Project Management

Read pages 283-292 of the attached Case Study and address the following questions.  Answers should be clearly numbered. 

1. Should the organizations project management capability in 2010 be a factor in business case? Why or why not?

2. How about culture? How does culture impact the implementation of the chosen project?

3. What were the challenges of getting started on an ERP project of this kind? Refer to Wikipedias description of enterprise resource planning to become familiar with this concept.

4. Did the challenge of fuzzy front end impact this project? If yes, explain the type and degree of impact. If no, explain why no.

5. Based on your understanding of the project as described from Section I to current, select three knowledge domains that you believe are the most important to focus early in the Preparation Phase. Describe why you believe these knowledge domains are the most important.