Given the program and the company information, identify the people and the succession plan for the following roles. Select a primary choice $($lead$)$ and a secondary choice $($alternate$).$

Lead Engineer

Contract Manager

Financial Manager

Creative Design

Client Support

All members selected will be part of your team, so try to build the strongest team possible to build a successful program.

Remember to keep track of your team selections so you can discuss the team you selected with the class in the Week $7$ Discussion section.

You are a program manager for a large established company that does a lot of military sub$-$contracting. Your company has been engaged to design the next generation of supply vessels to support military operations in other nations. However, this vessel needs to be designed with two important differentiations than a normal warship. First, it needs to be designed so that it can convert from a supply vessel to a troop transport to a medical vessel to a vessel to support relief operations. Second, the vessel needs to be designed in a manner where it can be built in modules in different shipyards and then assembled in one location. Due to the complexity of the design and engineering of this vessel, the US has commissioned a five$-$year design program to develop the vessel that accommodates these needs.

As the program manager for this company, you have been tasked with building a team of ten professionals from any part of the company to handle each of the following aspects of the engineering program:

Lead Engineer

Contract Manager

Financial Manager

Creative Design

Client Support

You will need to select a primary and a secondary for each role if some key people leave the company or are pulled from the project. Since this design will span five years, your experience tells you you need a primary and a secondary to ensure continuity throughout the program. This program is considered high$-$profile, so you need someone in client support to help ensure the client is kept appraised of progress. Although this is your permanent assignment, you know that you will also be tasked with other requirements by the company.

Company details

The company is called Superior Ship Design, and your company specializes in multipurpose military vessels. The company has $15$ years of service to the military and other shipping companies. The primary business has been with military and the company does work in the US and Internationally.

The company is based in the Houston area, but some of the employees are in other areas as the company has a tradition of hiring home based employees to gather the best talent available without relocating them. This strategy has proven very successful as the company can keep costs down while keeping employee satisfaction up$.$ The company has many people available to work with you, but all of them will report to you. You are based in Houston and the company has given you this role if you remain in Houston as the owners want to be in continual contact with you to ensure that this program is successful.