Project Scenario

Medicision is a specialist engineering company, based in the UK, which designs and manufactures innovative medical equipment for hospitals and other public and private health-care providers across Europe. The company has seen considerable growth in recent years and currently has a broad customer base and a full order book for the next twelve months. Following a recent take-over of MediCision, by EuroMedisch, Europe’s market leader, the EuroMedisch’s Project Management Office (PMO) is looking to harmonise the way in which projects are managed across the new, larger organization to improve the proportion of projects that are delivered successfully and to improve resource usage and efficiency. Projects within EuroMedisch have been managed according to Agile principles for a number of years, while projects at MediCision are managed on a “best-efforts” basis with no formal methodology being employed. By introducing a common Project Management methodology across the company, the PMO hopes not only to improve the quality of project management, but also to promote the mobility of project staff across the organization. EuroMedisch’s senior management support this initiative, which they hope will help to reduce lead times for new product development and increase customer satisfaction and retention. You have been appointed as Project Manager to co-ordinate the introduction of the Agile methodology to staff in the recently purchased MediCision part of the business. The PMO Director (who will act as Project Sponsor) requires this transition to be completed within six months, after which time, all new projects initiated by the MediCision team will be managed following Agile principles. Projects under development will continue to be run according to MediCision’s existing processes until their completion. prepare a project initiation document (2000 words), drawing on appropriate project management theory and frameworks, to present to the company’s board of directors for approval. The plan should consider the following aspects of the project: • The project’s scope. ? • An initial assessment of stakeholders and recommendations on how these stakeholders ?should be managed to maximise the chance of achieving the project’s objectives. ? • An initial assessment of risks and opportunities presented by the project and the response strategies proposed. • An outline project plan (Gantt chart) showing the main tasks and significant milestones, supported by a justification of your proposed approach. The Gantt chart needs to show a minimum of 10 tasks. ? Ganttproject is a good package to try if you have never used project management software before. It is a very straightforward package and can be downloaded for free at http://www.ganttproject.biz/ You are required to research and apply project management theory in order to successfully complete this assignment.