Case Studies 1.

Case Study for Risk Management: You as a group of partners are about to start a social and mobile apps for the market. This application, you belie e !ill re olutioni"e the entire !ay of communicating !ith each other. You belie e that the application de elopment in not capital intensi e but re#uires a huge marketing in estment. You are supposed to meet a team of in estors and they are interested to kno! the risks $ opportunities in your pro%ect and ho! you ha e analysed and put together a strategy for both risks and opportunity. You are e&pected to prepare a background of the case study !ith your o!n assumptions and elucidate !hat kind of risks and opportunities you can e&pect in the current set up. 'urther you are e&pected to analyse the risks by standard tools and techni#ues and put together a strategy for the identified risks and opportunities. (f your in estors get con inced, you get the seed capital for your pro%ect.

). Case Study for Time: You are managing a ma%or pro%ect for pharma company !here timelines are ery important. (f you happen to delay e en by a single day, there !ould be ma%or loss of re enue for the company. (n the middle of the pro%ect, you take an earned alue analysis snapshot and find out that you are behind the schedule. *s a pro%ect manager and team, you need to bring the schedule back on track so that the deli ery is on time. You need to use the tools and techni#ues !e had learnt in the class to get the schedule back on track. You can make the necessary assumptions for the arious acti ities for the +e! ,roduct -e elopment in the pharma company. You are e&pected to make a schedule !ith the necessary dependencies and relationships. You are also e&pected to put a planned schedule !ith acti ities and create a situation !ith schedule lagging behind the planned one !ith proper reasons. 'urther, you are e&pected to dra! the Critical path using a net!ork diagram. You !ill present the schedule and the necessary steps to the key stakeholders present.

.. Case Study for Scope:

You are managing a construction pro%ect for the state go ernment and there ha e been fre#uent scope changes !hich is altering the schedule and creating dissatisfaction in the team. You are e&pected to put a scope process together and take necessary steps as discussed in our class to ensure that scope and its changes are properly accounted for and the team morale is impro ed. ,lease make the necessary assumptions and create the scenario and background for the case study. /lucidate the scope for the construction pro%ect and the fre#uent changes the client has been asking. *nd further, gi e a detailed process and actions to put the things in order. The pro%ect team !ould be keen to hear the action plan and increase their satisfaction le els to !ork in the pro%ect.

0. Case Study for Cost: You are setting a ne! plant for oil and gas and you ha e limited funds to construct the building. The sponsor is !orried that costs !ill be escalated. The costs need to be tracked at regular inter als 1 you are supposed to prepare a ariance report taking into account the actual rates and the billable rates along !ith the planned rates. *lso, you are e&pected to prepare the forecast for the remaining timeline of 1) months 1 on ho! much more money you !ill take to complete the pro%ect. You had estimated 21,)3,333 million to complete the pro%ect. You ha e spent around 2)3,333 after 4 months of the pro%ect against the estimated 215,333. 6o!e er you ha e completed .37 of the !ork. (t is re#uired to make a good background of the case and elicit the reasons for the current cost situation. *lso it is e&pected to present an o erall turnaround of the situation !ith the forecasted cost situation so that the sponsor puts funds in the pro%ects to continue. You are free to make the necessary assumptions and present the case to all stakeholders.

5. Case Study for 8uality: * soft!are implementation company has lot of complaints on the #uality of the product. The head of pro%ects !ants to seriously take steps to impro e the #uality and ha e decided to use the 9 basic tools of #uality along !ith the #uality assurance and #uality control. *s a pro%ect head, you are e&pected to make the elaborate plan of ho! the 8uality !ould be taken care of and gi e an assurance to the customer present in the class that #uality cannot be comprised. You are re#uired to make the necessary assumptions and create the

background for this company and gi e us the details of the pro%ect. 'urther pro ide us elaborate o er ie! of ho! the 8uality can be impro ed and maintained consistently.

4. Case Study for Stakeholder management: You need to set up a go ernment contract of setting up a bridge in Mumbai metro and you are the assigned pro%ect manager. There are aried stakeholders that you need to take care of. Some !ant your pro%ects to succeed and some do not !ant. You need to make a thorough assessment of the entire stakeholder community and take necessary actions and options to make your pro%ect successful. You also need to plan to engage the right stakeholders to help you succeed in your pro%ects. You need to make the necessary assumptions and create the pro%ect details and different stakeholders: you can include supporting, resistant, neutral stakeholders. You are e&pected to make a presentation to the ;oard.

9. Case Study for 8uality Management 1 ) Your company is facing a lot of #uality issues at your plant. There has been a lot of complaints on the #uality of the product and the sales ha e been slipping regularly. (t has no! become an alarming situation and the C/< of the company has initiated a pro%ect to impro e the #uality of the product. You are appointed as the pro%ect manager and along !ith your team, you need to assess the current situation and present the assessment of the situation. You are free to make assumptions to present the current situation. You are, thereafter, e&pected to gi e a through #uality plan along !ith the right techni#ues to gi e an acceptable #uality and impro e the situation. 'urther, you need to ensure that the #uality is maintained and minimum defects are produced for the product. =i e an analysis of ho! you !ill ensure a good #uality product for the company. You are e&pected to use the right tools and techni#ues to gi e the confidence to the C/< team.

>. Case Study for Risk Management You are gi en a large green field pro%ect to implement. This is the 1 st time such a large pro%ect of this nature has e er been implemented in this company and for that matter, in the country. You do not ha e the necessary e&pertise nor the right e&perience to handle this pro%ect. You and your team ha e been entrusted !ith the responsibility of o!ning this pro%ect and make the pro%ect a success. You and your team should first identify the risks $ opportunities and further assess the risks and de elop a good response plan to succeed in this enture.

You can make the necessary assumptions and e&pected to create a company and the scenario mentioned abo e. 'urther, you are e&pected to identify risks as per the assumed scenario. The risks and their strategies should be elaborate and you are e&pected to con ince the ;oard that the pro%ect is !orth taking.