PM 343 Team Project:

The Requirement - Multiplex Engineering -- 2022 Update v1

Background

Multiplex Engineering (MXE) has been expanding exponentially in the calculator, watch and small electrical device markets for the last decade. Like all startups, it had concentrated initially on establishing its niche and expanding the business. MXE now has over 10,000 employees and plants in three cities. It has become apparent in the last 18 months that the period of exponential growth may be drawing to a close, although they had every prospect of a healthy - even above average - profit/rate of return for the foreseeable future. In the scheme of things in the maturing organization, it is time to take stock of MXE management systems and update them. At this point the leaders know that improvements to the business, and the bottom line, could come from adapting to modern management systems, including the development of an appropriate project management system and culture.

A major step in that direction is considering a new project that would involve developing an information system that would allow all employees and customers to access and maintain their own human resources information, such as address, marital status, tax information, and so on. The main benefits of the system would be a reduction in human resources personnel and more accurate information. For example, if an employee or customer had a new telephone number or email address, she would be responsible for entering the new data in the new system. The new MXE system would also allow employees to change their tax withholdings or pension plan contributions. It looks like the project is getting ready to kick off in two months. A duration of six months and a budget ceiling of $500,000 has been established.

You have been hired as a consultant to help train the project manager and the project team in contemporary techniques of project management, and guide them through this first critically important project. You realize that nothing is more important than ensuring a strong alignment between corporate and project goals throughout the project's planning and execution.

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