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PM/571 Final Project

Final Project Overview

In the final project, you play the role of a project manager for Riordan Manufacturing. The vicepresident of international operations has hired you to oversee the relocation of its operations inHang hou, !hina, to the city of "hanghai. Riordan e#pects you to develop a thorough projectplan and presentation.

Final Project Timeline

$udget your time %isely and %or& on your project throughout the course. The follo%ing activitiesare designed to assist you in creating your final project. $eginning in ' ee& T%o, su(mit %ee&lystages of the project plan to your instructor for feed(ac&. The comprehensive project plan %ill (egraded in 'ee& "i#. !ompleting each activity and using the feed(ac& provided (y the instructor%ill help you successfully complete your project.

Week One

)ccess the Riordan Manufacturing *irtual +rgani ation from your student %e(site.

!lic& on Intranet .!lic& on Operations .!lic& on Comm nications .+pen the !onfidential !hina Relocation Memo.

Revie% the re uirements for the relocation of !hina operations from Hang hou to "hanghai.

-. Week Two

.a evelop the project scope statement and the project charter.

.( !onstruct the %or& (rea&do%n structure /'$"0 in Microsoft Project -223.

.c esign the communication plan.

01 Identify the &ey sta&eholder groups and their project information needs.0- !reate a ta(le in Microsoft 'ord summari ing %hat information %ill (e produced

during the project lifecycle, including

0a status and issues reports.0( the target audience for each type of information.0c %hen each type of information %ill (e availa(le.

0d ho% the information %ill (e communicated.0e %ho is responsi(le for producing the information.

.4 Week T!ree

.a evelop the project schedule in Microsoft Project -223.

.( 5#plain the rationale (ehind time and cost estimation methods and %hy you chose onemethod over another.

.c etermine the project (udget.

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.a evelop the ris& management plan.

Identify at least five specific ris&s that are applica(le to the Riordan project.!reate a ris& assessment matri# ta(le in Microsoft 'ord. For each ris& identified

uantify the li&elihood and pro(a(ility of the ris& occurring.identify the effect of the ris&.provide an overall ris& assessment score.estimate %hen the ris& could occur.e#plain ho% you %ould mitigate each ris&.

.( evelop the change control management plan.

escri(e ho% changes to the project scope, timeline, and (udget for the Riordan project %ill (ere uested, revie%ed, approved, reported, and communicated.

Identify %ho %ill (e responsi(le for managing the change control process, revie%ing andapproving the change re uests, and communicating the approved changes to projectsta&eholders.

5#plain the role of change control management and discuss ho% changes to the project scheduleand project (udget %ill (e managed.

7. Week Five

.a Include the follo%ing sections of the Project 5#ecution, Monitoring and !ontrol Paper inyour final project8

01 Identify the steps ta&en to assem(le, develop, and manage the project team.0- 5#plain ho% you %ill manage project e#ecution.04 5#plain the importance of project sponsorship and project leadership during project

e#ecution.06 Identify the method of measuring and reporting project progress and performance.

0a 5#plain the rationale for your choice of method.

9. Week #i$

.a "u(mit your final project.

01 Incorporate project management delivera(les into a comprehensive project plan.0- Include additional sections descri(ing the project retrospective process and the

project closedo%n process that %as follo%ed for the project.04 etermine ho% the project retrospective process and the project closedo%n steps

relate to each other and to the overall project structure.06 "u(mit comprehensive project management plan as a Microsoft 'ord document.07 evelop a Microsoft Po%erPoint presentation of no more than 12:slides illustrating

the main points from the Riordan Manufacturing Project Management Plan.