You have been hired on as a project manager by RentSimple, a local property rental management company. The company is located at 344 Richmond Road, Ottawa, Ontario. Your project charter states that you have 15 weeks to deliver a web application allowing customers to pay for rent, request maintenance, track payments, and provide feedback. The total project cost is 250,000$. 

Your team consists of the following employees:

You - the project manager

Jeff Bazis - CEO of RentSimple - Project Sponsor - J..z @rentsimple.ca

Mark Twinsburg - Lead Application Developer - M..i @rentsimple.ca

Katherine Jeesub - Back-end Developer - K..e @rentsimple.ca

Mohammed Takkis - User Experience Designer - M..k @rentsimple.ca

Julia McBride - User Experience Testing and Validation - J..b @rentsimple.ca

Allen Karson - Budget Officer - A..r @rentsimple.ca

Nidhi Singh - Data Consultant - N..n @rentsimple.ca

It is week 7 of your project and you have run into an issue. Last week, Julia McBride, stopped showing up to work and has not been responding to your calls or emails. Julia is a key project team member, she is a subject matter expert with key deliverables weeks 10 to 14 of your project, her role is to make sure your web application is high quality, functions well, and is user friendly. You must act quickly regarding her sudden absence and have decided to hire a contract consultant to fill the role in order for your project to deliver by week 15. The consultant must be onboarded in week 9, conduct user testing weeks 10 and 11, handing off the validated product by week 14. User Experience Testing and Validation will be conducted remotely by the consultant. The total cost of this work is estimated to be 27,560$ before tax.

 

1. Make an email to Julia outlining next steps. Use appropriate business language and make sure to include all elements required (To:, From:, CC:, subject, etc).
2. Make an email to your project team requesting a meeting. In your meeting, you will address the issue and communicate changes to your project. Use appropriate business language and make sure to include all elements required (To:, From:, CC:, subject, etc).
3. Create a meeting agenda for your project team meeting. Your agenda items should address the change and provide guidance for next steps. You can use the meeting agenda template provided below.

 

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