Case Study 2: Analysis of ECO-Trans Project Jose Rodriguez Sothern New Hampshire University Professor Steven Coleman Project Definition Astrid Varga, the project manager of ECO-Trans, a European-based company renowned for its efforts to cut down fuel cost and to reduce C02 emissions. The firm deals with the provision of “driver aide” systems that are used in land transport equipment such as trains, buses, and transport vehicles. The EC0-Stream company carries out the analysis of the current route of buses and trains, including scheduling arrival time, and advising the operator on techniques like gear or notch or when to break or coast to save on fuel. The prime client is Sunshine Rail Transit (SRT) – a light …show more content…
The alternative supplies are more expensive, but there is no other way out. Performance Measurement As soon as the faulty component issue was resolved Varga was asked by Schaller to compute a performance measurement baseline better known as (PMB) at the current point, 12th month to prepare for soon-to-happen checkpoint meeting between ECO-Trans and SRT. SRT does not invite budget variation despite the change of supplier. Project Resource Management From the moment the project started, the SRT’s Transportation Department Training Manager – Mark Osborne – was not at home with the timing of end user training. To him, the training occurred to late in the project plan. The locomotive engineers also felt that they were being excluded in the project and vowed to boycott the operation of the locomotives up on project completion. Intra-team resistance is always there. For instance, Varga expressed concerns that the locomotive engineers have been resisting the project from the beginning. They are resistors of change claiming that the improvements would mount more responsibilities on them. Looking at their complaints carefully, their reaction is partially justifiable. Project Conflict and Team Management SRT had some concerns about training. SRT’s communication specialists in the Mechanical Department, Bernie Hays and Ed Hallman were charged with the responsibility of installing the terminals and corresponding parts on the
2. What types of symptoms did Jennifer, Cassandra, and James have in common? Which organ or tissue seems to
The species randomly settle throughout the rock. Both species are settled at the bottom and top. They settle on same parts of the rocks as the other species did. There is more of an abundance of the Chthamalus than the Semibalanus.
As a member of management Clive Jenkins is responsible for boosting employee morale to ensure that company goals are met
ECO-Trans is a European company that provides “driver assist” technology for trains, buses, and other mass transit vehicles. Installation of the company’s product that is known as ECO-Stream offers a company various advantages that includes routing, scheduling as well as advice on operations and techniques (Mindedge, 2014). Sunshine Rail Transit (SRT) has contracted ECO-Trans to install ECO-Stream on its fleet of 53 locomotives. Astrid Varga is the project manager in charge of implementation of the project at ECO-Trans, and therefore will oversee the implementation of
How may you apply what you learned about supply and demand from the simulation to your workplace or your understanding of a real-world product with which you are familiar?
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Mr. Hugh Tudor (55 yrs) is a well-known person in Milville, where he has been living for 30 years. He is involved in lot of social activities and has a reasonable pension and savings. He is becoming restless in his retirement and shows interest in investing in The Leeds Livery, local British pub in Milville, which could provide him with more challenges. While discussing this matter with his friend, he found out that the pub has great potential to perform well as it once exceeded the profit percentage of the industry. Mr. Tudor is in the process of exploring this opportunity but still has several questions rising in his mind.
Incremental cash flows is the difference between the cash flows a company will have if it implements the new project versus the cash flows the company will have if they choose not to embark
Overview: Universal Luxury Group is an international group of companies principally engaged in the production and sale of luxury goods including Food and Beverages, Fashion and Leather Goods, Perfumes and Cosmetics, Watches and Jewelry, and other business. Among them, this case is handling Perfumes and Cosmetics business group that accounts for EUR 2,231M, 19% of sales revenue.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology would be best reveal the location and extent of damage to Tim’s brain produced by his
The case study focuses on an employee, Paul Keller, who is being affected by a number of factors. His job performance is hindered by constraints such as his work environment, his home environment, stressors, mood, and the management style of his superior. The case study demonstrates how his job performance is affected and what the consequences could be as a result of his poor job performance and lack of concentration.
SCI have a big impact on Taylor’s emotions. It is common concern patient with SCI and TBI of experiencing depression, aggression an anxiety, so Taylor’s family and friends needs to be presented to provide emotional support and to make sure he is getting a good care. His motor vehicle accident which lead his best friend to die is a huge contributing factor to his behavior. Consulting a psychologist and having regular therapy sessions he could improve his anger management and coping strategies. More over psychiatrist can help Taylor to manage his depression and anxiety by prescribing anti-depressants.
Environmental scanning can be viewed as a way of acquiring information about outside events that can aid organizations in first identifying potential trends, then interpreting them
Several adaptations to the traditional approaches like agile, interactive, phased, extreme, etc have been made but each will be expected to meet the requirements of the project objectives, timeline, resources, and deliveries of the stakeholders. Other industry standard certifications like ISO9000 and regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley have also influenced methodologies and processes used by several organisations (Kerzner, 2003). Generally, managing projects should involved five major process which include the project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and then project closing. See Fig. 2 below.
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