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Final Project - Create an essay and a PowerPoint presentation summarizing your project plan
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Red Zuma Project The ARC Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high-quality scooters. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing scooters. ARC’s president, Robin Lane, is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds of razor scooters will be featured in X-Game events. ARC is a small company and uses a strong matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower. The Project Priority Matrix for the Red Zuma Project is:
Part 1 You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter code named “Red Zuma.” Table A2.5 contains the information necessary to create a project schedule. For the purpose of this case assume the following:
The project begins January 2, 2015. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday, then Monday will be given as a day off. If December 25th falls on a Friday then Monday will not be given a day off. The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday. Page 622 Construct a network schedule for this project and prepare a memo that answers the following questions: When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take? What is the critical path for the project? Which activity has the greatest amount of slack? How sensitive is this network? Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices. Include the following printouts: A Gantt chart. A network diagram highlighting the critical path. A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity. Part 2 The following personnel have been assigned full-time to the Red Zuma project team: 4 marketing specialists 4 design engineers 4 development engineers 4 industrial engineers 4 test riders 2 purchasing agents Use the file from Part 1 and the information contained in Tables A2.6 and A2.7 to assign resources to the project schedule. TABLE A2.6 Red Zuma Project Resources TABLE A2.7 Red Zuma Resource Assignments Page 623 Part A Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: Which if any of the resources are overallocated? Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens? What is the impact of leveling within slack on the sensitivity of the network? Include a Gantt chart with the schedule table after leveling within slack.
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She realizes that this will only reduce the project duration by 12–13 days. After talking to the engineers, everyone agrees that they do not have to wait for the Detailed Product Design to be 100% completed before starting to build the prototype. The consensus is that Building the Prototype can start 30 days after the start of the Detailed Product Design. Likewise the Final Manufacturing Process can start 15 days after the start of Finalized Product Design. Dewey Martin, director of product development, is also willing to add personnel to the project. He is willing to make available at least one more Development, Design, and/or Industrial Engineer to the project as well as Marketing Specialist. Since there is an acute shortage of personnel at ARC he requests that you only use additional manpower that will help meet the deadline. Your objective is to develop a schedule which will satisfy the deadline with minimum additional resource usage. Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: What was the impact of introducing Start-to-Start lags to the schedule and budget? Which, if any additional personnel assignments, would you choose to complete the project before the January 17th deadline? Explain your choices as well as the reasons for not choosing other options. How have these changes affected the sensitivity of the network and the critical path? Include a Gantt chart with a schedule table displaying free and total slack for the new schedule. Note: Do not assign new personnel to specific tasks, simply add them to the Resource Sheet. All new personnel are available full time (100%). At first glance—this appears to be a very complicated, difficult assignment, but if you enter the information correctly, the computer is able to generate the answers with a few simple clicks. Page 625 Part 3 Top management has accepted the schedule created at the end of Part 2. 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Appendix 2: Red Zuma Project
Complete Part 1, 2, and 3
Final Project - Create an essay and a PowerPoint presentation summarizing your project plan
Use MS Excel or Open Project to create your tables and charts.
Red Zuma Project
Red Zuma Project The ARC Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high-quality scooters. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing scooters. ARC’s president, Robin Lane, is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds of razor scooters will be featured in X-Game events. ARC is a small company and uses a strong matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower. The Project Priority Matrix for the Red Zuma Project is:
Part 1 You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter code named “Red Zuma.” Table A2.5 contains the information necessary to create a project schedule. For the purpose of this case assume the following:
The project begins January 2, 2015. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday, then Monday will be given as a day off. If December 25th falls on a Friday then Monday will not be given a day off. The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday. Page 622 Construct a network schedule for this project and prepare a memo that answers the following questions: When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take? What is the critical path for the project? Which activity has the greatest amount of slack? How sensitive is this network? Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices. Include the following printouts: A Gantt chart. A network diagram highlighting the critical path. A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity. Part 2 The following personnel have been assigned full-time to the Red Zuma project team: 4 marketing specialists 4 design engineers 4 development engineers 4 industrial engineers 4 test riders 2 purchasing agents Use the file from Part 1 and the information contained in Tables A2.6 and A2.7 to assign resources to the project schedule. TABLE A2.6 Red Zuma Project Resources TABLE A2.7 Red Zuma Resource Assignments Page 623 Part A Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: Which if any of the resources are overallocated? Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens? What is the impact of leveling within slack on the sensitivity of the network? Include a Gantt chart with the schedule table after leveling within slack.
Assume that the project is resource constrained and no additional personnel are available. How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (Hint: Undo leveling performed in Part A before answering this question.) Note: No splitting of activities is allowed. How does the new duration compare with the estimated completion date generated from Part 1? What does this tell you about the impact resources can have on a schedule? Include a Gantt chart with a schedule table displaying free and total slack depicting the resource-constrained schedule. Part B Top management is not happy with the resource-constrained schedule. Robin Lane, the president, has promised retailers that ARC will begin production in time for the major trade show in Las Vegas on January 22, 2016, which means the project needs to be completed by January 17, 2016. She has authorized working the first available Saturday of each month to help the project get completed sooner. She realizes that this will only reduce the project duration by 12–13 days. After talking to the engineers, everyone agrees that they do not have to wait for the Detailed Product Design to be 100% completed before starting to build the prototype. The consensus is that Building the Prototype can start 30 days after the start of the Detailed Product Design. Likewise the Final Manufacturing Process can start 15 days after the start of Finalized Product Design. Dewey Martin, director of product development, is also willing to add personnel to the project. He is willing to make available at least one more Development, Design, and/or Industrial Engineer to the project as well as Marketing Specialist. Since there is an acute shortage of personnel at ARC he requests that you only use additional manpower that will help meet the deadline. Your objective is to develop a schedule which will satisfy the deadline with minimum additional resource usage. Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: What was the impact of introducing Start-to-Start lags to the schedule and budget? Which, if any additional personnel assignments, would you choose to complete the project before the January 17th deadline? Explain your choices as well as the reasons for not choosing other options. How have these changes affected the sensitivity of the network and the critical path? Include a Gantt chart with a schedule table displaying free and total slack for the new schedule. Note: Do not assign new personnel to specific tasks, simply add them to the Resource Sheet. All new personnel are available full time (100%). At first glance—this appears to be a very complicated, difficult assignment, but if you enter the information correctly, the computer is able to generate the answers with a few simple clicks. Page 625 Part 3 Top management has accepted the schedule created at the end of Part 2. Prepare a brief memo that addresses the following questions: How much will the project cost? What is the most expensive activity? What does the cash flow statement tell you about how costs are distributed over the life span of the project? Include a monthly cash flow for the project. Once you are confident that you have the final schedule, save the file as a baseline. Hint: Save a backup file just in case without baseline! Part 4 Part A Today’s date is July 8, 2015, the milestone date for the completion of the Prototype. You are charged with preparing a status report for top management. Table A2.8 summarizes progress on the Red Zuma project. TABLE A2.8 Red Zuma Project Update Submit a professional status report to Robin Lane that addresses the following questions: How is the project progressing in terms of cost and schedule? What activities have gone well? What activities have not gone well? How much of the project has been accomplished (PCIB)? 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She is willing to spend $50,000 from Management Reserves to expedite shipping if necessary. $25,000 would reduce the shipping of components by 5 days and/or $25,000 would reduce the shipping of manufacturing parts by 5 days (Hint: Adjust lag). Prepare a memo to Robin that addresses the following questions: What is the impact of the revised estimates for Finalized Product Design and Install Production Equipment on the project schedule and cost? Would you recommend authorizing the expenditure of $50,000? Explain. What, if any other recommendations, would you make so that the project can achieve Robin’s deadline? Justify your recommendations. Include a Tracking Gantt chart with variance schedule that depicts your final recommendations and revised schedule. Hint: After adjusting the Installation of Production Equipment and Finalized Product Design, level outside of slack to eliminate any resource over allocation problems.
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Week 8 Final Project – Strategic Assessment Project (PowerPoint presentation plus References page)
Goal: Develop and present via PowerPoint a strategic plan for your organization, integrating various concepts, components and processes presented throughout this course. Submit the presentation (ppt or pptx) along with a References page (.doc) that verifies sources used.
Introduction: Managers who want to improve the effectiveness of the future outcomes of their organization employ strategic planning. In a 20-25-slide PowerPoint presentation, present a strategic plan for your organization, accompanied by a References-only page as a Word.doc that contains the minimum 10 sources used in the development of the presentation. Your presentation may be a re-developed plan based on the plan your organization already uses. If you are in the military, you may elect to choose a company where you previously worked or select a company. In any case, you will need to begin by providing a brief history of the company, and then delve into the process detailed more fully below. Accompany your writing with a minimum five scholarly journal articles that support the assertions made in your strategic plan. You will also need to use at least five other sources—books, magazines, websites, and even interviews—to augment your data support for the presentation.
Your strategic plan should address [Suggested number of PPT slides in brackets]:
The Name of the Company/Firm [1 PPT slide]
Brief History of the Company (or Organization), its Mission and Vision [2-3 PPT slides]
Organizational Analysis [5-6 PPT slides] : This section will present your identification of the firm's strengths and weaknesses, which emanate from your value chain and functional analyses. There is a maximum of five strengths and five weaknesses and your presentation of them should be prioritized. Exhibits are effective tools to provide strong support for each strength and weakness. Please be as specific as possible and quantify your analysis where appropriate. This section will provide the first part of the foundation for your identification of strategic issues and related recommendations through your analysis of the organization's core competencies, competitive advantages and organizational weaknesses.
Environmental Analysis [5-6 PPT slides]: This section will present your identification of the major external threats and opportunities currently facing the organization. These will be generated from your analysis of the industry and general environmental factors in light of the organization's strengths and weaknesses. A maximum of five threats and five opportunities should be identified and should be presented in a prioritized order. Use power point exhibits to support your analysis, be specific and quantify your analysis where possible. This section will provide the second part of the foundation for your identification of a strategic issue and the formulation of related recommendations through your analysis of driving forces, key success factors and industry attractiveness.
Strategic Issues And Recommendations [6-7 PPT slides]: Identify (with support) the most important strategic issue facing your organization. It is extremely important that you clearly integrate the strategic issue with your analysis to the organization's SWOT. There may be interrelationships between particular weaknesses and threats or missed opportunities, which should be recognized. It may be possible that 2 different weaknesses, 1 threat and 1 opportunity could be combined, due to their relatedness, to form one strategic issue. Similarly, your recommendations should attempt to capitalize and build upon strengths, competitive advantages and opportunities that you identified. The point is to clearly ground your issue and recommendations with the internal and external analyses so that the presentation is clear.
Conclusion/Summary [1-2 PPT slides]
PowerPoint Suggestions:
The slides need to be detailed, ready for presentation, and professional in appearance. View the example in the attachment provided (below). Note how the citations are placed directly on the slides. Be sure to provide a separate references page that links to the citations on the PowerPoint. An example of how a references page should look is not provided, since you already should be able to construct that document as you would any other references page in APA.
The scholarship required for this project must be cited on the slides, i.e., 10 overall sources minimum, as specified in the Introduction above.
The PowerPoint rubric will be used instead of the Writing Rubric for all PPTs.
Upload your PPT and references (.doc) in the Assignment section, just as you would any other assignment.
NOTE about the use of pictures—the website upload limit per PPT is 25MB.
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