Assignment 1 Environmental Quality International in SIWA
Kenneth Lee
BUS 519
Strayer University
Dr. Clifford
1/21/2013

1. Provide a description of the project objective and scope Establishing a defined meaning of the project objective and scope at the beginning of the project is critical to ensure that parties have a clear understanding. The project objective further is defined by the scope. Scope investigation and scope solution are the two parts in defining the scope. It is doubtful that the requirements and issues will be fully known at the beginning of the project. Therefore, the scope of investigation will alleviate irrelevant data and will assist with focusing on relevant data that will affect the project. The scope of investigation allows a clearer understanding of the issues. With any project the issues and requirements should be clearly defined and understood prior to any agreed acceptable resolution is proposed. This scope of solution closely defines and will establish the design and build stages of the project. Dimensions can express the scope in terms such as business organization, functions, data, and systems. Appropriate detection of the dimensions of the project should be established, along with the components in scope and those out of scope. Mounir Neamatalla, president of Egyptian firm Environmental Quality International (EQI), who has invested in a sustainable development project in the beautiful Siwa oasis, near the Egyptian-Libyan border (Project Risk Management Casepack, 2011). EQI's objective is to draw on the old wisdom, traditional skills, and creativity of the local community and complement them with modern expertise to develop Siwa into a model of sustainable development that can serve as a source of inspiration for other communities around the world (Project Risk Management Casepack, 2011). Environmental Quality International’s plan was to create a suite of projects that capitalized on the oasis’ resources. By nurturing and polishing those aspects of Siwa that it identified as marketable, the company would target the high-end of the value chain in global tourism. Because it would rely on the undistributed nature of the oasis it would have to minimize its impact on the community. Materials and labor, wherever possible, would be local. (Project Risk Management Case Pack 2012) Practices would be sustainable with the aim of preserving the local culture, heritage and landscape. By valuing what was local, development would not come at the expense of traditional life. 2. Analyze the key stakeholders and their issues.
The project’s main stake holders can be identified as follows: 1. Regional / local level institutions, such as the Matrouh Governorate and its NCS/EEAA and Siwa Municipality and People Council staff dealing with environmental matters at all levels; 2. Local associations of private producers / investors and NGOs; 3. The Siwan community for its social, economical and cultural development; 4. The general public (inclusive of tourists) benefiting from the presence of an enhanced and ecological friendly local productive, cultural and natural environment.
(erc.undp.org)
Since its arrival in Siwa, EQI has engaged with local political decision-making and seeks stakeholder input. 3. Assess the organizational culture and its impact on risk management