Posted: August 8th, 2015

Intro to Project Management

Read the remainder of the Woody 2000 Case (Wideman, 2015). You will now address the topics of Project Closure and Assessment. Please answer the following questions in a short essay.

1. Facility Startup and Project Closeout

a.

How was startup managed on the Woody project? How should it have been managed?

b.

The Woody 2000 project was evidently not well run. Why? Give reasons for your opinion.

c.

Develop a list of “Key Success Indicators” that could and should have been measured on completion. Rank them in order of priority for this project.

Background Material

NY Guide (2002d). Management’s Guide to Project Success. (Closeout: Sec 3.5) Retrieved from the New York State Chief Information Officer/Office for Technology’s Enterprise Program Management Office, June 6, 2009.

Wideman, M. (2015b). Project management case study: The Custom Woodworking Company – Woody 2000 project. Retrieved on 7 Feb 2015 from http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/woody2000/intro.htm

Additional Sources

PMG (2012). Project management closeout tools and techniques. Retrieved on 9 Feb 2015 from http://www.projectmanagementguru.com/closing.html

RoC (2008d). Public Procurement Best Practices Guide, Treasury of the Procurement Directorate of the Treasury of the Republic of Cyprus (Chap. 7.6). Retrieved August 10, 2009 from http://www.publicprocurementguides.treasury.gov.cy/OHS-EN/HTML/index.html?7_project_management.htm

SBI (2014d). Mastering project management (Project closure). Retrieved on 9 Feb 2015 from http://www.mastering-project-management.com/project-plan-execution.html

TeamFME (2013d). Project Management Principles (Closeout: pgs. 41-42). Retrieved August 10, 2009 from http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/dldebk-pdf/fme-project-principles.pdf

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