Scale Project Case Study

Getting Valpak’s senior management engaged and committed to the effort was a significant factor in the success of the effort.

I have chosen to write about Mainscape LLC., a landscaping and snow removal business located in the greater Indianapolis area. This company has been in local and state news because of several defiant issues of business intertwining with other Federal funded companies. Thus, making state news. Mainscape LLC., is my employer’s provider of snow and landscaping needs. As then administrator of such contracts, I broke the news to my superiors. Making this easy for me to write about as my first lesson.

Another way of successfully gathering information is by building a prototype or model of the system, so that users can test or get an idea of what the finished product will be like. With this they can determine issues, problems, or inconsistency with the system. Another important part of gathering information is organizing it so that it can be understood and put to proper use. I propose categorizing the requirements into functional requirements, operational requirements, technical requirements, and transitional requirements. The functional requirements define how the user thinks the system is functioning overall, the operational requirements define what background processes need to be executed in order for the system to work optimally over a period of time, the technical requirements define what technical issues that must be addressed in order to successfully implement the system, and the transitional requirements define the processes or steps needed to implement the system smoothly and successfully. ("Mind Tools", 2012).

The initial cost of the project will be the sum of the development, project administration, implementation, and financing functions. Development cost include IT system design, process planning, and feasibility analysis. Hardware upgrades, software development, infrastructure improvements are included in the implementation costs. Administration expenditures cover other costs such as training, furniture, network infrastructure, utilities, and insurance. Kudler expects to use this system for a prolonged period of time; therefore, the cost of the life cycle will need to be calculated also. Furthermore, the benefits of worker productivity gain, expenditure decrease, and employee utilization gains will also be calculated in the economic feasibility analysis. Once the initial cost of the project is determined, feasibility can be determined on the economic level. According to article, “Implementation: The operational feasibility perspective”, operational feasibility will be achieved if the following steps are followed. Step 1, managers and employee negative perceptions of change must be addressed openly. Step 2, positive factors for change must be reinforced. Step 3, the highest stress should be dealt with first. Step 4, change must start at the top of the organization. Step 5, informal and formal lines of communication should be used. All managers and workers should be involved or represented in the design.

This determines the project’s outcome, usefulness, effectiveness, cost, and time it takes the project to be completed. This also determines the future outcome of the project and will be needed for an upgrade. The scope of the project will be determine and completed within six months. The resources constraints of completing the project will be determine by cost and time. The cost could be higher from the original cost for the completion of the project. The expected cost of the project will be $50,000. This will include paying the project team, cost of software, and hardware. The V.P. of operations of Riordan Manufacturing will approve any changes made to the project. The project team that will be working on this project will be the IT department within the company.

The objective of this project is to help train DC Construction staff with their BRIX problems by planning how to operate the new system. The company will provide 20 laptops for this training session. When DC Construction changes their BRIX system, they will also change their financial system. Currently all locations have trouble with the financial and accounting system. The sites do not have a standard system, which may have contributed to the problem. The new STIX system will allow each site to have a high of compatibility through a standardized operating system. The company will implement the new system in six months, and will be operational, company wide, by August 30 next year. A development team will come up with a project plan to

Jeff’s immediate reaction and desire of reassigning Tyler to his new project indicates that not all employees have bought in to or have a functional understanding of the organisation’s matrix

The project requirements need to be documented in detailed using SMART approach with proper use case scenarios. The revised

John presented with anxiety, volatile anger, and potential conduct issues at the age of six. The mother reported that John has witnessed multiple disruptions in the family due to parent’s addictions and divorce. John’s mother went into a recovery center and was released to a transitional housing center approximately one and a half years ago. His mother had visitation rights and John would stay with her in the housing center. Prior to being transferred to my caseload, John was diagnosed with F41.1 Generalized Anxiety Disorder with a rule out of F91.1 Childhood Onset Conduct Disorder, and was seen by a licensed clinician at another facility for approximately one year. His treatment goals previous to being transferred were to display developmentally appropriate behavior and reduce his aggression toward others. John was resistant to treatment.

Out of these factors, Supply Management, Project Tracking and Receiving are the core functionalities which are anyway required. Design and Foundation, Documentation and Request Definition are the supporting requirements which add value and enhance the quality of service or

Since R.Ryan Nelson’s conclusions (2007) are based on the persuasive research report and many typical case of IT projects that have great bad side-effects or loss, his suggestions convinced me a lot. I will following R.Ryan Nelson ‘suggestions (2007) in the following ways:

General Foods Corporation is an organization that manufactures consumer food products. The corporation is "organized along product lines in the United States," including Post, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Jell-O, and Birds Eye. Their customers are retail consumers.

Even though the price would be lowered because of the bad weather as per the tying in price and weather policy, not everyone would still want to go away. Either it needs to be explained clearly on the website that undesirable weather will not entitle any customer to a refund or to change or cancel their booking without penalty; or the policy must be clear in whatever the company decides is fair. For example, it may state that if the weather is unpleasant can change (but not cancel) the booking to another time.

Project schedules for the fire alarm SMS notifier Project will indicate the activity sequencing to be used according to the relationships between each activity and its priority. The duration of activities will be used to estimate the amount of work periods needed to complete each work stage. Distribution of resources to different work packages will be done by resource estimating. The suggested tasks, durations, and timetable must be negotiated by the project team to achieve optimal utilization of resources. Once this is achieved the stakeholders will evaluate and approve the plan and it will then be used as the baseline. Details are described in the network diagrams and Gantt Chart as followed.

ABC Technologies is a fast growing computer hardware and network re-seller in Sri Lanka. Due to the expansion in business in recent years ABC has decided to implement Sage Accpac ERP system within the organization. ERP system consultants for the project will be XYZ Solutions.