient launch of product needs coordination and integration among multiple functional areas
that include the design of the product, procurements, planning, production as well as sales and
marketing. Furthermore, product development must be delivered through innovation and virtual
networks that collaborate and partners with the business environment to provide a quality
product that meets the customers' expectations in the market. This project shall evaluate the
project management intersection of development and launching of a new product to the potential
customers. New product development is a significant activity for McDonald Company since it
offers future business opportunities for the business entity (Kerzner and Kerzner, 2017). The
development the new product would enable the company to increase its competition levels and
rapidly change the market environment.
Three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives
The goals of...