Week 6 Quality Improvement
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ExampleandTemplatetofollow.pptxInternal and External Environmental Evaluation Presentation
Intro
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external and internal environmental factors
external and internal environmental factors cont’d
gap analysis
gap analysis cont’d
methods to address gaps
Embrace tools for Wal-Mart to connect to its customers
Build Project Management Skills
Develop a Solution Delivery Methodology framework for use of tools
The following pages address the methods to any gaps that affect the quality of the project’s process.
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Goals of the improvement plan
The goals of the improvement plan are to introduce sales growth through refined store models
Introduce Information Technology solutions to introduce a state-of-the art shopping experience for its brick-and-mortar remodeled stores.
Embrace tools that connect Wal-Mart to its customers to save them both time and money
Produce the incentive by providing more than 10,000 jobs in the U.S.
Goals of the Improvement Plan
The goal for Wal-Mart for to address its potential for gaps within its project remodeling success is to bring strategies to the forefront for supplying the right objectives for its e-commerce growth. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S. President, Greg Foran has his concerns behind the gaps creating a blurry vision predicting future success between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping.
While the Physical transformation behind the remodeling success provides improvement toward the shopping experience for customers, this also gives and advantage for enhancing e-commerce sales as well (Howland, 2017).
Stores are the key to e-commerce success. They serve as logistic fulfillment hubs by associated sales deals with in-person sales. This helps support e-commerce as research was discovered where locations having closed physical locations, contributed to the decline of online sales as well. Closing a physical location reduced the retailer’s presence in that specific market area, which noted that online sales decreases played a significant part in the zip code surrounding the shuttered store.
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Organizational responsibilities for the project
Build Skills
Deliver key Enablers
Make PM Systemic
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Organizational Responsibilities for the Project
Organizational core competence in project and program management is an environment that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Strives to excel at. With the drive to incorporate a work force that dedicates the projects and programs for Managers, work hires, and workers worldwide to become skilled project managers, everyone involved with the project delivers supportive success for project core competence.
All employees associated with the project are required to understand how their roles affect the delivery of engaging success, especially while working on project programs that take place in-store with customers shopping. Understanding how each of these roles play significant responsibilities requires involvement from, financial, human resource, and management systems to support project management responsibilities (Kerzner, 2014).
The roadmap toward achieving project management competency reaches from individuals professionalism in project management ensuring effectiveness and acceptance.
The responsibilities connect to the actions displayed below for achieving organizational competence in project management (Kerzner, 2014):
Work is organized along project lines and efforts and initiatives are driven by cross-functional teams focusing on specific goals in defined timeframes
Projects are consistently funded, staffed and managed in all units
All stakeholders and individuals in the project understand their role in planning, carrying out, and evaluating individuals and multiple projects
Timely, accurate, quantitative methods are presented for monitoring progress, predicting results, and evaluating risk. Systems are in place to support the techniques and results are continually improved
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Project management tools framework
Solution Delivery Methodology
Project Setup and Initiation
Solution Architecture and Design
Solution Requirements Definition
Project Management Tools
As much as Wal-Mart strives for excellence in all of its work practices and customer satisfaction, it is also critical for the retail giant to identify what it does to also perform well. Organizations in general also strive to achieve its excellence in improvement also, some by including specific technologies that place those organizations inside the scope of certain industries. With Wal-Mart’s focus on the information technology aspect and market demographic in regard to its remodeling influence, the need to deploy business solution tools is essential for Wal-Mart’s journey to its desired success.
Solution Delivery Methodology
Wal-Mart’s effort to deliver solution implementation for all of its strategic initiatives rely on fundamental proven systems engineering principles that help formalize an approach for rapid development. A strategic solution deployment methodology focuses on ensuring the solutions implemented are aligned to the business needs of Wal-Mart and its connection to the consumer’s needs.
The Solution Delivery Methodology consists of some of the following (Kerzner, 2014):
Project Setup and Initiation – Creating and receiving approval of the project management plan, and schedule, conducting a risk assessment and validation of project scope and prerequisites.
Solution Architecture and Design – Key design decisions about the current environment are identified and the rationale for each decision is documented
Solution Requirements Definition – A series of requirements are gathered with stakeholders, business managers, contract architects, for verification of the defined solutions capabilities and use cases.
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references
Howland, D. (2017). Report: Wal-Mart Remodeling Hundreds of Stores to Ease In-Store Pickup . Retrieved from https://www.retaildive.com/news/report-wal-mart-remodeling-hundreds-of-stores-to-ease-in-store-pickup/443537/
Kerzner, H.R. (2014). Project Management: best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence (3rd ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.
Mark, . (2010). A Peek At The New Face Of Walmart In Wenatchee [Image of of Wal-Mart store parking lot]. Retrieved from http://ncwpics.com/ncw/local-business/a-peek-at-the-new-face-of-walmart-in-wenatchee/
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