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We stafies: We stulfies is a successhal manufocturer of stuffed animals in its 15 th year of production. It has surviued changes to the stuffed animal market by bringing on a large new customer (The Evil Empire) and all the challerges of new work in a very shoet tirne- Much of this work for The Evit Empire is standard stuffed animals, but mamy of the orders are based on local preferences for stuffed animals. For example. a new elk stuffed animal was being developed for the Edmonton Eliks football team. Other staffed animals were dereloped for other footbill teams. As the football season progressed, and as We $ Stuffies started making more custornized stuffed animals for The Evil Empire, there were several issues that affected the quality of the stuffed animals produced and caused agreat deal of rework for the compiriy. The Evil Empire was unhappy as their customired products sometimes reached the stores late for use by football fans. In some cases, the stuffed animals were a week or two late which meant home games were being missed. The management of all of the stuffed animals was also challenged by these projects. The Evil Empire expected them delivered on-time and at a low cost, and the We 5 Stulfies was not alwiys doing that. Accounting at We Stuffies was having difficulty tracking the costs for each of the customized staifed animak, and the shifr supervisar were often having probiems knowing what tasks needed to be completed and assigning, the right employees to each taisk. Some of the probiems stemmed from the new part time employees. Since many of these workers had flexible schedules, it wasnt always clear which tasks they were supposed to be working on when they came into work. Each stuffed animal being produced was indeed a stuffed animab but that was all they had in common. Each stuffed animal had different production steps. different designs, different copywrite issues and different packaging and labeis. Some were just duplicates of previous stuffed animals made by We stuffies but others required extensive design and development. Each stuffed animal production was a complex process, but each animal was going to be made just for a specific The Evil Empire locatian as these were all customized for each foothall team. Each stuffed animal had to be produced on time and had to be mode to match just exactly what the team requested. Understanding what each stuffed animal needed had to be clearly documented and understood betor starting production. We stuffies thad been told by the store how many different production jobs the store would need. but they weren' alt artiving at once and orders were quire unpredictable in.arriving from The Evil Empire. Some football teams needed rush orders for their games. Some orders arrived as projected, but some came later than anticipated. When We stuffies finaliy got all their orders, some of these jobs were much larger than they had thought they would be. Each animal needed to have a separate iob order prepared that listed ail the Lask sturfed animat byit that wos all they had in cominon. as these were ald customized for esch foccball ream. Each staffed animal thad to be produced on urme and had to be rratie to match just exacty what the team requested. Understanding what each stuffed andimal needed had to be clearly documented and understood betiore starting productiori. We stuffies had been told by the store how many different production jobs the store wouid need, but they werent alt arrivirg at ance. and orders were quite unpredictable in arriving frem The Evil Empire. Sarne football teams needed rush orders for their ghmes. Some. arders arrived as prejected, but some came later than anticipated. When We stuffies finally got all their orders, some of these jobs were mukch larger thian they had thought they would be. Each animal needed to have a separate job order prepared that listed all the steps that needed to be completed, so that tasks could be assigned to each worker. These job orders were also becorning a problem. Not all the steps needed were getting listed in each order. Often the estimates of time for each task were not completed until after the work was dome, cavaing problems as workers were sapposed to move on to new tasks but were still fincishing their previous tasks. We stuffies projects require some additional work to be successful. INSWER THE FOLLOWING IN COMPLETE SENTENCE FORM. PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM THE CASE. Why is it important to have a defined SCOPE for the Projects? List examples of Scope Creep that could occur. 1. What characteristics make each of the We Stuffies job orders an individual project? ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN COMPLETE SENTENCE FORM. PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM THE CASE. 2. Who are the stakeholders in the We stuffies projects? 3. What type of Project Management Office (PMO) is best for We Stuffies product? Support your answer! 4. What are the milestones for the We Stuffies projects? ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN COMPLETE SENTENCE FORM. PROVIDE 6. A Identify the major constraints of the project. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCE FORM. PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM THE CAS 7. (A) List the major RISKS inherent in the projects (B) List the RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES you would use to address the identified RISKS