The impact of a change can affect: -Just the direct activity itself -All downstr
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The impact of a change can affect:
-Just the direct activity itself
-All downstream activities, and
-The project's fixed cost, or project overhead, based on an increase/decrease in overall project duration
Remember that depending on what the change is, you may have to go through all, or a large portion of the planning processes all over again, including, but not limited to:
Scope
Risk
Schedule
Cost
Find a project online (make sure to cite the source) and evaluate the impact of the change in regards to the criteria above (at a minimum). Discuss how some of the afore-mentioned elements affected the project, and what steps were taken in change control to mitigate them.
Explanation / Answer
Suppose a OEM (Original Equipment manufacturer) company manufacure a mobile phone for its customer(Customer is third party). Company is making a mobile phone by assebly process. Third party got a feedback from market that its mobile phone mic is not working proper. As a result third party take a decision that they will replace the mobile mic. They send the request to OEM to immediate change the part with different partcode.
If OEM company change this process in assembly, The whole project will get affect in terms of-
Downstream Activity- If this is immediate change by customer so OEM have to hold the assembly line and wait for approval of part change.
Project Cost- An immediate change in part will hold the assembly line. As a result project duration will increase. Manpower engagement will increase because they need immediate change in following- Production process. Bill of material and Product Testing.
Other factors which affect the projects-
Production schedule. Need an additional manpower if necessary. Manpower training Defect analysis of product. Defect analysis of part.
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