PPT on Managing Project
SCM 304 CSUSB- FALL 2018
Project Management Assignments (upload in powerpoint or google slide format)
Choose a project that requires the movement of items (goods) and people. For example:
Events:
● Wedding ● Sweet 16 ● Quinceanera ● Gangsta party ● Field trips ● Family Vacation ● etc...
● Outsourcing the customer service center to another country
● Outsourcing the manufacturing to another country
● Finding the best warehouse i in the IE for your 10,000 product
● Managing products from the distribution warehouse to retail stores
● Managing a team of AI gurus to generate a better routing and delivery method.
Business: (choose any industry) Finding solutions for:
● Sourcing of raw material for the iphone
● Distribution of iphone Freight from China to multiple ports across the US using two modes of transportation
● Tracking the princess wedding dress from point of order to delivery.
● The loss of a 1,000,000,000 check at multiple distribution centers
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Project Phases (1 of 4)
5 pts 10 pts. 15 pts 20 pts 10pts
Dream it Create it Plan it Execute on it Crush it!
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Project Phases (2 of 4) • Concept Phase - Dream it!
– The first of five phases of a project where project planners develop a broad definition of what the project is and what its scope will be. ▪ Give it a name! ▪ What’s the end in mind?
• Project Definition Phase - Create it! – The second of five phases of a project where project planners – Identify:
▪ Estimate Budget ▪ Tentative schedules ▪ Organizing key personnel ▪ Resources required to support or promote the project
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Project Phases (3 of 4) • Planning Phase - Plan it (the official stage)
– The third of five phases of a project where project planners prepare detailed plans that:
▪ Identify activities ▪ Deadlines ▪ Budgets targets ▪ Resources needed to complete each task, ▪ Put into place the people that will carry out the
project.
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Project Phases (4 of 4)
• Performance Phase - Execute it! – The fourth of five phases of a project where the
organization actually starts to execute the plan. ▪ Who will manage people and processes?
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Project Phases (4 of 4) • Postcompletion Phase - Crush it!
– The fifth of five phases of a project where the project manager or team: ▪ Confirms the final outcome ▪ Conducts a postimplementation meeting to:
– critique or praise the project and personnel – If needed reassigns project personnel