Navy/Marine Corps Intranet project
Phase II: The Rest of the Story
Phase II Work Breakdown: Step 1. Using the One Online Library as well as your favorite search engine, conduct research on the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet project that was awarded on October 2, 2000 to Electronic Data Systems (EDS). (You are also free to perform additional research on the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) if you wish.) Step 2: Based on the NMCI project information you obtained, analyze and critique the NMCI project in terms of the following: · Its handling of estimating costs and budget · Its handling of quality with the project · Its handling of communication MBA 6951, Managing Complex Projects 4 While this course has not covered project communication just yet, provide an analysis based upon your experience/knowledge regarding communication within a business environment and more specifically, within project management. Step 3: Explain the challenges EDS faced in each of these areas; if, how, and why they went off track; and how EDS might have managed these areas to prevent or minimize the problems. Step 4: Create the Phase II deliverable. Phase II Deliverable For this assignment, you will submit a four-page report that presen
ts an analysis, critique, and recommendations/remedies regarding the project management areas of estimating resources, costs, quality, and communication as they apply to NMCIs performance. If you were the lead manager on a project dealing with the NMCI, how would you go about creating a resource requirements plan? Do you believe the NMCI put forth enough effort in the planning stages? Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
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The Navy Marine Corps Intranet project is a comprehensive Information Technology initiative that is aimed at providing full-range secure and enterprise-wide information network services to support Sailors and Marines in performing their daily operational duties at sea by connecting with the at-sea network. The project plan was to connect the entire three hundred and sixty thousand work stations currently used by the navy into a single seamless and secure internal network with capacity to support voice, video and data distribution services. The project budget which was to cost $8.8 billion dollars was given to Electronic Data Systems (EDS) on performance-based services contract in October 2000
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