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Project Management Assignment

Siddharth Arora (139)

Uttam Satapathy (157)

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Project to be undertaken Development of Microsoft PCs and phones

Duration 2 years

Need for the project Microsoft's big partnership with Nokia has been a flop. Thesoftware vendor has fared badly in the mobile market, faroutpaced by Apple and Google. Higher-end Windows PCsoffer a better experience than the low end models, but the

cheap systems are destroying the Microsoft brand in theminds of consumers.

Description Microsoft will create its own premium, high-qualitydesktops, laptops, tablets and phones.

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Project to be undertaken Development of City Operating Systems

Duration 5 years

Need for the project The City OS works just like a PC operating system but keepsbuildings, traffic and services running smoothly. Thesoftware takes in data from sensors dotted around the cityto keep an eye on what is happening. The OS completelybypasses humans to manage communication betweensensors and devices such as traffic lights, air conditioning or

water pumps that influence the quality of city life.Description Microsoft will add sensors to everyday infrastructure,

install software to integrate and manage the massiveinflow of data, and provide city officials with theinformation and intelligence they need to run their citiesbetter.

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Project to be undertaken Development of 3D Mapping for Bing Map

Duration 6 months

Need for the project The upcoming 3D depictions of the world's buildings byGoogle, and presumably Apple, may be the next bigtechnological achievement for both companies. In such ascenario, having a mapping application devoid of 3Dexperience may seem a little anachronistic for Microsoft.

Description Microsoft will offer a basic 3D view of the surrounding

landscape for its Bing Map application. It will provide a 3Drepresentation that users can "fly" around in and explore,with enough detail that they can visually confirm their finaldestination when they arrive using the Bing version of themapping application.

Project 3

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Project to be undertaken Parallel Computing Programming Model

Duration 1 year

Need for the project Accelerated Massive Parallelism accelerates the executionof C++ code by taking advantage of the data-parallelhardware that's commonly present as a graphicsprocessing unit (GPU) on a discrete graphics card.

Description Microsoft will develop a new technology designed to help

C++ developers build massively parallel applications. C++Accelerated Massive Parallelism (C++ AMP) technology willbe included in the next version of the company's Visual C++compiler.

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Project to be undertaken E-learning and Education

Duration 2-5 years

Need for the project Educators from various schools are embarking on a journey

to work across their institution to transform learning inevery classroom by establishing a clear vision forexcellence, a path for professional development, andeffective leadership to drive change.

Description Microsoft will invest in programs and partnerships tostimulate positive change in education around the world. Itwill partner in learning works in association withgovernments and education leaders around the world todeliver a portfolio of professional development, curricula,tools and resources designed to advance 21st centuryteaching and learning.

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Project to be undertaken Windows 7 Migration Application Compatibility Tool

Duration 6 months

Need for the project With Windows XP running out of support in April 2014,Microsoft needs an application that removes the labourintensive, manual workload associated with managing anenterprise Windows 7 deployment and is the quickest wayto migrate an enterprise to the next desktop platform.

Description Microsoft will develop an all-in-one data warehouse,application compatibility, project management and usermigration solution. It will automate many of the tasksinvolved in Windows XP migration to Windows 7.

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Project to be undertaken Interactive Whiteboard Software

Duration 1 year

Need for the project An interactive whiteboard (IWB) is a large interactivedisplay that connects computer and projector. They areused in a variety of settings, including classrooms at alllevels of education, in corporate board rooms and workgroups, in training rooms for professional sports coaching,in broadcasting studios and others.

Description Microsoft will develop a software for IWB that will providetools and features specifically designed to maximizeinteraction opportunities. It will include support for thelatest Microsoft applications and platforms.

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Project to be undertaken Microsoft-RIM Alliance

Duration Long Term

Need for the project BlackBerry devices are widely used in organizations that

run Microsoft Exchange. There's long been tightintegration between those devices and Microsoft'smessaging platform, so having RIM as a close strategicpartner makes sense if only from the point of view ofsupporting one of Microsoft's biggest auxiliary hardwarepartners.

Description Microsoft will develop a strategic alliance with RIM tosupport one of its biggest auxiliary hardware partners.

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Project to be undertaken Microsoft-Sage Alliance

Duration Long Term

Need for the project Microsoft envisages to target the SMB cloud market forERP solutions. SMB customers will naturally gain thebenefits of the cloud in terms of flexibility and costeffectiveness.

Description Microsoft will develop the cloud version of Sage 200 to

automate all aspects of subscription lifecycle and systemmanagement, and be capable of interacting with tens ofthousands of users, and be able to handle thousands ofcustomer instances.

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Project to be undertaken Microsoft Smart TV

Duration 2 years

Need for the project Smart TV sets allow users to do things with them outside

the standard TV capabilities. They come with processorsand hardware parts traditionally reserved for externalgadgets or computers. They are also connected to theInternet and allow Web browsing and video streaming.With the Google TV and Apple TV streaming TV platformsgaining popularity, it would really make sense for Microsoftto enter the TV hardware market.

Description Microsoft will develop a Apple is designing a full-fledged TVset full of internal hardware components and a display.It would be seamlessly synched with all of users devices

and will have the simplest user interface.

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