Project management (Scope management)
CASE 1: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/blackboard.learn.xythos.prod/5a3148150d016/5209029?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Consolidate%2520Data%2520Center_PMS.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20191106T064609Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIL7WQYDOOHAZJGWQ%2F20191106%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=51808f90ec310f90ba152d2acf30bbbda4e06c65136ab816bab686fbec123e9c
CASE 2: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/blackboard.learn.xythos.prod/5a3148150d016/5209017?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Retail_PMS.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20191106T064603Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21599&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIL7WQYDOOHAZJGWQ%2F20191106%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=fe3de0d87c42c254951e165b1e4f278d25acb0858fa87d4619faa2ba72463549
Week 1 begins with an individual assignment where you will be comparing 2 different projects. From the 9 cases presented in this week’s material, please choose 2 that are of interest to you for this first exercise to compare. NOTE: you will actually take one of these projects and use it for the Individual assignment in weeks 3 and 5.
To assist you in completing this first assignment, you will find in Week 1 Business Case and Project Initiation Documents/Templates and a Feasibility Template. It is not required to use all of these templates, but I would expect that you would utilize* at least 2 of these templates in completing the Project Valuation/Feasibility Study for the 2-project case study comparison. Remember, you are completing a business justification to indicate why you are choosing one project over another (only comparing 2 projects, not all 9). I would expect that you would provide an analysis that would include:
Why is one project more feasible then the other?
What is your preference?
Why do you feel its success rate would be greater than the other project?
Now let’s create YOUR Comparative Analysis Document keeping in mind that you are taking sections from the various templates and embedding them into your document twice (one for each of the two projects).
Start with the Feasibility Template. You should be able to complete the following sections for each project based upon the limited case information provided:
1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
2. DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
3.TECHNOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS
4.PRODUCT/SERVICE MARKETPLACE
9.Findings & Recommendations (this would be a comparative summary at the end of your document)
Now look through the other business templates and see if there are sections that you can ADD to your Comparative Analysis Document. For example, one of the documents shows Risks that each project faces and another addresses the Stakeholders that are involved and the impact of the project to the various stakeholders.
Make sure you include references, an executive summary and an appendix.
In your submission, I would expect that you would begin with an overview of the 2 project scenarios. Choose a couple of the templates provided that would be applicable to both project scenarios and complete the content. Make sure that you, at a minimum, address the following:
High Level Risk Assessment (where do you see the challenges, probability/severity of consequence (simple grid) for each project Scenario). Which project seems more “risky”?
Cost/Benefit Analysis: High Level – What are you seeing is the possible overall cost of the project and in particular the benefits. Which project seems to have greater overall benefits?
Substantiate the Feasibility and Your Choice – when leadership is looking to support a project and choose between which 2 projects, they will want to support the project with the “biggest bang for the buck”.
Justification/Rationale/Reasoning/Assumptions – This is an analysis…build your case and support it!
