DeGrandis Sporting Goods: Project Performance Evaluation Presentation

This presentation evaluates the project portfolio of DeGrandis Sporting Goods, focusing on three key projects: a new running shoe brand, a partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), and Ladybird Sporting Apparel. The presentation assesses each project's alignment with DeGrandis's strategic goals and ethical standards, examining factors such as project deadlines, budgets, and customer satisfaction. Project A, the running shoe, met user requirements but exceeded its budget. Project B, the AOC partnership, faced ethical issues due to bribery. Project C, the Ladybird apparel, was delivered late, over budget, and failed to meet customer needs. The presentation provides recommendations for future projects, emphasizing stakeholder involvement, ethical conduct, and the importance of aligning projects with company strategy and customer needs. The presentation concludes by highlighting the importance of effective project management and ethical considerations in achieving project success and maintaining the company's reputation.

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.