...Creating a Methodology Barbara Manley Professor Dr. Greg Hart BUS 375 April 19, 2015 Creating a Methodology 1 A project management methodology is the framework created expressly for a project or client, as recorded in Kerzner (2013). The portions for each specific project are needed from the templates, forms, guidelines, and checklists of the already established framework. Corporate culture is the organizations visions, values, norms, systems, beliefs, and habits. From the case study, creating a Methodology, it was certain that the thought of losing power and control was a huge obstacle blocking the executive staff from creating a project management methodology. Facts with in corporate culture that may have led to this struggle of a PMO and a methodology were the aversion to change within the corporate structure due to the fear involved of losing power and control. However, as stated in the case study, it would be better to lose a little control verses losing your job. Kerzner (2013) stated that people will be less resistant to change if they believe change is possible and that they will benefit from that change. Also according to the text, change management processes follow a pattern of denial, exploration, resistance, and then support. They believed that a good atmosphere includes teamwork, trust, communication, cooperation; that leads to benefits that stretch from employees out to the clients. Yazici (2011), stated that “if an organization is to have a Clan or...
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...Creating a Methodology Stephanie Birth Professor George Dollar BUS 375 Project Management October 19, 2014 A project management methodology is a framework designed specifically for a project or client, as described in Kerzner (2013). The portions for each specific project are as needed from the templates, forms, guidelines, and checklists of the already established framework. Corporate culture is the organizations visions, values, norms, systems, beliefs, and habits. From the case study, Creating a Methodology, it was clear that the idea of losing power and authority was an obstacle stopping the executive staff from creating a project management methodology. Factors in corporate culture that may have led to this resistance of a PMO and a methodology were the aversion to change within the corporate structure due to the fear involved of losing power and authority. However, as stated in the case study, it would be better to lose a little authority than to lose your job. Kerzner (2013), states that people will be less resistant to change if they believe change is possible and that they will benefit from that change. Also according to Kerzner, the change management process follows a pattern of denial, resistance, exploration, resistance, and then support. He believed that a good culture included teamwork, trust communications, cooperation; thus leading to benefits that stretch from employees out to clients. Yazici (2011), states that “if an organization is inclined to have...
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...Creating a Methodology: Chad Valentine Strayer University BUS-375 Project Management Professor James E. Wise II April 21, 2015 The culture in Corporate America is highly competitive and often results driven. In most cases the success of the entire company is often credited to the executive staff and upper management. They endure both the weight of success and the weight of failure. The term “business is war” is much more a commonality than just a saying in most of the top corporations. The struggle to stay on top and maintain it is a struggle that most deal with on a daily basis. This struggle not only pertains to the threat of competitive businesses, but also the internal competition of climbing the ladder. Once you reach a certain level or position within a company, the only way to reach the next plateau is to be better than the person above you, play the politics game, or weight for them to retire or move on. Those three options aren’t always the case in every situation, but they apply to most. After reading the “Creating Methodology” case study I came to the same conclusion the CEO Mr. John Compton did which was his executive staff was hesitant due to the fact that this new process he requested to be implemented would introduce the possibility of the executive staff to lose a portion of their power or influence. There are multiple types of PM Methodologies used in project management. Just to name a few; Agile, Waterfall, Scum, NPI, RAD, Kanban. The structure...
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...Creating a Methodology July 20, 2015 Lanika Jones Project Management Dr. Christopher Hase John Compton, the president of the company could not understand why his executive team waited so long to develop an enterprise project management methodology (EPM) for their company. Being that they knew about what steps, how to go about it the start up and the time frame are was going to take to execute this plan. But first when you think about a methodology what it is? A methodology a set of methods, rules, or ideas that are important in a science or art: a particular procedure or set of procedures. When Compton’s executive team was presented with this idea of creating a methodology for his company his team was stagnant with following through because they had to go through the change process. The change process is “when the employees’ initially refuse to admit to the need of change”(Kerzner 98). When a change process come into play when a employees refuse to admit or adapt to the need of change different corporate culture factors need to be put in to play in order for the Compton’s team EPM could be successful. Being that the team had to create a methodology the two cultures that I see fit for the beginning is cooperative cultures and competitive cultures. But in order for the team to understand these cultures is that “good cultures are teamwork, trust, communication and cooperation (Kerzner 99) from all member of the staff. Cooperative culture are base upon trust and...
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...CREATING A METHODOLOGY BUS 375 Week 2 Assignment Professor Christopher Hase By: Nicole Brevard 07/11/2015 There were two contributing factor that stood out that surrounded the corporate culture that were at play that contributed to the executive staff waiting so long to develop an Enterprise Project Management Methodology. The first contributing factor was the executives were afraid of losing their power and authority they had. I believe they knew by developing a Enterprise Project Management Methodology, that only one executive would be in charge and more powerful than the other executive's. The executives new at some point they would have to do it, but what they did not understand is by not developing an Enterprise Project Management Methodology they were putting the company’s growth and competitiveness in jeopardy. The second contributing factor was the executives had no clue on were to begin with developing an Enterprise Project Management Methodology. The executives were so afraid of who was going to be in control that they really never thought it out. The executive staff recommended 12 life cycles which would have increased paper work and less time to manage the project. A consultant was called in to assist them in creating an Enterprise Project Management Methodology explaining the pros of having. My recommendation for Mr. John Compton and his executive staff is that the Project Management office should not report to the CIO. My reasoning is the...
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...Creating a Methodology Nicole Barrett Professor C. Lodge BUS 375 October 18, 2014 Creating a Methodology In the 1900s Methodology was a system to help streamline projects to eliminate redundancies and make processes more efficient. The system included project management, total quality management, concurrent engineering, and scope change control and risk management. In the twenty century, methodology has the same results; to make processes more efficient however some of the processes have changed. The twenty-century processes are supply chain management, business processes, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses (ROI) and capital budgeting. Regardless of the changes in the processes, the end result is to streamline the process, reduce paperwork and eliminate duplications. Methodology has been known to lower cost and improve customer satisfaction. Based on the case study titled “Creating a Methodology”, the executive staff had many concerns about implementing an enterprise project management methodology (EPM). The executive staff knew it was necessary to continue to compete in the request for proposal (RFP) process. In addition this was a requirement from corporate to implement a methodology. The employees of the company had a routine way of doing things and they did not like a change. This was a clear indication of a company with employees whose vision is low whose believes were based on their powers and not the goals of the organization. The company headed by the John...
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...1n the 1900s Methodology was a system to help streamline projects to eliminate redundancies and make processes more efficient. The system included project management, total quality management, concurrent engineering, scope change control and risk management. In the twenty century, methodology has the same results; to make processes more efficient however some of the processes have changed. The twenty-century processes are supply chain management, business processes, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses (ROI) and capital budgeting. Regardless of the changes in the processes, the end result is to streamline the process, reduce paperwork and eliminate duplications. Methodology has been known to lower cost and improve customer satisfaction. Based on the case study titled “Creating a Methodology”, the executive staff had many concerns about implementing an enterprise project management methodology (EPM). The executive staff knew it was necessary to continue to compete in the request for proposal (RFP) process. In addition this was a requirement from corporate to implement a methodology. The reasoning for the executive staff hesitation is that they felt such efficiencies could result in a reduction in authority and workforce. In addition to learning a new process, there were concerns of them being to strict and not allowing enough flexibility. This would change the manor of doing business and additional time would be needed to create the methodology. Although some...
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...Assignment 1: Creating a Methodology Shenita L. Gooding Strayer University BUS 375: Project Management Professor: Dr. James Wise April 22, 2015 ABSTRACT The President of the company, John Compton was angry that he could no longer bid on Requests for Proposals (RFP) because his company did not have a project management methodology. The executives had to initiate the implementation of the project management methodology or the President would do it himself. The methodology had to be completed in six months. According to Whitaker, S., (2014), “methodology is an appropriate, professional, repeatable, standardized, discoverable and documented collection of processes, tools, technique and template for managing projects.” The methodology is what you use to deliver your projects. This paper will explain the factors necessary for a program management methodology. Assignment 1: Creating a Methodology The case study, “Creating a Methodology”, started with the President John Compton expressing that he could no longer bid on Requests for Proposals (RFP). He told the executives that the lack of project management methodology they could not bid on contracts. The President gave the executives six months to come up with the methodology or he would do it himself. The factors about the corporate culture were the behaviors, the lack of planning, scheduling ad controlling work (Wiley, J., 2013, p.109). The corporate culture at play was the behaviors of the executives...
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...Business Analyst with People Management Skills, Customer Relationship Management and expertise in Software project development and management in Agile methodology • Over 5 years of experience in gathering requirements for software application development projects • Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, site visits, product related descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task & workflow analysis. • Delivering IT Solutions involving requirement analysis and management, project scope definition, implementation and testing of applications built for Windows, Mobile devices and Web in internet/intranet infrastructure • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user needs from the required system • Proficient in documenting business requirements in Agile methodology, creating Functional specifications, User Interface design, Use Case Modeling, Process flows and reviewing Test Case document • Expertise in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) management and Business to Business (B2B) integration concepts • Proficient at Scrum model & processes and Agile methodologies, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) • Posses good domain understanding and expertise in Healthcare and Retail & Personal Finance ...
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...such as, Finance, Healthcare and Banking. Effective communicator, excellent team player, quick learner and creative problem solver with fine-tuned analytical skills. Education includes: Professional Summary Business Requirements Gathering, Business Process Flow, System Analysis, Business Process Modeling and Business Analysis. Industry experience in Healthcare, Finance, Health Insurance and Banking sector. Expertise experience in writing Business requirements document, System requirements specifications, Functional requirements document, developing Use Cases, creating screen mockups, and preparing Training manuals. Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)- Feasibility Requirements Analysis, Design, Construction, Testing, Implementation, Support) and Rational Unified Process (RUP) and UML methodology Expertise in Waterfall and iterative methodologies such as Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology, and Agile. Excellent skills in writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD) and Non-Functional Specification Document, System Design Specification (SDS) Performed Gap analysis, SWOT analysis, Risk analysis, and Cost/Benefit analysis. Coordinating various technical and managerial teams at all levels. Tracing requirements throughout the development process and verifying adherence using the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM). Tracing requirements throughout the development process and verifying adherence using...
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...1. Cross-sectional studies (also known as cross-sectional analyses, transversal studies, prevalence study) form a class of research methods that involve observation of all of a population, or a representative subset, at one specific point in time. They differ from case-control studies in that they aim to provide data on the entire population under study, whereas case-control studies typically include only individuals with a specific characteristic, with a sample, often a tiny minority, of the rest of the population. Cross-sectional studies are descriptive studies (neither longitudinal nor experimental). Unlike case-control studies, they can be used to describe, not only the Odds ratio, but also absolute risks and relative risks from prevalences (sometimes called prevalence risk ratio, or PRR).[1][2] They may be used to describe some feature of the population, such as prevalence of an illness, or they may support inferences of cause and effect. Longitudinal studies differ from both in making a series of observations more than once on members of the study population over a period of time. Cross-sectional studies in medicine Cross-sectional studies involve data collected at a defined time. They are often used to assess the prevalence of acute or chronic conditions, or to answer questions about the causes of disease or the results of medical intervention. They may also be described as censuses. Cross-sectional studies may involve special data collection, including questions about...
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...Creating a Methodology Course: Project Management January 16, 2015 In John Compton’s Company, the issues that were in play which caused the lack of a Project Management methodology for years are due to the possibility that none of his executives had any knowledge or experience in project management. I also believe that fear was in play, maybe more than a few executives were afraid to let the other know that they did not have any knowledge or experience in project management and instead of coming up with a methodology, they would rather sweep it under the rug and hope that the request goes away, or maybe other executives would take the mantle and come up with a methodology on their own. Another reason which is obvious is the thought of losing power and authority to the project management office. Another reason is that most people are afraid of change, they have been operating a specific way for so long that this change is scary when you don’t know what is coming down the pike. In a survey conducted by CIO and the Project Management Institute (PMI), “the top two reasons for establishing a PMO, according to the survey: improving project success rates and implementing standard practices”. Reading the question for this assignment, it is apparent that a project management office has been establish or is in the process of being established by the senior executives and John Compton; now the task before us is to decide where the project management office (PMO) should report to....
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...Extent Client satisfaction Introduction It is a fact that a business cannot survive without customers. In the banking industry, it is hugely pertinent to keep contact with customers. This can be met by creating a basis for their needs are 100% satisfied. Creation of customer relations is extremely crucial in meeting this objective; this is because the bank will identify the needs of different customers and therefore, attending to them promptly. Contribution to the study This is an article looking at the extent of customer satisfaction of Al-Rajhi Banking and Investments Company. It is the largest Islamic financial institution in the world, also a principal investor in Saudi Arabia. It has a capital paid up of SR 22 billion, and the largest joint stock company in the Kingdom (MobileReference 23). The bank’s headquarters is located in Riyadh. It also has six other regional offices; it has 18 new branches in Malaysia, and targets to create other branches in the near future. Al- Rajhi has been investing in the banking industry for the over 65 years and has laid down different strategies to win customers. The bank’s shareholding patterns portray that Rajhi sons are the primary shareholders; it is the richest no-royal family in Saudi, and it is among the top philanthropists of the world. It has recorded a steady growth with great financial records; the table below shows its capital growth between 2002 and 2007. Year Capital in SR 2002 750 million 2003 1.5 billion 2004 2.25 billion ...
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...Research and Design Methodology Elizabeth Dressel Excelsior College Abstract The study of lifespan and development requires research to understand what makes people who they are. There are different types of research, which assist with gathering data and measuring outcomes. The three I will be describing are the longitudinal, cross sectional and sequential design. There are also different formats of collecting data such as systemic observation, self reports, the clinical method and ethnograpy, which I will explain my understanding of the similarities and differences. Keywords: longitudinal design, cross sectional design, sequential design, systemic observation, self-reports, clinical method and ethnograpy Research and Design Methodology In the longitudinal design the participants are monitored frequently for a short or long period of time and data is analyzed as the participant ages. By monitoring the participants in this way it unfolds patterns and allows the researcher to more easily see relationships over a period of time. For example our textbook used an example of behavior types and then added male and female to further see relationships. The limitation to this study is the possibility of drop out of the participants due to the length of study. The cross sectional seems to be a more convenient type of research due to the time frame. It does study different age groups but at one period of time not over a period of time as in the longitudinal...
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...Creating a Methodology Sonya Moore Professor Kimble Project Management January 18, 2015 Critical issues that were at play in this case were the executives were asked to develop a methodology for more than a year ago. The business is no longer competitive in the marketplace. Some were afraid of losing power and authority once the methodology was up and running but, obviously was not important than losing their job. The president has gave the executives six months to propose a methodology in use of all projects. Bringing in a company consultant to conduct a three hour session on benefits of project management and value of an enterprise project management methodology. First the company should determine the number of life-cycle phases. The decision was made to have no more than six. So training should be held for all the executives to implement the life-cycle phases. The second step there should be guidelines that are set in place using checklist or templates. Third the company had previous templates and checklist but, not all project managers used them. Executives would need to make sure everyone is using the updated information and following all procedures. Making a standardized set of documents was chosen. This could give the managers the choice to use specific forms, guidelines, templates and checklists that were appropriate. The fourth step develop best practices for using the EPM system. Clients could use this information during the debriefing stage. The fifth step...
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