KEL156 MARK JEFFERY A&D High Tech (A): Managing Projects for Success In his twelve years as a technology project manager at A&D High Tech, Chris Johnson had a strong track record of delivering projects on time and on budget. His techniques for project planning, estimating, and scheduling had become best practices at the St. Louis-based computer products company. He had just led a project team that successfully revamped the supply chain systems in less than eighteen months. He was especially
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KEL156 MARK JEFFERY A&D High Tech (A): Managing Projects for Success In his twelve years as a technology project manager at A&D High Tech, Chris Johnson had a strong track record of delivering projects on time and on budget. His techniques for project planning, estimating, and scheduling had become best practices at the St. Louis-based computer products company. He had just led a project team that successfully revamped the supply chain systems in less than eighteen months. He was especially
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| A&D High Tech | Managing Projects for Success | | | Executive Summary: Chris Johnson, an experienced technology project manager for A&D High Tech, was asked to meet with the senior managers to discuss taking over the company’s new web site project. The purpose of the project was to establish an online store to increase sales through the internet. Immediately after his transition meeting with senior management, CIO Matt Webb informed Chris that the CEO needed to know if
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The CIO of A&D High Tech, Matt Webb, needs to determine whether the proposed online store project can be completed in time for the holiday shopping season. A new project manager, Chris Johnson, has taken over the management of the project. He has all the components of the plan but he needs to integrate them and is looking to quickly come to an answer. QUESTION 1 What is the projected completion date? (Assume there are no holidays) [30] QUESTION 2 What is the total cost? How much of the
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A&D HIGH-TECH: MANAGING PROJECTS FOR SUCCESS Group 11 ² BM A Guru Govind Mishra B10019 Murali P. Pathak B10029 Pranshu Dwivedi B10037 Satish Pandita B10046 Vibhu Mangla B10059 COMPANY HISTORY ´ ´ Founder ² Ted Walter ; Year ² 1988 ; Place ² Lincoln Businesses ² « « « Computer Products Accessories Services 90% sales from mid-western states ´ ´ ´ Revenues - $400 mn in year 2000 « Predominant Sales Channel ² Retail Outlets in shopping malls and Phone Orders handled by 50%
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MARK JEFFREY A&D High Tech (A): Administración de Proyectos para Obtener el Éxito En sus doce años como gerente de proyectos de tecnología en A&D High Tech, Chris Johnson contaba con una trayectoria sólida récord para la entrega de proyectos a tiempo y de acuerdo al presupuesto. Las técnicas que utilizaba para la planeación del proyecto, el cálculo, y la programación se habían convertido en una práctica para obtener lo mejor en la compañía de productos para computación con base en St. Louis.
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Background of A&D High Tech A&D high-tech sell computer products and accessories to consumers and small businesses. Development of the company‟s online store in 2002 as the company is loosing a competitive advantage without it Chris Johnson: strong experience as project manager Key factors: Very short notice for project undertaking Choice of “build” option for the platform 1 Project and Portfolio Management Procedure for the MS project input 1) Write down the tasks
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Case #3 A&D High Tech (A): Managing Projects for Success: A Negative View 1. What is the estimated project completion date? (Assume there are no holidays and ignore the sunk cost of the planning team’s effort) The estimated project completion date is TUE 11/13/13 with duration of 127 days. After leveling and re-allocating work along the project line, the project got delayed for 3 days so that the completion day moved up to FRI 11/21/13 (total duration of 130 days). (MS Project
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http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1792 English connectors > Spanish connectors Here, you will find a verified glossary of translated phrases and words in English and Spanish. To see the list of connectors from Spanish to English, click on the link on the right. ------------------------------------------------- Español > Inglés above > sobre above all > ante todo above all > en primer término above all > sobre todo absolutely > completamente absolutely
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1. Assuming that there are no holidays other than weekends and ignoring the sunk cost of the planning team’s effort, what is the expected project completion date? The expected project completion date was Nov 19, 2003 because the project started for May 26, 2003 and the project duration was 127 days. After rearranging the tasks of the project, however, the project needed 4 less days to be achieved, so the expected project completion data would be delayed to Nov 13, 2003 with the project duration
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