EOCP Assignment Instructions
Basic Instructions:
Working
individually, students will demonstrate additional competency in
project, operations, and information systems management by preparing a
succinct report that integrates project, operations, and information
systems management to meet a managerial challenge at their organization
and significantly improve its performance.
The report will include at least the following topics
- An executive summary
- Description of the managerial challenge
- Application of project management to the challenge
- Application of operations management to the challenge
- Application of information systems management to the challenge
- Assignment of the project team
- Training needed
- Work breakdown including critical path
- A planning budget
The
report will be submitted in pdf format except for the budget, which
will be in xlsx format, and the work breakdown including critical path,
which will be prepared with a project management software such as
MS-Project.
Critical
thinking, managerial decision making, information literacy,
problem-solving, systems thinking, and technology fluency are needed.
Additional Instructions:
What is a succinct report? Could it not be 10 pages or less? One reads that IBM decision papers are limited to that length, and we all recall the single-sheet Ringo Sho approach to important decisions at Toyota.
Project management always refers to theTriple Constraint and involves a project team, plus a Gantt chart with critical path.
Operations managementrefers here to the daily processesat your organization; you should show how they will be improvedafter the project is completed.
Information systems managementrefers to the support provided by IS and included IT both during the project and also afterwards; you should describe it.
Required Format:
Except as provided above, you should again use A Format for Your Text Assignments (Mandatory)
Required Readings:
- Meredith, J.R., & Mantel, S.J., Jr. (n.d.). Technological forecasting.http://wiley.com/college/dec/meredith298298/resources/addtopics/addtopic_s_02a.html. Scan Includes forecasting methods
