Performance Evaluation Presentation

Performance Evaluation Presentation
DeGrandis Sporting Goods
[Student Name] – [Student Number]

Introduction
• DeGrandis Sporting Goods Project Portfolio:
o Three key projects:
1. Project A – [DeGrandis Running Shoes ]
2. Project B – [Australian Olympic Committee (AOC)
Partnership ]
3. Project C – [Ladybird Sporting Apparel ]

DeGrandis Strategic Goals
• Key Strategic Goals:
1. To introduce the DeGrandis private label running shoe to the company’s
product range.
2. To ensure that the project team successfully develop a new sole
cushioning technology.
3. To ensure a new show brand is delivered within the specified project
deadline, resources and satisfy customer needs.

DeGrandis Ethical Standards
• Key Ethical Standards:
1. DeGrandis Company believes in the code of labour practices, which
operates with respect to labour practices.
2. According to DeGrandis Company Code of Conduct, it does not allow the
use of child labour in its practices
3. DeGrandis Company work to ensuring that it comply with the Labour
Code of Conduct by any of their suppliers, contractors, licensees,
subcontractors in organising its production not to fall below the scope of
the code (Mamic, 2017).

Project A: Strategy & Ethics
• Alignment with strategy:
o The project align with the company strategy by providing
the product (new shoe brand) within the project deadline
and meets user requirements (Andersson, & Chapman, (2017,
p.329).
o Although, the project surpasses the laid down budget for
delivering the project.

Cont’
• Alignment with ethics:
o The project tasked with delivery of the new shoe product does not align
with the company’s ethical strategy.

Project A: PPS Snapshot
Dimension Score Explanation
Stakeholders 2/5 • Project team does not involve board
directors in selecting Chinese manufacture
and supply company.
Project Process 4/5 • The project is delivered in time and meets
customer requirements, but it exceed
planned budget.
Innovation and
Learning
5/5 • The project has abided by time, and meet
user requirements.
Quality 5/5 • The product is of high-quality since it is
able to outsell international rival brands
Benefit 5/5 • The new shoe brand is loved by customers
meaning it satisfy their requirements.
Use 5/5 • The new shoe brand is used for running

Project A: Conclusion
• The new shoe brand produced by the project team is exceptional as it is
able to meet user (athletes and professional sports) requirements.
• The project team strived to ensure that it delivered the product on time and
user satisfactory.

Project A: Recommendations
1. The project team should strive to ensure that in future it involve
company stakeholders in all phases of the project.
2. The project team should always understand that the success of the
project is built on specified time, budget and user requirements.

Project B: Strategy & Ethics
• Alignment with strategy:
o The primary objective for the project is to ensure that
DeGrandis sporting Goods become a legitimate supplier of
sporting equipment to the Australian Olympic Team.
• Alignment with ethics:
o The project does not align itself with the ethical standards
required at all since it emerge that DeGrandis sport Goods
bribed an official of AOC to approve the partnership.

Project B: PPS Snapshot
Dimension Score Explanation
Stakeholders
5/5 • Stakeholders play a significant role in listing all project requirements
that should be achieved by the project
Project Process
4/5 • Although the project runs successfully to realise the clients
requirements, it goes past the projected schedule.
Innovation and Learning
5/5 • It is identified that the success of the project was based on clear
requirements outlined by stakeholders.
Quality
4/5 • The project is hampered by DeGrandis Company bribing the AOC
which damage its brand and also violate the company’s code of
Conduct.
Benefit 4/5 • The company’s partnership with AOC led to increase in sales by over
$3 million
Use 5/5 • The project shows the importance of involving stakeholders in a project
and the consequences of not complying to ethical standards.

Project B: Conclusion
• The inclusion of stakeholders in a project help to identify all project
requirements Mir, & Pinnington, (2014), which allow the project to
operate with ease in delivering the product.
• Project managers should always work in accordance with the project
ethical standards to avoid tarnishing the company name.
• All projects activities should be conducted transparently.

Project B: Recommendations
• I recommend that in future Degrandis Sport Goods Company should act
ethically according to the company’s Code of Conduct.
• The project should organise its activities properly to ensure that it deliver
the desired product in time, within set budget and satisfy the client (Kaiser,
El Arbi, & Ahlemann, 2015, p.126).

Project C: Strategy & Ethics
• Alignment with strategy:
o The Ladybird Sporting apparel does not align with DeGrandis
Company strategy which is to ensure that its products meet its
customer needs.
o Similarly, the project is delivered late, does not meet budget and
user requirements.
• Alignment with ethics:
o The Ladybird Sporting Apparel is in line with ethics because it
is environment friendly.

Project C: PPS Snapshot
Dimension Score Explanation
Stakeholders
1/5 • Stakeholders are key to project success because they reveals the project
requirements. However, Ladybird sporting project does not involve
stakeholders leading to unsatisfactory products which is delivered late
and costs more than planned.
Project Process 1/5 • The project process was poorly planned thus leading to unsatisfactory
products which does not meet customer requirements.
Innovation and Learning
5/5 • The success of a project depend on well-planned structure which
include time, cost, scope, resources, monitoring, and implementation
among others.
Quality 2/5 • The project is poor as it is delivered late, non-satisfactory. It is only
ecofriendly.
Benefit 1/5 • The project is not beneficial to the customers but only to the
environment.
Use 1/5 • This project is not useful as it does not satisfy customers needs thus it
is a waste of resources and time.

Project C: Conclusion
• The Ladybird sporting project was not well-planned at all
because it is not only delivered late, but also use excessive costs
and does not meet customer requirements.
• The project was not well-planned and this is evident by the
increased customer complaints.
• Making matters worse the product is not marketed properly
before it is launched into the apparel industry.

Project C: Recommendations
1. I would recommend that in future ladybird sporting apparel should
first identify customer needs and wants before venturing in delivering
any project.
2. Also, before launching any project product to the market it is
important to market it properly.

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