As a project manager if I found discrepancy between the contract minimum require

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As a project manager if I found discrepancy between the contract minimum requirements and the city's minimum requirements then I would start by Creating an effective flow of communication. The transparency will help to understand the problem and work management will help to tackle the problem effectively. The submission of claim to evaluate the disciple cycle will be effective. The disputes can be then taken to the administration with appropriate appeal to the board of contract appeals.

The state of the work performed will decide the breach of contract and written notice claim will help to tackle the requirements and discrepancy effectively.

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Read the Incidents for Discussion General Construction Company on page 284 in your text. If you were the project manager, how would you handle the situation?

INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION General Construction Company General Construction Company has a contract to build three lower-income apartment buildings for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. During construction of the first building, the Project Manager formed an auditing team to audit the construction process for each building. He asked the team to develop a list of minimum requirements for the projects and use this as a baseline in the audit. While reviewing the contract documents, one of the audit team members found a discrepancy between the contract minimum requirements and the City's minimum requirements. Based on his find- ings, he has told the project manager that he has decided to contact the city administrator and discuss the problem. assembly line and all the production facilities will be completed in 5 months. The first units will be produced in 8 months. The plant manager believes it is time to begin winding down the project. He has three methods in mind for terminating the project: extinction, addition, and integration. He is not sure which method is best. Question: Which of the three methods would you recommend, and why? Question: If you were the project manager, how would you handle this situation? How can a customer be assured of satisfactory project completion? The Shocking Machine Lithotropic Corporation is the manufacturer of machinery for pulverizing kidney stones with shock waves. They have just completed a new machine. The new machine performs at a medically acceptable level, but it does not precisely meet the specific performance standards that were set for the project. The hospital that contracted for the purchase of the machinery is threatening to sue for failure to deliver to the project specifications. The hospital has contacted Tom Lament, the corporate attorney for Lithotropic. Question: What do you suggest Mr. Lament do, if anything, to begin his preparation for defending or set- tling this potential lawsuit? Lexi Electronics Lexi Electronics is nearing completion of a two-year project to develop and produce a new digital phone. The phone is no bigger than a Popsicle stick but has all the features of a standard digital cellular phone. The

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