You are a project manager for a medium-sizedmanufacturer of motorcycle cruisers. The engines in motorcycle cruisers, likethe ones you manufacture, are usually categorized by size rather than thenumber of cylinders. In the past, your company has successfully manufacturedand marketed the best-selling of these fuel-efficient cruisers that occupy themiddleweight class. The rather nebulous middleweight class comprisesmotorcycles broadly ranging in engine size from 500 cubic centimeters, or cc,to 1000 cc.
Executives at your company are now interested in motorcycles with larger motorsand would eventually like to produce motorcycles in the nebulous middleweightclass comprises motorcycles, specifically designed to excel at covering longdistances with motors larger than 1100 cc. The proposed target market for theselarger motorcycles consists of males between the ages of 35 and 60 in globalmarkets. Price points for the larger motorcycles cover income ranges from$55,000 to $100,000. Management has decided that your company will meet theobjectives stated herein within the next five (5) years. During the proposedchangeover, the company will continue to manufacture the middleweight cruisers toserve its existing clientele.
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Write a six to eight(6-8) page paper in which you:
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Select one (1) of thetypes of project organization that would suit the development of the largertouring class motorcycles. Outline the process steps that your company wouldtake in order to develop the motorcycle. Provide a rationale for the response.
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Recommend one (1)strategy to the senior executives that the organization might use to balanceshort- and long-term needs. Specify the crucial resources that you would needas a project manager to run the existing business interests at the same timethat the business changes to the production of touring class motorcycles.
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Suggest the projectmanagement leadership style that is most conducive to overseeing the operationof the business growth plan.
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Recommend at leastthree (3) risk mitigation strategies to address project plan details that mightbe forgotten or overlooked. Justify the selection.
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Use at least three (3)quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality asacademic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formattingrequirements:
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Be typed, doublespaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on allsides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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Include a cover pagecontaining the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’sname, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page arenot included in the required assignment page length.
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The specific courselearning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
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Design anorganizational structure, staff a project office, and establish acommunications system to effectively manage projects.
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Analyze the role ofexecutive management in the life of a project.
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Apply the projectmanager’s critical skills, in terms of project leadership, team building, timemanagement, conflict management, and effective communication with executivesponsors, peers, team members, and project clients.
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Use technology andinformation resources to research issues in project management.
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Write clearly andconcisely about project management using proper writing mechanics.
