Apple iDirectory (Essay Sample)

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Apple i Directory
Project Integration Management
Project Charter
Apple Inc. hereby authorizes the Apple iDirectory project which is expected to integrate store directories and building layouts into Apple Maps. Brian Quinn, Jeniffer Kirby, David Esslam, and Janette Saville will act as the heads of the executive sponsors for this project. The Project Manager (PM) will be Marcus Clooney. He is authorized to plan, execute, supervise, and control every aspect of the project encompassing design, maintenance, implementation, closeout, and verification of the Apple iDirectory Model.
He is responsible for briefing the Apple Oversight Committee on the Project Management and is also obliged to update the Apple Oversight Committee Vice President every week as well as managing direct communication and project milestone status through face-to-face meetings. Financial, human and material resources may be procured in agreement with the Project Management and within the constraints of schedule, scope and cost.
Preliminary Scope Statement
The deliverable for this project is an operational, accurately developed model of the Apple iDirectory that will bear the capability of incorporating store directories and layouts of buildings into Apple Maps. The project will generate a new app that will highlight interior building layouts and directories for retail places such as grocery and department stores, school building, stadium seating layouts, classroom directories, library and civic building layouts. The app will assist users to locate buildings and get easier access and directions to facilities. More details on this project can be obtained work Breakdown Structure and the Project Scope Management Plan.
Project Management Plan
Contained in this notebook is the Project Management Plan that adapts to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 4th edition (PMBOK) as stipulated in the published and copyrighted by Project Management Institute. The plan of the project encompasses the nine Knowledge Areas of Project Management Plan which will be reviewed in the course of the Planning Phase by the answerable Core Team member with all other stakeholders and members.
The primary planning stage began on 1st June 2014 as soon as the charter was accepted, and is expected to conclude after submission and approval of this project notebook. The project’s launch and execution will commence once the notebook has been approved and the stipulated first activity will start on December 12, 2014. The kick-off meeting shall include all stakeholder and team members from Apple and all sponsors. They will review the chief deliverables as well as project milestones and soon after this, the preliminary design stage will commence.
Project Execution
Marcus Clooney is the Project Manager in charge of Project Execution in line with Project Management Plan. Marcus Clooney will manage and direct the project execution and at the same time coordinate the hiring and developing required staff. Additionally, he will ensure the project runs steadily, on schedule, scope and budget. It will be his duty to review all change requests as well as be an active member of the Change Control Board.
The project Manager will be accountable of arranging and running all meetings as well as successfully communicating with project sponsors and team members on the status and development of the project. Every Core Member is dispersed as a technical spearhead for one or many project areas as outlined in the WBS. That Core team member will be answerable for the deliverable connected to every activity in the WBS that relates to the whole package and technical assignment assigned to them. In case there is need for more resources or possible adjustments, the Core team member will request for authorization to make changes.
Project Monitor and Control
The Project Management Plan contains all details concerning the Apple iDirectory project, including time, finances, procurement, risks and quality. As every milestone is reached, the Project Manager is expected to undertake a Cost performance Index and a Schedule Performance Index using Earned Value techniques to keep track of the projects progress alongside the baseline. The Project Manager will confirm the Network Diagram for float as well as the Human Resource Management strategy for means that could be reallocated to Critical Path activities. The critical path will be tracked so as to stay on schedule and when need arises, the Project Manager will resolve if fast tracking the project is necessary to meet the necessary deadline.
Manufacturers and technicians will be contracted to materialise the Apple iDirectory model therefore budget variance is vital. Budget overage will be inspected promptly to ascertain and reveal the source of the discrepancy. The project’s CFO will persistently review the budget during the entire project. Any budget discrepancies will be resolved in accordance with PMO policy. A Contingency Reserve will be predisposed to the Project Manager consisting of the funds required slightly higher than the estimate to minimise the dangers of overruns of project goals to a satisfactory level.
Quality Management is vital in fabricating the mold as well as the iDirectory model itself. The project manager will avoid fabrication of poor quality to minimise poor load test outcomes, which amount to material failure. If the prototype fails at the time of testing and fails to meet the prerequisites, the entire project is a disappointment and the deliverables are not realised.
Time Management calls for project organisation and responsibility. Keeping time helps to cut down costs and permit progress in life. The Project Manager will review time management weekly by scrutinising the weekly timesheets submitted by core team members of the activities of the past week. He will note when the project is behind time and point out the members who fail to do their jobs on tim...