Assignment 1: Prioritizing Projects at D. D. Williamson
Autor: DJhonna Jones • May 16, 2015 • Coursework • 1,115 Words (5 Pages) • 1,223 Views
Assignment 1: Prioritizing Projects at D. D. Williamson
DJhonna M. Jones
Dr. Stephen Castellese
Managing Human Resource Projects
January 26, 2014
The following assignment will take a look at the Prioritizing of Projects by D. D. Williamson organization. A brief critique on the process used to prioritize their different Projects. A suggestion will be made of at least one method to improve the processes used. A scenario will be explored where their current prioritization process will not work. A five year projection will be attempted to speculate whether or not D. D. Williamson will still be using the same processes will justification for a yes or no determination.
Critique the prioritization process used by D. D. Williamson.
The use of multiple stages in the processes was a bit too much. Key management support was mentioned as being required. However, after establishing the needed support and including the hiring of a continuous improvement manager, there were still many more steps that were deemed necessary for establishing their priority projects.
Such companies as TechRepublic have narrowed the process down to five steps (Rollins, 2008). D. D. Williamson had to first diagnose what projects where not making processes and then give their projects ratings before they could eliminate the dead weight and begin making headway on those projects that they had approved. The standardization of their project prioritization seemed to be a change as they went processes instead of an established procedure. Such things as reflecting on learned results from prior process trials, should have led them to be able to establish procedures for the company to go by.
Suggest at least one (1) recommendation to improve the prioritizing process.
One suggestion to improve to the prioritizing process is to start at the very beginning before taking the project. If the project interferes with the companies mission, or there are already a number of projects that are in work for the company it becomes a matter of quality over quantity. Can the company successfully handle another project on their work load and still produce a quality product for their customers. Once that question is answered, prioritization is simplified among the projects that are already in work.
By starting at the simplest portion of the project, whether or not it is in the best interest of the company to take on that particular project, it makes the prioritizing of the other projects much more concise. Use of the scoring method is highly recommended by many resources. One source suggests that “a strong governance model is a key differentiator between companies” (The Project Management Portmanteau, 2013). The model as described in the text is the result of multiple attempts before reaching its final draft. By following what institutions such as MIT have done they would better succeed in their prioritizing matrix.
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