Complete a quality plan analysis of a failed project and a new quality assurance plan for the turnaround project.
Scenario
Project Revive LLC is a consulting firm of highly charged and accomplished project managers whose main stream of revenue comes from managing the turnaround of failing projects. As a consultant with Project Revive LLC, you will study, analyze, and manage a failed project from NearlyFree.com. NearlyFree.com is a fictitious company and the project documents for NearlyFree.com project scenario are located below. The NearlyFree.com project was originally scoped to develop and deploy an automated web-based training system for new employees to reduce the workload and cut down personnel resources required to complete the new employee orientation (NEO) training.
Your analysis of the failed new employee orientation (NEO) project continues by examining the project with respect to quality.
Option A Resources:
• NearlyFree.com Organizational Background and IT Governance [DOCX]. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_nearlyfree_governance.docx
• Project Charter [PDF]. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_nearlyfree_governance.docx
• Project Schedule [MPP]. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_nearlyfree_governance.docx
• Project Scope Statement [PDF]. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_scope.pdf
• Quality Statement [PDF].https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_scope.pdf
• Task Costs [XLS].https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_task_cost.xls
• Work Breakdown Structure [DOC]. https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_task_cost.xls
• Work Breakdown Structure [VSD].https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PM-FPX/PM-FPX5333/230100/Course_Files/cf_wbs.vsd
Requirements
Microsoft Project is the recommended software tool for this course due to its wide industry acceptance and its use in many project management professional roles.
Part 1: Quality Plan Analysis
Deliverable: Complete a quality plan analysis of a failed project.
Analyze the approach used in the original project quality management plan and determine how well the final project deliverable met stakeholder expectations. Assess the organizational structure and influences of the company to determine if additional project requirements are needed to improve the quality of the final deliverable or final product.
Complete the following tasks and discuss how each one will contribute to a successful project. Where necessary, define assumptions you made.
Analyze the quality assurance plan of the failed project by:
• Evaluating quality standards defined for the failed project.
• Analyzing the product quality using the selected quality standards.
• Recommending additional quality standards for the project.
Part 2: Quality Assurance Plan
Deliverable: Develop a new quality assurance plan for the turnaround project.
From your experience, you already know the value of a comprehensive quality assurance plan. To convince the NearlyFree.com management that the NEO project turnaround will be successful. As part of the turnaround plan:
• Prepare a cost of quality (COQ) analysis using a common method to classify cost.
• Develop a new quality assurance plan for both planned and systematic activities.
• Explain how the quality assurance plan supports project quality.
• Consider its impact throughout the project.
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