Project Case Studies Samples For Students

The blue spider project presents a scenario where no formal project management processes is in place. The project systems and procedures are poorly defined. In essence, the whole project management process is not clear and is generally characterized with project creep, existence of culture where blame is the order of the day, fighting between project managers and departments, and revitalization of leadership. It is evident that the project lacks clear communication lines as well as cost, poor utility, quality and problems of scheduling. There are communication problems between the functional departments. For instance, there is existence of communication breakdown Continue reading...

Executive summary

As the newly appointed head of the travel and hotel support operations strategic unit of this company, I have thoroughly schemed through these units activities and would like to present my suggestions on some of the changes that need to be made in the company’s operational activities. My role as the head of the operations strategic unit is to manage the product portfolio of this unit. The operations unit is responsible for providing all the services offered by this company to its various clients. I have scrutinized my area of control and have come up with a concrete Continue reading...

Internet Technology

When a project manager uses tools for accountability maintenance a project has the best chance of a successful finish. A successful project is a project that delivers the project objectives on time. Fortunately a project manager has many tools available for use on a computer in order to track all aspects of the project and to stay in control. The most important thing for a Project Manager to do is to take responsibility for the outcome of a project. This means the project manager is accountable for the success or failure of the project at every step from beginning Continue reading...

Question 1

A project is a temporary endeavor that is undertaken with a main aim of creating unique products and services at the end.

Example of a project

A high school in the Boston District would want to advance and improve its performance and student admission system starting the year 2014. Therefore the school has taken some measures so as to improve the performance of the student as compared to other schools in the district. The school has hired more teachers, equipped the library with new and interesting learning materials, and equipped the computer laboratory with more computers so as to encourage more students to Continue reading...

Challenges to IT Project Managers: Roles, Responsibilities and Staffing

An Internet Technology Project Manager (ITPM) needs to have many organizational and motivational skills. Probably the most challenging problems in a project are those that have to do with keeping the personnel on track and working towards the same goal. This means the ITPM must have a thorough understanding of what the customer expects from the end product - so that the management of people does not let the purpose of the project become blurred. Familiarity with the needs of the customer and the purpose of the product are the Continue reading...

Project Planning, Scheduling, Budgeting, and Risk Management

Technology

Issues and Conclusions from the Construction Case that also apply to IT projects

The variety of projects being implemented right now in the world is probably in the millions. Each of these projects has a unique objective and therefore has a unique way for meeting the goals of the project. Even though there are many differences there are also many similarities in projects. This essay assumes the general similarities in projects are the same whether the project is to build a high rise or to implement an Internet Technology system. During a project the responsibilities for meeting task Continue reading...

Implement lean elements on project management

Operation management is a comprehensive process of coordinating all activities in a project in order to achieve the set goal within the stipulated framework. Every operation manager designs a network schedule of the sequence of all activities, their succeeding process, slack time and the maximum time which the whole project should consume from the initial to the final stage. The goal of managing a project is to ensure that the process is time-framed, cost-effective and maximum utilization of resources. A lean operation is a production strategy that strives to improve the project schedule, carriage costs and improve the value Continue reading...

Motor Ways Company is a road construction company which is based in Kenya. The company was given the responsibility to construct roads in the rural parts of Kenya in order to open them up so as to encourage trade in the area. The main reason for opening up these rural areas was to encourage trade and also to promote rural industrialization which is in line with the Kenyan vision 2030. The industry laid down their objectives which were also in line with the objectives for opening up those areas. However, most of the fundamental objectives both from the side Continue reading...

Question 1: Discuss the implications of co-conducting a project plan from the project and department managers’ points of view.

Beijing EAPS Consulting Inc. (BEC) is a consulting company specializing in the provision of psychological support to personnel of BECs customer companies. BEC began with six staff in 2001 and has grown to 20 staff in 6 short years. The company started with two co-founders managing the company from a single office, shared between them. At the start of the venture, a definite company structure with identified departments did not exist. At the time, employees were assigned projects based on skills and company schedules.
In 2006, Beijing EAPS Consulting started setting up new departments and contracting new employees. The Continue reading...

Importance of capital budgeting process

The capital budgeting process facilitates the financial management duty of allocation of finances and decision making on investment choices. With limited amounts of capital, financial managers are required to advise on the most appropriate business investment opportunity to pursue. The capital budgeting process suffices for the identification of the best alternative for investment. Through the capital budgeting process, financial managers are able to compute the expected cash flows in various investment options. Through the discounting methods, they are able to accurately estimate the expected cash flows and settle on the most profitable Continue reading...

Public Health is defined as the art and science of preventing diseases which leads to the prolongation of life and also the promotion of health by the hard work of the society. Efficiency in the Public Health can be achieved by well timed, reliable and precise information which can be used to study the health pattern in the different populations. India has been experiencing a very high burden of the infectious diseases in the world accelerated by factors such as large population, poor sanitation, high poverty levels, and problems related with the access to preventive services and health care.
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Business Financial Problems:

Executive Summary _________________________ 3
Brief History _________________________ 5
Statement of the problem _________________________ 6
Conclusion _________________________ 15

Works Cited _________________________ 17

Executive Summary
Capital budgeting is one of the key functions that a business needs to underatake in order to establish effective and efficient ways of allocating its funds in various investments and projects. In that respect, businesses apply some basic methods of evaluating their prospective projects with IRR, Payback period and NPV forming the most widely applied methods. However, the evolving world of business is increasingly demanding a consideration of other factors beyond the conomic factor which is the key focus of Continue reading...

Tools for Evaluating the Projects

Biz Systems Consultants Ltd is a firm that is set up by experienced persons. Now they are in consideration for the projects that have investment of 17, 00,000$ and three projects are mutually exclusive. In this report we will find out the ways and tools that can help the firm in accessing the feasibility of the project. There are different methods of accessing the feasibility of projects as well as many sources of finance but we will discuss here the three major sources of finance that are best suitable for the company (Bearse, 1993).
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Other Details

Introduction
The City and County of Denver have a massive airport. The airport authorities decided to build an automated baggage system. Unfortunately the project failed to achieve its goal. We have been tasked with analysing the project, identifying the reasons for the failure, and suggesting alternative measures which may have helped in making the project a success. This exercise is conducted with a view to aiding similar projects in the future.

Background

The city of Denver built its airport in 1994 at an approximate cost of 5 million. The authorities decided to build an "Integrated Automated Baggage Handling System" (Henderson, Continue reading...

Organization chart for the implementation of the project

Note: the chart is hierarchical in a nature, it starts from the top leadership to the junior employee in the hierarchy. Due to the repetitive and overlapping nature of some tasks, the same employee may be assigned two or more tasks. This is also in recognition of the multiskilling ability of employees especially in the new industrial development.

Flow organizational chart diagram:

Project Sponsor
(Genhardt)

Project Manager Project Analysts

(Myself) (Jenkins)
↓

Human Resource Representative Finance Coordinator Purchasing Representative

(Burrici) (Barnett) (Barnett)
↓
Database Admin Bus. Analysts Q.A. Manager Testing Coordinator Systems Engineering
(Jenkins) (Myself) (Marshall) (Anderson and Guerts) (Jenkins)

The roles of each position, a basic definition and utility of the position in the implementation of the plan.

Project Sponsor
He is the overall head of the project plan implementation. The buck stops at Continue reading...

- Worksheet entry figures

Cash flow figures and adjustments:

The price used for sales estimation is the £50/MWh tariff that is guaranteed by the government. On the other hand, the megawatts used for the two projects over the 15years period include 60,000 MWh for the small wind-farm and 120,000 MWh for the large wind-farm project.

Cash flow items from the profit and loss account

Adjusted figures
- Government grant cash-flow is accounted for in year 1 since it is received in the first year although spread over the 15 years for purpose of profit and loss computation. In that respect the grant receipts for the two projects is calculated as (30, Continue reading...

Executive summary

This paper discusses about on time delivery of projects in IT organization. The issue of delay in IT projects is discussed in the start of this paper in which the issue is elaborated comprehensively. The same section includes the root-cause analysis of the issue in which several root causes have been identified and briefly discussed. The last section of the paper includes recommendations. In this section several recommendations have been elaborated to address the root causes mentioned in the previous section. Few other recommendations that may address the problem are also given in order to ensure on time delivery Continue reading...

Customer Oceanic Properties

Assignment

Ayman Al-Hussain has been assigned as a project manager for the Oceanic Properties/Palm Grove Project. Ayman Al-Hussain is responsible for supervising the project and has to make sure that it is completed in accordance with this charter. Ayman Al-Hussain is also in charge of communication within the company, therefore he has to ensure smooth information exchange between functional managers , who are involved in the project. Project execution should be conducted in a way that customer satisfaction is given the highest priority by all the Continue reading...

STEP 1: Identify a Project With Internal Motivation

- What does the project entail? Describe the steps, needed materials, who is involved, etc.
The project that I am embarking is to master the skill of public speaking. Public speaking always enamored me since I was a child but had a terrible fright of speaking in front of a group of people. I almost faint when I need to get on to a stage even when there are no people in the audience! I am aware that I have intense stage fear and words fail me when I need to speak in front of a group of people. Continue reading...

In early2003, Boeing aeronautical company announced its plan to build a ‘Super efficient’ airframe known as the 7e7, which was subsequently dubbed the ‘Dreamliner’. Michael Blair the team leader of the project announced in June 2003 that the 7e7 Boeing project was making excellent progress though amidst an unfriendly working environment. The technological superiority of the new airplane and the fact that the project had to penetrate an already rapidly growing market were the major arguments for the approval of the project. In addition, the idea of the airframe project came shortly after news of a six-month depressed airline Continue reading...

International Project Finance

Executive Summary
The project for mining in the hinterland of Peru Mountains is studied as a case in the paper. The Antamina projects as it is called is studied for numerous management aspects of Industry, Finance, Human resources and other international finance aspects. The financial aspect of project completion is an important part of overall banking regulations is determined. Also the design of workforce, stakeholder dialogue in irrefutable and complex circumstances indicates the strength of community and social impact of such projects. The investment commitment is a particular emphasis as also the promulgation of management think on how to Continue reading...

Project management techniques are increasingly becoming important in the running of organizations. Competent organizations in the global business arena have understood the benefits of project management (Pinto& Kharbanda, 1996). Some of the accrued benefits include effective use of resources, rapid or enhanced project development and improved cross-functional communication. Project management is not only a preserve of organization but also a viable method in which legal offices, hospitals and traditional manufacturing firms are using to achieve their goals. This makes project management to be an indispensable part of everyday business operations. There are problems associated with idealizing a project and Continue reading...

There are many causes which led to the challenges that were met at Aux Bons Soins. One of the challenges is lack of involvement with all the business functions of the company. This is seen in the way the first project manager does not include the other business areas to give views on the way the project should be implemented in order to include the views of all the members. This is something of concern for the whole project members. There is a need to include the project managers from the whole business because of the views of the Continue reading...

Recommendation and implementation. 5

Monitoring and control 6
Conclusion 6
Works cited.. 7
Executive summary
There were various issues that existed in the Denver International Airport (DIA) that called for the changes in the baggage handling system. The integrated baggage handling system was proposed in order to manage luggage delivery and save on time. The overall reason for the incorporation of the baggage handling system was to save the time that would be wasted in the manual baggage handling and sorting. The risks in the project include the large-scale of the project, the complexity of the system, technological challenges, technical and project uncertainties. Continue reading...

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Keystone Pipeline is a system of pipeline running from western Canadian Sedimentary basin to the various refineries in the United States. This pipeline conveys synthetic crude oil, diluted bitumen (from oil sands) and also light crude. This pipeline system is already operational with three phases of them working without a hitch and the fourth one on the design table.
The fourth phase of the pipeline is referred to as the Keystone XL (eXport Limited). This phase is awaiting clearance from the US government and Continue reading...

Annotated outline for the next steps (Stage 5)

Now that Myra has approved the proposal to develop the system that has been presented, it is time to get the project manager who will manage the entire project. There is also a need to have resources assigned that will help undertake the project. There are steps which have been outlined in the presentations but they are not detailed and guiding enough. This paper will focus on the steps that will be undertaken in the project in order to go on with the development of the project to completion.

The next step for customer relationship management system

- PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION
- Develop a computer kiosk that Continue reading...

Chapter 8, pg. 306: Stuxnet and the Changing Face of Cyberwarfare

In the past, cyber crime only dominated the domain of fiction writers. However, cyber warfare as emerged as a daunting and unique problem for every internet security expert, not only in detecting and preventing intrusions but also in tracking cyber criminals and prosecuting them. The most prominent problems include for example, American and Israel hackers used cyber warfare to interfere with the operations of Iran’s nuclear plan, by causing malfunction in one device controlling the nuclear plant. The problem will become worse for countries with advanced technologies such as the U.S., which rely on an electronic banking system Continue reading...

Appendix

Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Benefit and Cost Categories
- Forecasting Methodology and Decision Criteria
- Assumption
- Analysis
- Project Analysis (commentary and summary of base case results)
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Evaluating the project
- Risk Analysis
- Conclusion/Recommendation
Executive Summary
The cost benefit analysis is the fundamental appraisal tool under the public spending sector. The paper provides an approach by which the cost incurred in e-government project is compared against the expected benefits so that the government can be able to decide the optimum action. The cost of the project is regarded to all Continue reading...

Question One

A Statement of Work happens to be an extremely influential document that has to be constantly updated and used when it comes to the foundation a project; therefore it gets written in the project initiation stage (Taylor 7). For the reason, as the mayor of Calcutta, I have to come up with a statement of work for the Metro subway project thereby promoting efficient, as well as creative means for embarking on this project. I will have to coordinate meetings with the stakeholders so as to improve the statement of work in accordance to not only the size, but Continue reading...

1.0 Project Description
1.1 Property
The Taylor Project lease owned by Fed Resources Pty Ltd is located approximately three hundred kilometers, by road, from a suitable port facility, Port Steve (see Figure 1). Fifteen kilometers to the west is a disused railway that connects the nearby pastoral village Glendale to Port Steven. Infrastructure in the area is minimal, although Glendale is connected to grid power by a small run-down substation. Local government has offered large subsidies for services to encourage development in the area and has indicated that refurbishing and upgrading the small power plant in Glendale would be Continue reading...

Q1.

David Collins was McNeil’s Consumer Product Chairman and had a charismatic leadership personality. He never got under pressure in any situation during the crises of his product. He easily managed to avoid the blackmailer who asked him to transfer one million dollars to his account if he wanted to stop the product tempering. David Collins was chosen to handle the crises situation faced by the company due to his impressive leadership style. Collins proved that this decision of Burke to be quite right and managed to bring the company’s reputation back through meeting officials at various Continue reading...

Evaluate the implementation of the Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System.

The initial system was technologically advanced and would see Denver Airport become a world leader in baggage handling; however, the system that was implemented was mostly manual and a shadow of the original. The initial design had the aim of integrating concourse A, B and C into a single system but what was implemented could only support outbound flights on the united concourse only. The system was aimed at automating baggage handling in the entire airport but what was implemented was a small portion and system used more was a manual tug and trolley system. The Baggage handling system Continue reading...

Location of the automobile plant

The process of setting up an automobile plant is an enormous undertaking that requires careful planning and execution (Hill, 2002). The location of a manufacturing plant is one of the key factors that contribute to its success or failure. The plant will be strategically located so as to facilitate easy access to labour, raw materials, reliable transport network and subsequently reduce the cost of production. The process of choosing a location will entail carrying out all inclusive feasibility studies in order to determine the labor trends, market trends, weather trends and other factors that affect production. These studies will Continue reading...

Islamophobic Media in Case of Park51

The past decade has experienced an increased growth of disdain for Muslims in the west especially in America. It has been a period where the western people have not hesitated to voice their opinions and expressions about Islam. The growing disdain, especially in America has been due to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. However, the proposal for the construction of an Islamic center close to the site of 9/11 terrorist attack provoked anti-Muslims activists who created a notion that the proposal was a scheme by Muslims in America to conquer the hallowed Continue reading...

The project manager for the Green Computing Research Project has been selected. The project is now ready to begin. The following paper discusses the scope statement, requirement traceability matrix, and product requirements, deliverables and characteristics related to the project.
- What is the expected timeframe for project completion?
- Are the resources going to be bought in to aid the final project or are they going to be available beforehand?
- What particular areas and green technology are the sponsors willing to change/implement?
- How has the organization addressed previous changes and upgrades?
- How will the user support Continue reading...

The project management style that places more emphasis on the required resources that are needed in order to perform certain operations is known as the critical chain project management. Goldratt introduced this style. The style is different from the traditional techniques that are developed from the PERT algorithms and the critical path that places a lot of emphasis on the rigid scheduling and the task order. The critical chain style of management struggles to keep resources at the same level with the workload, but it needs that the resources should be flexible at the start of the project and Continue reading...

The process of system feasibly analysis means evaluation and scrutiny of the potentiality of a project with an extended objective of sound decision making. It aims at uncovering the strengths and weaknesses of the project. Additionally, feasibility analysis helps to identify the resources required for the implementation of the project. In our case, the project will be the installation of fire detection equipment. Therefore, how best will we conduct a feasibility analysis for this project? The section below gives a detailed discussion about this project’s feasibility analysis (Tatiana 199). We need system analysis in our project of fire Continue reading...

Introduction

Project portfolio management has become a key aspect of managing organizations and ensuring that the organizations goals and objectives are attained. It has also been used as a concept to solve most of the organizational issues. Project portfolio management is defined as the concept that deals in the selection as well as the management of a particular set of projects that enable the organization to meet its set objectives (Gliedman ,2002).. It has been noted that the particular specifics of the project portfolio management are vary from one organization to another.

In the recent years project portfolio management Continue reading...

Introduction

Disputes in the construction industry or in the process of honoring roles in a construction contract are not uncommon in many countries, a good of example which would be the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wherein the construction industry has been in a stage of boom for the past several years . Some of the world’s Mega structures and other fascinating architectural works are located in this Middle Eastern country. It is one of the largest exporters of oil and petroleum products and this country’s largest city, Dubai, is home to a range of spectacular and grand architectural works. Continue reading...

Stage 5

In the first four stages of this case study, it was established that UMUC Fitness needed to come up with an effective strategy that would take advantage of modern technology and in the process boost the company’s productivity. The proposed solution entailed the shifting of the company to a digital platform through the creation of resourceful website. The major business process targeted by this initiative was the customer support avenue. It was established that the website would create an excellent platform for communicating with the existing as well as potential customers. The incorporation of a Customer Relationship Management ( Continue reading...