PROF SocratesContinue to read the Woody 2000 case. (Wideman, 2015b) case, paying particular attention to Construction, Startup, and Control. Then, address the following questions in a short essay. (These are found at the end of the Case.)
1. Contracting for Engineering and Construction Services | |
a. | What were the contracting alternatives open to Woody's? Which would have been best and what would that have involved? |
b. | How should the contract(s) be organized and tendered? |
c. | How should they be administered? |
d. | Were the original Woody 2000 project requirements delivered? |
2. Communication and People Management | |
a. | Draw a project organization chart. What were the real relationships? |
b. | Should Leadbetter have been left to run the project? Would training have helped? |
c. | How should the Woody 2000 project plan be communicated and when? |
d. | What communication (coordination) would you expect to see during execution? |
3. Progress Monitoring and Control | |
a. | Would a good baseline plan have helped to make up time? |
b. | Draw a responsibility chart for effective control. |
c. | What would you have done when you saw that the project would not meets its schedule? |
d. | Project records were apparently poor. What records should have been kept and how? |
4. Cost Control | |
a. | Why was EID's first price so high? Was their position reasonable? |
b. | When did Woody's know they were in trouble with over expenditure? What was the result? |
c. | How should the project budget and expenditures be set out for cost control? |
d. | Draw a simple flow chart for processing changes? |
5. Risk Identification and Management | |
a. | How did EID handle their risks? Was this effective? What might they have done? |
b. | List Woody's actual surprises and add other possible surprises. What was, or should have been, done to prepare for and respond to them? |
c. | Were there changes? What were the impacts? |
SLP Assignment Expectations
- Don’t write in checklist form. Integrate your answers to the above questions into a well-constructed essay.
- The Case does not provide specific answers to every question. You will need to “fill in the gaps,” using your understanding of the Case, and the Background Information.
- Style and format must comply with the Writing Style Guide. ( TUI Guide, n.d.)
- This is not an English course; however, errors in spelling, grammar and style will be penalized.
- Provide citations and references. Use of APA style (Writing Guide) is encouraged, but not required.
- There is no page requirement. Write what you need to write, neither more nor less.
Wideman, M. (2015b). Project management case study: The Custom Woodworking Company – Woody 2000 project. Retrieved on 7 Feb 2015 fromhttp://www.maxwideman.com/papers/woody2000/intro.htm
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