QBUS2350: Project Planning and Management.
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QBUS2350: Project Planning and Management2016 S2Homework 1: Case StudyJennifer is a manager working in Great Alaska Adventures (GAA), of which the headquarters is located in Dillingham, Alaska. Jennifer earlier in the day received a fax from one of her customers, the president of Blue Note, Inc (BN). The president of BN wants to reward the top management team of BN by taking them on an all-expense-paid fly-fishing adventure in Alaska. The president would like to ask Jennifer to organise and lead the expedition. In GAA, all of the adventure trips are customized according to customers’ needs and each trip is managed as one single project.After receiving the fax, Jennifer spent a few hours on preparing a preliminary scope statement (see below). Because Jennifer suddenly encounters some family emergency, she has to ask you to 1) review her scope statement, 2) identify 4 risks based on the scope statement and create a risk response matrix, 3) and prescribe project risk management strategy for each identified risk. She asks you to write a business memorandum (with no more than 1500 words) that must be ready on her desk by tomorrow.The following link gives you some background information about trips in Alaska.http://www.greatalaska.com/pages/about_us/18.phpProject Scope StatementProject objectiveTo organise and lead a five-day fly-fishing expedition down the Tikchik River system in Alaska from 21 to 25 June at a cost no more than US$30,000.Deliverables-Provide air transportation from Dillingham, Alaska to Camp I and from Camp II back to Dillingham. -Provide river transportation consisting of two eight-man drift boats with outboard motors. -Provide three meals a day for five days spent on the river. -Provide four hours fly-fishing instruction.-Provide overnight accommodations at the Dillingham lodge plus three four-man tents with cost, bedding and lanterns.-Provide four experienced river guides who are also fly fishermen. -Provide finishing licences for all guests.Milestones1.Contract signed 22 February. 2.Guests arrive in Dillingham 20 June. 3.Depart by plane to Camp I on 21 June. 4.Depart by plane from Camp II to Dillingham 25 June. Technical requirements1.Air transportation to and from base camps.2.Boat transportation within the Tikchik River system.3.Digital cellular communication devices.4.Camps and fishing conform to state of Alaska requirements.
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