PM/571 Project Management (UoP)

Final Project Overview

Save Time On Research and Writing
Hire a Pro to Write You a 100% Plagiarism-Free Paper.
Get My Paper

 

In the final project, you play the role of a project manager for Riordan Manufacturing. The vice president of international operations has hired you to oversee the relocation of its operations in Hangzhou, China, to the city of Shanghai. Riordan expects you to develop a thorough project plan and presentation.

  

a.    
Develop the project scope statement and the project charter.

Save Time On Research and Writing
Hire a Pro to Write You a 100% Plagiarism-Free Paper.
Get My Paper

 

b.   
Construct the work breakdown structure (WBS) in Microsoft® Project® 2007.

 

c.    
Design the communication plan.

   

1)    
Identify the key stakeholder groups and their project information needs.

 

2)    
Create a table in Microsoft® Word summarizing what information will be produced during the project lifecycle, including

   

a)    
status and issues reports.

 

b)   
the target audience for each type of information.

 

c)    
when each type of information will be available.

 

d)   
how the information will be communicated.

 

e)    
who is responsible for producing the information.

   

M E M O R A N D U M 

To:  Charles Williamson, Dale Edgel, Lowell Bradford, Clyde Cousins, Maria Trinh, Robert 
Lord 
From:  Hugh McCauley 
Re:  China Relocation 

Confidential 

Our initial decision to locate our China operations in Hangzhou was driven largely by the fact 
that our Chinese partners already had facilities there and the city’s proximity to the Qiantang 
River.  We thought that the river access which led on to Hangzhou Bay would be sufficient to 
handle our shipping needs. 

As the production volume from the China plant has increased, we are seeing that significant 
savings can be had by utilizing container shipping companies such as the China Shipping 
Container Lines, a branch of the China Shipping (Group) Company.  Most of the container 
shipping companies utilize ports in Hong Kong and Shanghai. 

While the Shanghai port is only 180 kilometers away from our current location, we are incurring 
additional logistical steps in shipping out of Shanghai.

• Currently, our products are trucked to a port on the Qiantang River and loaded into 
shipping containers.  The containers are then loaded onto barges that make their way to 
the Shanghai port.  The barges dock in Shanghai where the containers are offloaded 
and trucked to another area of the port where they are loaded onto to the ships that will 
take them to their final destinations.

• Alternatively, we could transport the products by truck to the port at Shanghai where 
they would be loaded into containers and then directly onto the ships that will be taking 
them to their final destinations.  However, the trucking companies, knowing that they are 
being used as an alternative to the local shipping companies to move the same products 
to the Shanghai ports, generally charge just as much as the shipping companies for the 
same volume of goods. 

We believe that the relocation of the China operations to the city of Shanghai will result in 
significant cost savings, will provide our operations with a more substantial urban infrastructure 
and will put us into a better position to market and ship our Chinese products throughout Asia 
and Europe.

China Relocation Memo 
Page 2 

We have incorporated a move of the China operations to Shanghai within the next five years 
into the strategic planning of Riordan Manufacturing and Riordan Industries.  Please begin 
drafting strategic plans for how such a move will impact your areas of responsibility and how 
your areas will facilitate the relocation.

Still stressed from student homework?
Get quality assistance from academic writers!

Order your essay today and save 25% with the discount code LAVENDER