Measuring Business Performance and Success

This assignment delves into the crucial topic of measuring business performance. It examines different performance indicators commonly employed by organizations to assess their effectiveness and success. The analysis explores the strengths and limitations of these metrics, highlighting their ability to provide insights into key performance drivers and areas for improvement. Furthermore, the assignment considers the influence of factors such as innovation, employee performance, total quality management practices, and external environmental conditions on business performance.

Improving Business
Performance and
Management
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 4 ........................................................................................................................................5
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................7
TASK 6............................................................................................................................................9
TASK 7............................................................................................................................................9
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CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Business performance management is a set of activities that are performed by the
organizations. Through this management process the firm will be able to achieve its all
objectives and goals. It is a ongoing process that monitor the performance of all employees and
provide them feedback so that they can improve their performance. This approach is more
dynamic in nature (Yang, Hong and Modi, 2011). There are some elements that are related to the
management of performance such as feedback, appraisal, positive reinforcement and so on. The
present is based on Sainsbury which perform its operations in UK. The retail industry is focuses
on their management and for they made some strategies so that they can achieve the success in
the market. The below mentioned report is focuses on the products and services of the firm that
they provide to their customers. Along with this, they also evaluate the operations that company
performed in the market and how changes can be made in order to increase the market share as
compare to other industries. Further, it also explains the risks that firm is facing and on the basis
of that plan should be implemented (Trkman, 2010).
TASK 1
Sainsbury is a supermarket in United Kingdom that provides grocery products to their
customers. They have 16.9% market share in the retail industry as compare to other competitors.
They have many competitors such as Tesco, Asda, Mark and Spenser and so on. These all
industries are market leader in the country. The enterprise is get established in 1869 in London
and now they have employees approx 145,000 who are providing services to their customers.
They also offer approx 23,000 products and services to the people of the country. Sainsbury have
40% products of their store brand and through their branded products they can attract more
customers. They offer wide range of food and grocery products to their end users. Along with
this they also offer mobile phone and tablets to their consumers so that they can earn more
profits than any other industry (Rosemann and vom Brocke, 2015). They offer their services
throughout the world and they serves approx 11 million customers in a week. They opened their
retail outlets in approx 1312 locations in different countries.
Sainsbury have well developed data based system and they also offer their services
through their online store. The firm offer quality product to their customers at flexible prices.
They also conduct a survey in the market so that they will be able to identify the needs and
demands of the people (Measuring performance. 2014). They use the concept of modern
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technology in order to provide innovative products to their end users. Through this, they will be
able to create a strong base of customers than their competitors. Along with this, they also offer
health related products, store brands and so on. They also uses many promotional activities like
through online media, advertisements and so on (Trkman and et.al., 2010). They also follow
some of the principles such as respect the environment, best quality services should be given to
their customers, a great place to work and so on. On the basis of these principles they will be
able to improve the image of company in the market as compare to other market players.
TASK 2
In the modern era, changes have become very essential for the growth and success of any
business enterprise. Furthermore, changes at regular intervals help an organization to deal with
intense competition (Taticchi Tonelli and Cagnazzo, 2010). The present research report is based
on Sainsbury which is a United Kingdom and it offers wide range of products and services to all
customers. The brand is considered as second largest chain of supermarket in the country and has
a market share of 16.9%. In the past few years, the competition among retail supermarket
industry of UK has become so intense that it is no longer easy to attain higher sales and profits.
It can be expressed that in order to sustain in the marketplace, the selected business enterprise is
required to carry out certain changes in its overall operations and business practices.
This paper proposes three different changes to overcome Sainsbury’s current problem:
1. Sainsbury can to implement Electronic Customer Relationship Management (ECRM)
practices in order to deal with its key customers in more effective manner. At present the
selected business organization is facing issues related to poor communication and
information management system. The use of Electronic customer management system
will have direct impact on the overall performance of the business enterprise. The brand
can carry out certain changes in its information management system by adopting ECRM
practices. This will also help the selected business enterprise to enhance the overall
process of communication adopted and carry out smooth flow of all operations. Apart
from this, the use of ECRM will also support the brand in improving the overall degree of
services which has been provided to people in the market (Kristal, Huang and Roth,
2010).
2. It can be expressed that Sainsbury is also facing issues related to ineffective and unskilled
workforce (Improving your business performance using standards. 2017). This has
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resulted in creating obstacles in overall growth and success of Sainsbury. The brand can
carry out changes in the way it deliver training and development sessions. In order to
sustain in long run, the organization can start laying more emphasis on training and
development sessions. It can be asserted that these sessions will help in enhancing the
overall skills set and knowledge base of workers. Along with this, it will assist in
developing a strong bond and coordination among all the staff members (Teece, 2010).
3. The last change which can be carried out within Sainsbury is related to implementation of
the feedback system. The brand has started facing wide range of issues linked with
customer complaints and queries. This has created sense of dissatisfaction among
customers and also affected volume of sales in negative sense. The selected business
enterprise can implement customer complaint and feedback system which can support in
getting aware of the key issues faced by customers. However, it can be argued that the
company will need to focus on responding to feedback of customers in effective manner
in order to create sense of satisfaction among them. Along with this, it will be required to
ensure that customers are satisfied with the way their complains, queries are addressed
and managed by the organization.
TASK 3
There are many employees who are working in the firm so that they can provide the
quality services to their customers. According to the Sharabati, Naji Jawad and Bontis (2010)
that training and development programs should be conducted in the firm so that all workers will
be able to enhance their knowledge, experience and so on. There are many factors that play
important role when any plan is implemented by the firm. These factors can be like high rate of
return, recover from the initial investments and high profits. When any plan is implemented then
they have to consider these elements so that overall objectives of that plan can be achieved.
When training is conducted then the manager of the firm have to made budget of that program
like how much he have to invest in the plan and how much he will get in return and so on. If
skills, experience and knowledge of workers are get improved than they will perform well than
any other employees otherwise Sainsbury will not be able to achieve its goals. These programs
are important for new and existing employees. New workers will be able to know about their
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work in the firm and existing staff members can attend this program in order to update their core
competencies.
Sainsbury can use one analysis method such as net present value. This method can be
explain in the terms of cash inflows and cash outflows or it is the difference between present
value of cash inflow and present value of cash outflow (Flynn, Huo and Zhao, 2010). This is
used by the organizations in order to identify the profitability of the project. For example, if the
retail industry wants to conduct training and development program in the firm then they have to
forecast the benefits of that activity. Along with this, they can made changes so that overall
performance can be improved (Dumas and et.al., 2013). There are some advantages and
disadvantages are also attached with the implemented projects of Sainsbury. The biggest benefit
of this method is that it shows the return on the initial investment and it also gives importance to
the time value of money. Along with this, they can increase the value of the firm and risks can
also be identified. There are some limitations that are faced by Sainsbury that this method it
difficult to use and sometimes it is also difficult to measure the discount rate. These methods will
not be able to take correct decisions for long term projects.
So, it has been critically evaluated by the Testa and Iraldo (2010) that training and
development programs can be implemented by following such method like net present value.
Through this the firm will be able to identify the outcome because this is a short term project.
Net present value of Training and development
Year Project X P.V factor at10% P.V of cash flow
1 2000 0.909 1818
2 2800 0.826 2312.8
3 3200 0.751 2403.2
4 1200 0.683 819.6
5 800 0.621 496.8
6 500 0.564 282
Salvage value 40000 0.564 22560
Total PV of cash flow 30692.4
Initial investment 8000
Net present value 22692.4
Net present value of ECRM system
Project Y PV @ 10% Present value
Initial investment 60000
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1 10000 0.909 9090
2 20000 0.826 16520
3 30000 0.751 22530
4 30000 0.683 20490
5 30000 0.621 18630
6 10000 0.564 5640
Residual value 2000 0.564 1128
Total 94028
NPV 34028
Net present value of Feedback and customer complain system
Project Z PV @ 10% Present value
Initial investment 80000
1 30000 0.909 27270
2 30000 0.826 24780
3 20000 0.751 15020
4 25000 0.683 17075
5 20000 0.621 12420
6 10000 0.564 5640
Residual value 5000 0.564 2820
Total 105025
NPV 25025
Net present value is regarded as determination of the present value of the a particular
project in the future course of time. This is by the means of discounting it. The plan that has
higher net present can be selected by the business as it has ability to yield maximum return in the
future span of time. Along with this it has been gained that the plan with least NPV needs to be
rejected. It can be interpreted from the analysis of the above tables that Net present value of E
CRM is suitable of Sainsbury as such this has increased the overall productivity of the firm to a
greater extent (Mithas, Ramasubbu and Sambamurthy, 2011). This has maximized the return of
the firm to a greater extent. The selection of ECRM is done as it has ability to yield greater return
in future course of time.
There are some of the methods that can be used by Sainsbury in order to assess the feasibility
and suitability of the methods. These are:
Feasibility table
STRATEGIC
OPTION
FINANCIAL
FEASIBILITY
FEASIBILITY OF
PEOPLE/SKILLS
INTEGRATING
RESOURCES
IS IT
FEASIBLE
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Training and
development
Yes Yes No 2
ECRM Yes Yes Yes 3
Feedback and
customers
complaint system
No No No 0
Safe Criteria table
SUITABILITY ACCEPTABILITY FEASIBILITY RANK
Training and
development
Yes Yes No 2
ECRM Yes Yes Yes 3
Feedback and
customers
complaint system
Yes NO No 1
Suitability table
STRATEGIC
OPTION
LOCATION VOLUME QUALITY COST RANK
Training and
development
Yes No Yes Yes 2
ECRM Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Feedback and
customers
complaint
system
Yes No No No 1
From the above carried out analysis it can be concluded that (Project A) ECRM technique
is more feasible, safe and suitable for Sainsbury. Through this method, the overall performance
and growth of the organization can be improved in an efficient manner.
TASK 4
In today's era, every organization wants to reduced their cost but with that they also
focuses on the improvement of the organization (Lai and Wong, 2012). Radical changes are
related to the reduction in cost and another continuous improvement is related to the performance
of the firm. Effective management should be there in the retail industry so that they can make
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such changes. These changes can be made by using the technological advancements and on the
basis of this factor they will be able to reduce the cost of their services. When managers take any
decisions than at that time they have to think about their future profits and their position in the
market as compare to other competitors. They have to involve the employees in the decision
making process so that effective decisions can be made. Continuous improvement of Sainsbury
is related to the involvement of employees in the process. Manager can use communication
strategy in order to improve the overall performance of the firm and its employees.
Communication gap should not be their between all employees and between employees and their
superiors. If this get improve then they can build a trust with each and will be able to achieve its
overall objectives (Reimann, Schilke and Thomas, 2010).
When Sainsbury is going to implement the changes within their business environment
then they have to consider these methods. Here, when Sainsbury is going to implement the
training and development program in their business operations then they have use the continuous
improvement method (The Best Way to Improve Business Performance. 2017). Through this
method, they will be able to monitor the performance of their workers in a continuous period so
that overall growth can be achieved of the firm. By using this method, manger will also be able
to identify the need of their employees. On the basis of their demand he can conduct the training
program for their staff members so that they can enhance their knowledge. This is the best
method that is used by retail industry.
Sainsbury can use this method in order to evaluate the performance of the training and
development program. Employees will be able to know that their performance is related to the
objectives of the firm. They have to perform well in the firm because their performance will be
evaluated by the manager of the organization (Tseng, 2010). Manager will give the review to the
employees so that they will be able to know about their performance from time to time.
There are some benefits and limitations that are attached with this method. Some
advantages are like:
 They can acknowledge their problems by performing the continuous improvement and
can improve their products better than they already are. They will be able to identify the
opportunities that can improve their performance and growth.
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 Through this they can increase the confidence among all the workers (Sadikoglu and
Zehir, 2010). The work that is performed by the staff members of Sainsbury is important
for the firm so that they can improve overall performance and achieve all objectives.
 Continuous improvement can lead the organization towards success and through this they
will be able to improve their brand image in the market as compare to other competitors.
 Feedback should be given to all the employees of the enterprise so that their performance
can be improved from time to time. Negative and positive both kind of reviews should be
given to the staff members so that effective management can be achieved.
Some disadvantages are:
 When continuous improvement method is used by Sainsbury than it will take some time
to improve the performance.
 This method is not cost effective and through this expense can be increased of the firm.
 This can be a tedious task for all employees who newly joined the organization. So, they
will not be motivated from the performance of all employees.
Is it Radical/Continous change?
Based on the literature review we can conclude that the proposed change of
implementing ECRM is a continuous change because: a) it is a small scale change b) Further it is
needed to be carried on regular basis. Along with this it has importance on routine basis. As such
it assist in keeping the records in an effective manner.
TASK 5
Factors considered when constructing Project plan
There is presence of several factors that needs to be taken into account when making
construction of project plan (McAfee and et.al., 2012). It is comprised of Budget, human
resources as well as time duration. It is significant for the project manager to take into account
the time duration that is being possessed by the firm in order to execute the project. In
accordance with such the plan is devised so that it can be accomplished within set time period. It
is important for the firm like Sainsbury to consider the budget that can be allocated in conducting
the project plan. With the assistance of considering such factor funds can be utilized in optimum
manner. Further the role of human resources is significant in carrying out the project plan in an
effective manner. This is because they are the one who are going to execute the plan. It is
essential that plan is developed in accordance with the skills and abilities of human resources or
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for developed plan skilled personnel can be hired so that execution of plan can be done in an
effective manner. Such ensures success through the project plan that is being developed by the
organization.
Draft project plan
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
1 CRMImplementation 277 days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/14/17 £0.00
2 Initiation 27 days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/29/16 £250.00
10 Planningregardinghuman
resources
25 days Wed
3/30/16
Tue 5/3/16 Cameron £300.00
20 Creationof vision 18 days Wed4/27/16Fri 5/20/16 Rtaai £350.00
30 Communicationof the vision 20 days Mon5/23/16Fri 6/17/16 bruce £350.00
37 Hire leaders 24 days Mon6/20/16Thu7/21/16 Almight £350.00
44 Creationof short termwins 30 days Fri 7/22/16 Thu9/1/16 43 beetel £440.00
50 Buildonthe Change that is
E-CRMsystem
65 days Fri 9/2/16 Thu12/1/16 49,45 Trin £200.00
58 Anchor the E-CRMsystemin
Corporate Culture
27 days Tue 9/20/16 Wed
10/26/16
KIM £150.00
66 Planning 26 days Thu10/27/16Thu12/1/16 Nikson £100.00
80 Reportingthe final specifications9days Fri 12/2/16 Wed12/14/16 RD £500.00
87 Optimumallocationof resources14 days Tue 12/13/16Fri 12/30/16 Amaze £600.00
94 Implementation 14 days Mon1/2/17 Thu1/19/17 scroll £0.00
98 Inspection 20 days Fri 1/20/17 Thu2/16/17 Nikson £600.00
103 Project closure 15 days Fri 2/17/17 Thu3/9/17 Troy £500.00
109 Closure report 3days Fri 3/10/17 Tue 3/14/17 108 Huge £500.00 Huge
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
The major phase of the project plan that is ECRM has been stated in the table above. This
is comprised of Initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring and review as well as project
closer (Wang, Chen and Chen, 2012). The ECRM project plan would require 147 days. The plan
is being devised for the purpose of keeping the record of the customers. Further it has effective in
maintaining sound relationship with the customers as well. It is significant that each initial phase
needs to possess certain sub activities so that plan can be carried out in an effective manner.
Along with this in order to execute the plan resources as well as budget is needed. This acts as an
aid in carrying the planned activities in an effective manner. The expenses of the firm because of
implementation of the plan have been decided in advance so that allocation of the funds can be
done in an effective manner. The cost that is involved in carrying out the plan is comprised of
software cost, Hardware cost, network cost as well as other expenses.
The cost can be taken out from MS Project.
TASK COST OVERVIEW
Categories Cost in £
Software costs
Application 1500
Software 2500
Additional 3rd party software 600
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Database software 180
Hardware costs
Application server 800
Others items 1000
Network costs
Cabling 500
Racks 400
Routers 450
Switching devices 800
Employee compensation
Salary 100,000
Bonus and commissions 6000
Employee incentives 5000
Other expenses 30,000
Total 149730
TASK 6
Sainsbury perform many business operations in UK in order to get the success and
increase the market share as compared to other competitors (Dezsö and Ross, 2012). When any
business organization gets success than they have to face many problems that can decline their
performance. When the retail industry develop any plan than there are some risks are also
attached. These risks can be managed by the management in order to achieve all objectives so
that they can increase their revenues.
Some risks are:
Failure of system, technical risk, financial risk and risk associated with lack of resources.
1) Risk avoiding: The risk can be avoided by the means of hiring technical professionals
every time so that they can control the situation whenever required.
2) Risk mitigation: the risk can be mitigated by means of attainment of back up support
system so that target can be attained.
3) Risk over allocated of resources: The resource allocation would be made in an
appropriate manner so that risk might not take place in future course of time.
1. What action you have taken to mitigate the risk.
To resolve regular project meeting would be carried so that such situations can be dealt with.
Because of action Final Project will change.
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For example:
1. Weekly cost analysis: This will be used to assess the cost of the project on a weekly basis
to make sure the cost is kept within the budget and addresses any situation where thwre
could and extra cost.
2. Weekly timescale review: The reccurring task will ensure the project is on schedule and
addresses any situation where the project could overrun the allocated time.
3. Conduct the training and development- The company should conduct the training
programs for the purpose of enhancing the skills and knowledge in the workers so, they
can perform work in effective manner. Thus, risk can be avoided by hiring and
developing skills in the employees at a low cost.
4. Improvement in budgeting- The company should improve their budget by allocating the
effective funds so, they can reduce expenses and generate more income. It also the firm
to improve their financial position in the future time period.
This would lead in activities changes in Final Project Plan.
Product size risk: Products are the commodities that are consumed by the customers of
Sainsbury (eston and Nelis, 2014). Sometimes, need of the customers get changed according to
their taste and preferences. So, the products that are offered by the retail industry are not
purchased by the enterprise and they have to bear expense.
Customer related risks: These risks are related to the customers of the firm. These arise
when customers didn't get satisfied with the services of Sainsbury (Ou and et.al., 2010). In order
to provide quality services to the consumers, manager have to provide training to their staff
members.
Environmental risks: These risks can also affect the business operations of the
organization. These affect can naturally affect the performance of the enterprise.
Technical risks: These issues are related to the technological field like these can arise
when any trainer is going to give power point presentations to their staff members.
These risks can be reduced by using some methods and these methods are:
Customers relationship management: This is a tool that focuses on the customers
relationship with their employees (Chaffey and White, 2010). This relationship should be
improved by providing them quality services so that company will be able to achieve its profits.
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Public relations: This should be improving by the organization by conducting the press
conference. When organizations relationship is get improved with its suppliers and buyers than
they can achieve all the objectives.
Feedback: Feedback can be given to all employees so that they can measure their
performance and can perform well so that overall objectives can be achieved.
TASK 7
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
1 CRMImplementation 277days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/14/17 £0.00
2 Initiation 27days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/29/16 £250.00
3 Problemrecognition 3days Mon2/22/16Wed2/24/16 Adam £260.00
4 Selectionof project 8days Thu 2/25/16 Mon3/7/16 3 Peter £300.00
5 Overviewof the
organizationstructure
2days Tue 3/8/16 Wed3/9/16 4 dawson £200.00
6 Overviewof the
organizationculture
5days Thu 3/10/16 Wed3/16/164,5 james £300.00
7 Determinationof
opportunities
3days Thu 3/17/16 Mon3/21/165,6 Adam £100.00
8 Examiningthreats 3days Tue 3/22/16 Thu 3/24/16 7 shreya £300.00
9 Request support from
customers
3days Fri 3/25/16 Tue 3/29/16 8 yui £300.00
10 Planning regardinghuman
resources
43days Wed
3/30/16
Fri 5/27/16 Cameron £300.00
11 Determinationof the key
people
4days Wed3/30/16Mon4/4/16 9 Adam £400.00
12 Analysis of their potential 5days Tue 4/5/16 Mon4/11/1611 jack £300.00
13 Ask for anemotional
commitment
2days Tue 4/12/16 Wed4/13/1611,12 dawson £600.00
14 Teammeeting 2days Thu 4/14/16 Fri 4/15/16 13 Peter £50.00
15 Teambuilding 3days Mon4/18/16Wed4/20/1614 Roma £220.00
Adam
Peter
dawson
james
Adam
shreya
yui
Adam
jack
dawson
Peter
Roma
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
16 Establishingcoordination
and integration
2days Thu4/21/16 Fri 4/22/16 15 Adam £250.00
17 Assessment of teamstrength2days Mon4/25/16Tue 4/26/16 16 yui £350.00
18 Asssessingweakness of team2days Mon5/23/16Tue 5/24/16 17 Rtaai £150.00
19 Change inteam 3days Wed5/25/16Fri 5/27/16 18 diesel £100.00
20 Creationof vision 18days Wed4/27/16Fri 5/20/16 Rtaai £350.00
21 Determinationof the values1day Wed4/27/16Wed4/27/1617 Adam £350.00
22 Assessingthe importance of
values
2days Thu4/28/16 Fri 4/29/16 21 Adam £350.00
23 Development of short
summary
2days Mon5/2/16 Tue 5/3/16 22 Adam £350.00
24 Creationof strategy 1day Wed5/4/16 Wed5/4/16 21,23 Peter £350.00
25 Evaluationof strategy 3days Thu5/5/16 Mon5/9/16 24 engy £130.00
26 Advantages of strategy 1day Tue 5/10/16 Tue 5/10/16 25 Rate,Tiff £70.00
27 Disadvantages of strategy 2days Wed5/11/16Thu5/12/16 26 diesel £350.00
28 Assessment of strategicrisk 3days Fri 5/13/16 Tue 5/17/16 27 Tiff £200.00
29 Practise of change coalition 3days Wed5/18/16Fri 5/20/16 27,28 Adam £400.00
30 Communicationof the vision 20days Mon5/23/16Fri 6/17/16 bruce £350.00
31 Talk about the visionof E-CRM2days Mon5/23/16Tue 5/24/16 29 Peter £350.00
32 Development of vision
accordingtothe scenario
2days Wed5/25/16Thu5/26/16 31 Adam £350.00
33 Addressingconcerns of people2days Fri 5/27/16 Mon5/30/1631,32 james £350.00
Adam
yui
Rtaai
diesel
Adam
Adam
Adam
Peter
engy
Rate,Tiff
diesel
Tiff
Adam
Peter
Adam
james
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
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ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
34 Applicationof visiontoall
operational aspects
3days Tue 5/31/16 Thu6/2/16 31,33 shreya £350.00
35 Attainingsupport 7days Fri 6/3/16 Mon6/13/1634 james £350.00
36 Removal of obstacles 4days Tue 6/14/16 Fri 6/17/16 35 shreya £350.00
37 Hire leaders 24days Mon6/20/16Thu7/21/16 Almight £350.00
38 organizingstructures 3days Mon6/20/16Wed6/22/1636 Rite £550.00
39 Development of the structures3days Thu6/23/16 Mon6/27/1638 Rate £550.00
40 recognize andrewardpeople7days Tue 6/28/16 Wed7/6/16 39 KIM £550.00
41 identificationof the people
whoare resistingthe
change
4days Thu7/7/16 Tue 7/12/16 40 Troy £550.00
42 Makingthemunderstand 4days Wed7/13/16Mon7/18/1641 Tiff £550.00
43 Takingcorrective actions 3days Tue 7/19/16 Thu7/21/16 42 sonir £550.00
44 Creationof short termwins 30days Fri 7/22/16 Thu9/1/16 43 beetel £440.00
45 Look for sure-fire projects 4days Fri 7/22/16 Wed7/27/1643 RD £440.00
46 Dealingwiththe clients 20days Thu7/28/16 Wed8/24/1645 dawson £440.00
47 Don't choose early targets
that are expensive.
2days Thu7/28/16 Fri 7/29/16 45 Rate £440.00
48 Performance of filteration 3days Thu8/25/16 Mon8/29/1646 james £440.00
49 Thoroughly analyze the
potential pros andcons of
your targets
3days Tue 8/30/16 Thu9/1/16 47,48 shreya £200.00
50 Buildonthe Change that is
E-CRMsystem
65days Fri 9/2/16 Thu12/1/16 49,45 Trin £200.00
shreya
james
shreya
Rite
Rate
KIM
Troy
Tiff
sonir
RD
dawson
Rate
james
shreya
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
49 Thoroughly analyze the potential pros and cons of your targets3days Tue 8/30/16 Thu9/1/16 47,48 shreya £200.00
50 Buildonthe Change that is
E-CRMsystem
65days Fri 9/2/16 Thu12/1/16 49,45 Trin £200.00
51 analyze what went right,
and what needs improving.
4days Fri 9/2/16 Wed9/7/16 49 james £200.00
52 Development of
improvements
47days Thu9/8/16 Fri 11/11/16 51 shreya £100.00
53 Settingof goals 2days Mon11/14/16Tue 11/15/1652 £200.00
54 Learnregardingkaizen, the
ideaof continuous
improvement
4days Thu9/8/16 Tue 9/13/16 51 Kol £250.00
55 Applicationof the Kaizen 8days Wed11/16/16Fri 11/25/16 51,53 Almight £100.00
56 Keepingideas freshby
bringinginnewchange
agents
4days Mon
11/28/16
Thu12/1/16 55 Rite £300.00
57 Performance of discussion 4days Wed9/14/16Mon9/19/1654 Rate £100.00
58 Anchor the E-CRMsystemin
Corporate Culture
27days Tue 9/20/16 Wed
10/26/16
KIM £150.00
59 Discussionregarding
progress every chance
2days Tue 9/20/16 Wed9/21/1657 Troy £150.00
60 Monitoringthe progress 18days Thu9/22/16 Mon10/17/1659 Tiff £150.00
61 Include the change ideals
and values
3days Tue
10/18/16
Thu
10/20/16
60 sonir £100.00
shreya
james
shreya
Kol
Almight
Rite
Rate
Troy
Tiff
sonir
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
61 Include the change ideals
and values
3days Tue
10/18/16
Thu
10/20/16
60 sonir £100.00
62 Publicly recognize key
members of change
coalition
3days Thu9/22/16 Mon9/26/1659 beetel £200.00
63 Identificationof their skills 2days Fri 10/21/16 Mon10/24/1661 RD £200.00
64 Allocationof task as per skills2days Tue 10/25/16Wed10/26/1663 £50.00
65 Development of plans to
replace key leaders of
change as they move on.
4days Fri 10/21/16 Wed
10/26/16
62,61 KIck £100.00
66 Planning 26days Thu10/27/16Thu12/1/16 Nikson £100.00
67 Identificationof essentials 2days Thu10/27/16Fri 10/28/16 65 Robertson £300.00
68 Approval of the project
fromsenior management
3days Mon
10/31/16
Wed11/2/1667 Puipil £300.00
69 Plandevelopment 5days Mon10/31/16Fri 11/4/16 67 Adam £100.00
70 Resource allocation 4days Mon11/7/16Thu11/10/1669 Troy £400.00
71 Preparationof the designs 3days Thu11/3/16 Mon11/7/1668 Tiff £300.00
72 Evaluationof design 3days Tue 11/8/16 Thu11/10/1671 £100.00
73 Selectionof suitable design 2days Fri 11/11/16 Mon11/14/1670,72 £70.00
74 Reviewof Specifications 2days Thu11/3/16 Fri 11/4/16 68 sonir £300.00
75 Definingthe project 3days Mon11/7/16Wed11/9/1674 Amaze £150.00
76 Estimationof time andcost 4days Thu11/10/16Tue 11/15/1674,75 Klck £300.00
77 Identificationof potential risk3days Wed11/16/16Fri 11/18/16 74,76 Troy £200.00
sonir
beetel
RD
KIck
Robertson
Puipil
Adam
Troy
Tiff
sonir
Amaze
Klck
Troy
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
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ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
76 Estimationof time andcost 4days Thu11/10/16Tue 11/15/1674,75 Klck £300.00
77 Identificationof potential risk3days Wed11/16/16Fri 11/18/16 74,76 Troy £200.00
78 Risk management 5days Mon11/21/16Fri 11/25/16 77 Robertson £200.00
79 Finalizingthe specifications 4days Mon11/28/16Thu12/1/16 78 beetel £300.00
80 Reporting the final specifications11days Fri 12/2/16 Fri 12/16/16 RD £500.00
81 Approval of the Project 4days Fri 12/2/16 Wed12/7/1678,79 dawson £500.00
82 Reporting tothe Management3days Fri 12/2/16 Tue 12/6/16 79 Rate £500.00
83 Applicationof planas per
the provisions
4days Tue
12/13/16
Fri 12/16/16 82 james £500.00
84 Gathering of resources 3days Thu12/8/16 Mon12/12/1681 shreya £600.00
85 optimumutilizationof
resources
2days Tue
12/13/16
Wed
12/14/16
84 Trin £600.00
86 Finalizationof the resources4days Wed12/7/16Mon12/12/1682 james £600.00
87 Optimumallocationof resources14days Tue 12/13/16Fri 12/30/16 Amaze £600.00
88 Takingadvice fromexperts 2days Tue 12/13/16Wed12/14/1686 engy £600.00
89 Identifyingthe options 2days Tue 12/13/16Wed12/14/1686 Andy £400.00
90 Determinationof the
feasibility
3days Thu
12/15/16
Mon
12/19/16
89 shrICK £400.00
91 Analysis of the suitability 1day Thu12/15/16Thu12/15/1688 Cameron £400.00
92 Selectionof the best option 3days Tue 12/20/16Thu12/22/1689,90 RD £400.00
93 Takingthe measures for
control
6days Fri 12/23/16 Fri 12/30/16 91,92 KIck £600.00
Klck
Troy
Robertson
beetel
dawson
Rate
james
shreya
Trin
james
engy
Andy
shrICK
Cameron
RD
KIck
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
94 Implementation 14days Mon1/2/17 Thu1/19/17 scroll £0.00
95 Developingdifferent modules3days Mon1/2/17 Wed1/4/17 93 Andy £120.00
96 Integrationof all modules 4days Thu1/5/17 Tue 1/10/17 95 james £300.00
97 Testing 7days Wed1/11/17Thu1/19/17 96 Rate £200.00
98 Inspection 20days Fri 1/20/17 Thu2/16/17 Nikson £600.00
99 Comparingactual work
against the given
description
7days Fri 1/20/17 Mon1/30/1797 Robertson £600.00
100 Identify the loopholes 4days Tue 1/31/17 Fri 2/3/17 99 Puipil £600.00
101 Takingcorrective actions 6days Mon2/6/17 Mon2/13/17100 Adam £500.00
102 Ensuringquality 3days Tue 2/14/17 Thu2/16/17 101 james £150.00
103 Project closure 15days Fri 2/17/17 Thu3/9/17 Troy £500.00
104 Preparingthe report of project6days Fri 2/17/17 Fri 2/24/17 102 Trui £500.00
105 Documentationof project 2days Mon2/27/17Tue 2/28/17 104 Trin £200.00
106 Releasingof resources 3days Wed3/1/17 Fri 3/3/17 105 Amaze £250.00
107 Post Implementationreview4days Wed3/1/17 Mon3/6/17 105 scroll £500.00
108 Reassigningthe resources 3days Tue 3/7/17 Thu3/9/17 104,107 Numer £500.00
109 Closure report 3days Fri 3/10/17 Tue 3/14/17 108 Huge £500.00
Andy
james
Rate
Robertson
Puipil
Adam
james
Trui
Trin
Amaze
scroll
Numer
Huge
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
After preparation of the draft project plan detail plan is devised. This is comprised of the
sub activities in the major phase of the plan. Further the plan is comprised of the resources for
every activity (Hoerl and Snee, 2012). There is major role that is being plan by Project consultant
as well as project manager in carrying out the plan. This is because they possess complete
knowledge execution of the project in an effective manner. Moreover they are the one who offer
guidance to the subordinates for carrying out the plan with appropriateness.
Network diagram
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Network diagram is referred to as the graph that is demonstrating the sequence wherein
the project terminal element is required to be accomplished through reflection of the terminal
factors as well as their dependencies (Alexander, 2013J). It is regarded as the visual
representation of the project's schedule. It is considered as the most essential tool of the project
management plan as well as track the project from beginning till the end. The network diagram
for the present project plan is stated as above.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the present study that role of determining the business issues is
important so that business can effectively make plan for the sake of enhancing its performance to
a greater extent. It has been determined that the three major change includes ECRM, Training
and development as well as Feedback and customer compliant system. From implementation of
the investment appraisal tool that is net present value it has been assessed that ECRM project
plan would yield greater profits to Sainsbury. This is due to the reason that with this company
can effectively keep the database of the customers who are its targets market. It has been inferred
from the present study that there is presence of several factors that needs to be taken into account
when making development of project plan. It is comprised of financial, human as well as time
resources. With this effective implementation of the plan can be done within minimum time as
well as cost. It can be concluded from the present report that with network diagram the longest
path that takes short time duration is determined. This assists in carrying out the project plan in
an effective manner. It has been inferred from the present report that project plan is sequence of
activities that helps in execution of activities for attainment of success by firm.
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APPENDIX
Draft project plan
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost1
1 CRMImplementation 277 days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/14/17 £0.00
2 Initiation 27 days Mon2/22/16Tue 3/29/16 £250.00
10 Planningregardinghuman
resources
25 days Wed
3/30/16
Tue 5/3/16 Cameron £300.00
20 Creationof vision 18 days Wed4/27/16Fri 5/20/16 Rtaai £350.00
30 Communicationof the vision 20 days Mon5/23/16Fri 6/17/16 bruce £350.00
37 Hire leaders 24 days Mon6/20/16Thu7/21/16 Almight £350.00
44 Creationof short termwins 30 days Fri 7/22/16 Thu9/1/16 43 beetel £440.00
50 Buildonthe Change that is
E-CRMsystem
65 days Fri 9/2/16 Thu12/1/16 49,45 Trin £200.00
58 Anchor the E-CRMsystemin
Corporate Culture
27 days Tue 9/20/16 Wed
10/26/16
KIM £150.00
66 Planning 26 days Thu10/27/16Thu12/1/16 Nikson £100.00
80 Reportingthe final specifications9days Fri 12/2/16 Wed12/14/16 RD £500.00
87 Optimumallocationof resources14 days Tue 12/13/16Fri 12/30/16 Amaze £600.00
94 Implementation 14 days Mon1/2/17 Thu1/19/17 scroll £0.00
98 Inspection 20 days Fri 1/20/17 Thu2/16/17 Nikson £600.00
103 Project closure 15 days Fri 2/17/17 Thu3/9/17 Troy £500.00
109 Closure report 3days Fri 3/10/17 Tue 3/14/17 108 Huge £500.00 Huge
Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3 Qtr 1 Qtr 3
1st Half 1st Half 1st Half
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