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BIS 430: PROJECT MANAGEMENT You have been hired as a Project Management Speciali

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BIS 430: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

You have been hired as a Project Management Specialist Consultant by a high-tech company. In your initial meeting, the CEO made the following statement: “We aren’t big enough to have a project office, but we need the discipline of project management methods and standards.” What advice would you give the CEO of this organization? Justify all aspects of the advice and cite all sources used to substantiate the content. Make sure that your advice is action-oriented, something the CEO could use and put into practice.

Explanation / Answer

I would advice the CEO that we can start SMALL and end up BIG.

Initially we need to put the process and systems in place. Once proper project management standards are established we can expect certain quality deliverables. In this manner our delivery would improve to our customers and we would keep geting more projects. If fundamentals are strong we can always scale up.

Once we have a strong lineup of customers we can set up our own office. So our first priority should be to ensure all required processes are in place.