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Implementation Plan Concept Worksheet
University of Phoenix
MBA 590
Deborah Bowen
Implementation Plan Concepts Worksheet
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading
Project Management Plan structures There is clearly no project management structure at Harrison-Keyes. The project is plagued with inefficiencies and problems. Budgets are overrun, deadlines are going unmet and authors are dissatisfied, there is no clear anti-piracy strategy in place, e-commerce hardware and software are not ready to meet demand, and bad publicity threatens to derail the entire project.Many businesses struggle with creating processes that allows them to organize projects while continuing to carry on day-to-day operations (Gray & Lawson, 2005). Harrison-Keyes is no exception, as its e-publishing initiative is being carried out while the company continues to try stay afloat with its struggling printed books. People, time, and monetary resources are currently being shared by both the project and normal busing operations with no clear project structure guidelines. Project management structures represent the major approaches to organizing projects (Gray & Lawson, 2005). A good system appropriately balances the needs of both the parent organization and the project by defining the interface between the project and parent organization in terms of authority, allocation of resources, and eventual integration of project outcomes into mainstream operations (Gray & Lawson, 2005, p. 55).
Work breakdown structure A good work breakdown structure (WBS) is part of the foundat ...