Choosea scenario from the University of Phoenix Material: Scenarios.Define activities for a project based on the scenario you choose. You must include the following:Identify the scope of the project.Define the needs of the stakeholders.Create a WBS for the project.List necessary tools and techniques.List activities, activity attributes, and milestones for the project.Sequence the activities in a chart or diagram.Submit your chart or diagram.
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Scenarios
Scenario
1: Software update
You work for a small shipping
company and warehouse. The owners have decided to update the software used for
tracking, shipping, receiving, and inventory. Fifteen computers need to be updated.
Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Each computer
must be updated manually by one of two trained employees, both of whom must be
borrowed from other managers. The update procedure consumes 4 hours of the
updaterâs time and generates an additional 1.5 hours of computer downtime. The
work must be performed at a central loading station, away from the current
location of the computer.
Scenario
2: Training on a new process
You are on a project management
team for a medical association with three office locations. Each location has five
administrative assistants, two records specialists, two transcriptionists, one office
manager, three nurses, and three doctors. The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) recently changed the standard operating procedure
for releasing patient privacy information. All personnel must be trained in the
new policies and procedures. Training hours per position are as follows: administrative
assistants require 2 hours, records specialists require 3 hours,
transcriptionists require 1.5 hours, office managers require 5 hours, and nurses
and doctors require 1 hour. All offices reside in the same metropolitan area,
within a 30 mile radius.
Scenario
3: Create an employee incentive program
You work at a for-profit
university. Due to strict accreditation regulations and laws related to Title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for institutions offering federal
financial aid, your organization cannot offer traditional sales bonuses for
employees who enroll students. Recently there has been a decline in employee
morale. Senior management thinks that a new employee incentive program might
boost employee morale.
Scenario
4: Smartphones for upper management
Your company currently provides
all executives with Internet-enabled smartphones. To save money, your company
has decided to expand the smartphone program to all employees who currently
have a company cell phone and laptop. Ten senior managers expect to be priority
recipients of the new technology, 100 employees currently have a company laptop
and cell phone, and 15 employees have not yet been assigned company equipment.
Funding will be approved if the initiative will save money in the long-term.
Scenario
5: Adding company vehicles
You work for a major grocery chain. A
special department handles internal investigations of employee theft and fraud.
The investigators must travel to individual stores to interview suspects.
Stores may be in the same city or several hours away. To protect the identity
and personal property of the investigators, your company provides a company car
when traveling to store locations. The four investigators share one company
car. Each investigator uses the company car on average 2 days per week. Scheduling
conflicts with the company vehicle often delay interviews and interfere with
investigations. A recent performance analysis indicated that positive
resolution to an investigation diminishes with delayed interviews. The company president
is considering adding three more company cars to its fleet and changing the
policy so that each investigator is assigned his or her own vehicle.
