Anwser the questionManagement Causes and Effects$)$

Weight $5\%$ of the final grade

Due no later than $11$:$00$ p$.$m$.$ on Sunday of Unit $3$

Submission Instructions

This is the student's first encounter with the simulation. After playing the simulation, students

will generate a short debrief summary that responds to the following assignment questions:

As you play the simulation, try to discover how varying decision parameters $($target scope,

team size, team skill level, amount of outsourcing, target completion date, overtime, and

allowed time in meetings$)$ affect project outcomes $($tasks completed, cost incurred,

productivity, new problems discovered, project completion date$)$ and team attributes

$($morale$,$ stress level, rates of mistakes$).$

a$.$ What causes each effects did you identify?

b$.$ What might explain the causal relationships you've discovered?

What strategies did you attempt in managing your projects? What worked? What didn't?

What assumptions underline your emerging ideas about managing projects in the

simulation? In other words: What change would prompt you to reconsider the approach

you're discovering is best for managing projects?

Simulation Scenario A: Easily achievable targets, with even weighting between objectives

and low level of uncertainty.

Senior management expects you to release a new printer retaining rough parity with the

competitor's new printer. The projected schedule allows you to ramp up manufacturing and

marketing quickly enough to match the competitor's new printer profile with your own printer.

The target budget supports a cost structure that will permit profit margins at a level roughly

equivalent to those of the current printer. Market intelligence gathered on your competitor's

plans is considered reliable, so the target specifications for your new printer, required to retain

parity with their new printer, are clearly defined, well understood, and expected to remain

stable throughout the project. Management has indicated that scope, schedule and cost are of

equal importance in a successful launch, and they have committed to providing stable access

to resources during the project.