Week
8 – Application of Project Management
How
Not to Manage a Project
Instruction:
After studying.umuc.edu/cvu/orion/home.html”>The Orion Shield Project, you need to
critically discussthe technical, ethical, legal, contractual, and other
project management issues that faced program manager Gary Allison.
He or she decides
where Gary has done well and where not, in a succinct report that includes
an executive summary.
Clarification:
After you view the
videos, you’ll likely agree that Gary Allison has not done well as Orion
Shield R&D program manager.
Your
task is to identify and discuss the technical, ethical, legal, contractual and
other project management issues that he has faced. There are
difficulties in each of these areas.
For instance, perhaps
the Orion Shield contract type is wrong. What would have been a better
one? For whom – the customer, the company or both?
This
is no time to be politically correct. Name names as you identify the
culprits in this case.
Be
careful to study all the information in the case.
Remember
to include a meaningful, results-filled executive summary at the
beginning of your report
Week
8 – Application of Project Management How
Not to Manage a Project Instruction: Clarification: After you view the
videos, you’ll likely agree that Gary Allison has not done well as Orion
Shield R&D program manager.
Your
task is to identify and discuss the technical, ethical, legal, contractual and
other project management issues that he has faced. There are
difficulties in each of these areas. For instance, perhaps
the Orion Shield contract type is wrong. What would have been a better
one? For whom – the customer, the company or both? This
is no time to be politically correct. Name names as you identify the
culprits in this case.
Be
careful to study all the information in the case. Remember
to include a meaningful, results-filled executive summary at the
beginning of your report
