Assignment:Project Management Life Cycle Model
Develop a report utilizing the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) model ((initiation, planning, execution, and closure), and reporting it to your client. Also, prepare a summary analysis of the project. The project has approached the halfway point, thus your client has requested a milestone review of the project. The project has approached the halfway point, thus your client has requested a milestone review of the project.
You might consider using a project management software such as MS Project to demonstrate schedule of milestones met and those yet to be accomplished.
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The below requirements must be met:
Create between 1,000 to 1,500 words using Microsoft Word in APA 6th edition style.
Use an appropriate number of references to support your position, and defend your arguments. The following are examples of primary and secondary sources that may be used, and non-credible and opinion based sources that may not be used.
Primary sources such as government websites (United States Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Census Bureau, The World Bank), peer reviewed and scholarly journals in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library) and Google Scholar.
Secondary and credible sources such as CNN Money, The Wall Street Journal, trade journals, and publications in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library).
Non-credible and opinion based sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. should not be used.
Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased statements, information, etc.) in the paper and list each source on a reference page using APA style. An overview of APA 6th edition in-text citations, formatting, reference list, and style is provided here.
Download an APA sample paper from the Purdue OWL here.
Essay:
When doing an overhaul into the major systems of an organization some of the key areas that might serve as interest to us as researchers is the set-up of technology, telecommunication as well as the furniture and fittings within the organization. This paper shall look into some of the furniture and equipment needs of the organization. The contract of establishing the furniture and equipment needs of J. Smith & Associates is a project that actually needs to be managed effectively for the achievement of the project needs and the satisfaction of the tailored organizational needs.
When implementing a project, there is the need to evaluate the challenges that might be undertaken in the project implementation.
Project management is a task that serves as one of the component functions that sees to it that a project is managed effectively. It ensures that all the resources that have been budgeted for the completion of the project have been optimally used and that the phases of the project are executed with utmost diligence. Some of the components that would be considered when designing the furniture for the organization include, the office chairs, the cabinets and file storage systems, office desks as well as the customer care desk and that of customers where they can carry out their activities and different commitments that they have especially in relation to the organization.
As a project manager executing the arrangement and design of the furniture and equipment needs of this organization, there is need first to determine the office structure that is used by this organization. It is necessary to ascertain whether the office uses an open office plan or the closed office plan.
In the third floor, which consists of the offices of the executive suite, there is need to design furniture that suits the requirements of the executives. The executive desk is where very vital decisions regarding the business shall be made. Strategic meetings shall be conducted here as well as a report of the daily happenings shall also be presented here at this desk (Stoner, 2016). This is the focal point of an office and as such it becomes imperative to select desks that are stylish, durable and also meets the daily needs. When designing for this organization the furniture, we shall select office furniture that has been made from quality materials and wood from around the world. An Italian design would be appropriate for J. Smith & Associates. It is believed by most people that the executive desks that are made using the Italian design are very stylish, durable as well as suitable for the office needs.
Another point worth noting for the designing of furniture and fittings for this organization is that in the third floor is where the manager's offices shall be concentrated. An executive director to the organization must be motivated to work through providing him with very classy chairs as well as a stylish high quality table that motivates him to work in his/her capacity.
Executive Office Chairs
An office chair for the executive suite should be one that is chic, perfectly crafted as well as being ergonomically designed. To add a little bit of color and glamor to this office layout, there is need to combine multiple colors such as black, brown and grey so that the glam could be maintained within the office (Zimmerman, 2006). A manager's office deserves the designs that are of high quality so that everyone could actually tell who the boss is.
Modern Filing and Storage Cabinets
These are auxiliary equipment that helps the organization keep some vital data and information. Despite storing some of the information being kept in the databases of the organization, there is still need to store the papers for authenticity and proof of existence of a transaction. This office would require a modern storage cabinet. These modern cabinets are customized in such a way to protect documents and keep them in a secure manner such that they cannot be stolen or vandalized by external forces. With a modern system of storage, space within a storage system can be optimized and as such create work areas that are flexible.
Being that the first floor is dedicated to offer customer support services, there is need to design the floor in a flexible way that the chairs are adequate. Customers need to be treated with care as they are the major objective of any given (Nelson & Economy, 2011)A business that has customer service as their major goal is very profitable as the customers are always satisfied of the services provided.
Board and Conference Room Facilities
J. Smith & Associates are likely to be holding meetings with the board members. The board members require facilities that are comfortable so that they could make decisions in an environment that is conducive. Conferencing tables and chairs need to be designed such that they fit appropriately in the conferencing rooms and facilities (Goh & Leo, 2014). A board that could be used for any illustrations should also be included within the interior equipment designs. The board rooms chairs need to be comfortable as in most cases, board meetings last for long and it is impractical to let the board members to sit in uncomfortable chairs for long.
The second floor needs to be designed just in a similar way as the design of furniture at the executive suite. They should however be a little stylish as compared to those within the executive suite.
The design and implementation of the furniture and equipment requirement at the office requires appropriate budgetary allocation. For any project to be successfully executed up to its completion there is the need to ensure that resources are adequately budgeted for.
Some of the tasks that are required to meet the needs of the organization include sourcing for the suppliers who are willing and able to meet the different orders of the furniture within the speculated time (Marmot & Eley, 2009). Another major task that is performed in this case is to ensure that the contractor sources for furniture that are of high quality and meets the basic standards that are stipulated in the specification.
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