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Project Management Insights by Kaiful

This document summarizes a project management assignment submitted by Kaiful Hasan for their 8th semester MBA course. It addresses four questions: 1) It analyzes what types of projects four different companies (Merck, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, ExxonMobil) would pursue based on their mission statements and goals. 2) It summarizes three websites about project management found through a Google search. 3) It discusses the objectives and leadership approach of Knut Yrvin, the team leader for the "Skolelinux" project to replace proprietary operating systems with Linux in Norwegian schools. 4) It does not include a question 4.

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Project Management Insights by Kaiful

This document summarizes a project management assignment submitted by Kaiful Hasan for their 8th semester MBA course. It addresses four questions: 1) It analyzes what types of projects four different companies (Merck, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, ExxonMobil) would pursue based on their mission statements and goals. 2) It summarizes three websites about project management found through a Google search. 3) It discusses the objectives and leadership approach of Knut Yrvin, the team leader for the "Skolelinux" project to replace proprietary operating systems with Linux in Norwegian schools. 4) It does not include a question 4.

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Project Management Assignment

Submitted By -

Name – Kaiful Hasan


Roll- MBA175016
Semester- 8th
Subject – Project Management (MS 402)
1. Ans.

i. Merck & company: based on their mission statement & goals, they
would pursue three types of projects:

• The first is that they would be involved in R&D projects of new


medical treatments because of their commitment towards
innovation.

• Next is that they would be involved in projects that influences


public policy & industry standards at federal & local level because
they have a project manager to manage their lobbyists.

• Next is that they are likely to have projects that attempts to


improve access to their products.

[Link] Corporation: pursuing, winning & executing the FCS & JTRS
contracts forms a part of Boeing’s vision. They see winning of these
contracts as validation of Boeing’s approach to technology
development, an approach that involves prudent investment to
technology that are relevant to customer’s future needs, development
& acquisition of technology useful to multiple business units. With
technology the company always believes that it has a great future.

.[Link]-Royce,Plc : rolls-Royce is seeking to develop a high


performance electric aircraft. It has an attractive feature of most
energy dense battery pack. It is also already exploring hybrid electric
propulsion using a gas turbine engine as a generator to power an
electric fan. It wants to develop such an aircraft under the government
funded ACCEL program.
.[Link]-mobil,Inc:- considering their vision & goal statements they
would generally like to pursue long term projects that are aligned with
their global & social priorities & also their business strengths. They also
majorly focus on supporting environmental protection & community
engagement projects

2. Using Google search, type in the keyword “project management.”


Randomly select three of the links that come up on the screen.
Summarize what you found

Ans-

[Link]

In this website it discuss about what is project management, what are


the core components of project management, when would you use
project management and why do we use project management.

[Link]
[Link]

In this website we can understand the five phases of project


management which are Initiating Planning, Executing, Monitoring,
Controlling and Closing. It also gives information that project
management knowledge draw on ten areas those are Integration,
Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Procurement, Human resources,
Communications, Risk management and Stakeholder management.
[Link]

From this website we can understand that what the benefits of


developing the project management skills and it discuss about the
project management approaches, frameworks, scheduling, scope of the
management, project communication and change management. Its
alsogives information about improvement in project and reviewing the
project at each stage.

Q.3. Knut Yrvin functions as the team leader for an initiative to


replace proprietary operating systems with Linux-based technology in
schools in Norway (the project is named "Skolelinux"). Read his
interview at [Link] What clues do you find
in this interview regarding his view of the job of project leader and
how he leads projects?

Ans-

The aim of this project is divided into two terms as the first is to change
the ability to run this project on low-end computer systems and Second
objective is to give complete support for all Norwegian languages,
including the minority ones.

Now the role of Knut Yrvin:

He started this project by targeting the applications of this project. As


this project will be used in schools of norways it is very important to
persuade them to use skolelinux if no body uses this project then whole
idea will collapse. Now the question is how he will persuade teachers?
answer is by his strategy "seeing is believing" he given them trials to
understand the project.
Now the peoples who were working for this project they needed fund
to travel from school to school and Knut Yrvin's responsibility to
arrange funding for the project and he got the funding from norway
governement and NUUG Foundation.

Next thing was to handle the biggest market competitor Microsoft, as


the most of schools were using Windows OS if they changed using
Skolelinux it will directly effect the economical growth of microsoft.
Hence to handle this he had attended meeting with Microsoft team and
cleared their objective.

Considering technical aspects he had decided the base Debian


GNU/Linux as a base for distribution.

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Developing project management skills can enhance the ability to plan, execute, and close projects effectively. Benefits include improved scheduling, scope management, communication management, and change management, leading to better project outcomes and efficiency .

Knut Yrvin secured funding for the Skolelinux project from the Norwegian government and the NUUG Foundation, recognizing the need for financial resources to support project activities such as traveling to different schools to provide demonstrations and trials of the system. This funding was critical for implementing the strategy of demonstrating the system to ensure adoption .

Merck & Company would focus on three types of projects: R&D projects for new medical treatments due to their commitment toward innovation, projects that influence public policy and industry standards both at federal and local levels, and projects aiming to improve access to their products .

The core components of project management include understanding what project management is, core components required, when and why project management is used. The site also emphasizes the importance of these concepts for successful project delivery .

For Boeing, pursuing and executing contracts like FCS and JTRS serves as validation of their approach to technology development, which includes prudent investment in technology relevant to customers’ future needs. Winning these contracts is part of Boeing's strategy to develop and acquire technology useful across multiple business units, reinforcing their belief in having a great future with technology .

Knut Yrvin addresses competition from Microsoft by engaging directly with their team in meetings to clarify the objectives of the Skolelinux project. This strategic communication helps to mitigate competitive tensions and fosters understanding of the project’s goals, which emphasize the educational and community benefits of adopting open-source technology .

Rolls-Royce, Plc is seeking to develop a high-performance electric aircraft, featuring a highly energy-dense battery pack. They are also exploring hybrid electric propulsion. This project is funded under the government-funded ACCEL program .

Knut Yrvin's strategy 'seeing is believing' is crucial in persuading schools to adopt Skolelinux, as it allows educators to experience the technology firsthand, assuring them of its benefits and reliability. This hands-on approach is designed to overcome skepticism and demonstrate the practicality of the Linux-based systems in a school environment .

ExxonMobil aligns its project pursuits with its vision and global priorities by focusing on long-term projects that match their business strengths and societal priorities. They prioritize supporting environmental protection and community engagement projects to uphold their corporate responsibility alongside business goals .

The PMI website describes the five phases of project management as Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. These phases provide a structured approach to managing a project from start to finish, ensuring that each stage is carefully managed and aligned with the project goals .

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