Assignment:
Continue to read the Woody 2000 case. (Wideman, 2015b) case, paying particular attention to Construction, Startup, and Control. Then, address the following questions in a short essay. (These are found at the end of the Case.)
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1. Contracting for Engineering and Construction Services
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a.
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What were the contracting alternatives open to Woody's? Which would have been best and what would that have involved?
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b.
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How should the contract(s) be organized and tendered?
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How should they be administered?
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d.
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Were the original Woody 2000 project requirements delivered?
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2. Communication and People Management
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a.
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Draw a project organization chart. What were the real relationships?
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b.
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Should Leadbetter have been left to run the project? Would training have helped?
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How should the Woody 2000 project plan be communicated and when?
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What communication (coordination) would you expect to see during execution?
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3. Progress Monitoring and Control
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Would a good baseline plan have helped to make up time?
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b.
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Draw a responsibility chart for effective control.
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What would you have done when you saw that the project would not meets its schedule?
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d.
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Project records were apparently poor. What records should have been kept and how?
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4. Cost Control
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Why was EID's first price so high? Was their position reasonable?
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b.
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When did Woody's know they were in trouble with over expenditure? What was the result?
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c.
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How should the project budget and expenditures be set out for cost control?
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d.
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Draw a simple flow chart for processing changes?
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5. Risk Identification and Management
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How did EID handle their risks? Was this effective? What might they have done?
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b.
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List Woody's actual surprises and add other possible surprises. What was, or should have been, done to prepare for and respond to them?
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Were there changes? What were the impacts?
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• Don't write in checklist form. Integrate your answers to the above questions into a well-constructed essay.
• The Case does not provide specific answers to every question. You will need to "fill in the gaps," using your understanding of the Case, and the Background Information.
• Style and format must comply with the Writing Style Guide. ( TUI Guide, n.d.)
• This is not an English course; however, errors in spelling, grammar and style will be penalized.
• Provide citations and references. Use of APA style (Writing Guide) is encouraged, but not required.
• There is no page requirement. Write what you need to write, neither more nor less.
Wideman, M. (2015b). Project management case study: The Custom Woodworking Company - Woody 2000 project. Retrieved on 7 Feb 2015 fromhttps://www.maxwideman.com/papers/woody2000/intro.htm
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