Analysis of Ford Motor Company's Electrical Systems Project Management

This report provides an analysis of project management within Ford Motor Company's Electrical Systems Engineering department. It examines the processes involved in managing projects, focusing on change requirements and the project lifecycle. The report is divided into two parts: Part A discusses changes in project requirements, the analysis of those changes, and personal feedback on the project. It also covers the project's lifecycle phases. Part B focuses on decision-making processes within the company, discussing how leaders influence project success and the importance of effective decision-making for stakeholders. The report highlights the importance of efficient decision-making processes, project life cycle, and the engagement of stakeholders in decision-making to ensure the successful execution of projects.

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Executive Summary
This report discusses regarding the Electrical Systems Engineering. It elaborates an idea of the business
process of the Electrical Systems engineering related Ford Motors Company. In the part A of this report,
it discusses regarding the changes in the requirements related to the project. It elaborates regarding the
analysis of the change in the requirements of the project. It also shares some kind of personal
understanding related to this project. It also provides some kind of feedback to this approach. In part B
of the assignment it discusses regarding the output of the part A of the report.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
PART A OF THE ASSIGNMENT...........................................................................................................3
PART B OF ASSIGNMENT....................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................15

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INTRODUCTION
Electronic Engineering Systems is used to describe those fundamental subjects of the principles
of the Electrical Engineering that is related to different kinds of discipline that is discovered into a
system.
This report discusses regarding the business process related to the Ford Motors Company. In the
part of this report it discusses regarding the changes in the requirements. It elaborates regarding the
change in the requirements of the project. It also describes the personal feedback regarding this project.
In part B of the assignment it discusses regarding the output of the part A.
PART A OF THE ASSIGNMENT
In case of changes in the projects that is related to the Electronics Systems Engineering refers to two
procedures. It includes the procedure of the change in continuous manner as well as the change in the
complexity of the project (Ford, 2019). The first one says that systems should be modified or its use will
be less. The second one says that by performing some changes the structure of electronic systems
become very hard to design; it requires several numbers of the resources that is necessary to make it
very much simple. Change in the projects of the Electronics Systems engineering describes huge number
of importance in area of construction of the digital devices. These projects have many changes due to the
huge amount of competition in the entire globe (Penna, 2016). It can happen due to growth of the
technology and also the demand of the users. For this procedure the Meta model procedure is used. Ford
Motors can use the six sigma approaches for the changes in the project. In this case, the user of the Ford
Motors Company requests the change for the problems that can develop new features related to the

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projects. The changes can be performed by the inside or outside persons of the employee. The project
manager will be the owner of the project. The company can assign a distinct change manager for
performing different kinds of changes. The Ford Motors Company can appoint the team that is
responsible for performing different kinds of changes. They will also check whether there is any kind of
change applicable to company. The Ford Motors company can appoint a person whose designation will
be change builder (Macdonald, 2017). He or she is responsible for doing some kind of changes related to
the Electronic Engineering Systems. It can be said that the changes are performed by the project
managers of the Ford Motors company. For changing the projects there are different kinds of associated
activities are required. It is used to select different kinds of new properties according to the necessity of
the user of the Ford Motors Company. User may detect some kind of issues in the electronic systems
and it should be highlighted in the report related to the problems. The project manager must perform
some kind of analysis that can be requested to perform any kind of change in the projects of the
electronics systems.
There are three parts in the phases related to the life cycle of the project. It includes phase of the
starting of the project, phase related to the plan of the particular project and implementation of the
particular plan of the project (Lambert, Theis & Cavataio, 2018). In case of the starting of a phase
related to the management of the electronics system is that the goals of the projects are determined. This
can be the issue related to the project. A proper response that is required for the project in the area of the
documentation in the case of the business of the Ford Motors Company. In this particular cases, the
feasibility study has to be done that can be observed. It can be an option to tell the idea of the goals of
the projects. The suggested solutions have to be evaluated. The project is started for the authorized
solution. For this reason, a project must be recruited (Boyle, 2019). The team involved in this project
can change the figure of the project. The authorization can be done by the project manager for migrating

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into the phase of the planning. The next step is the planning phase. In this case the Ford Motors
Company able to develop the electronics project in the detailed format and also steps are essential to
reach the goal of the project. In this particular step, the team is able to detect the entire work that can be
performed by the project manager (Hughes-Cromwick & Coronado, 2019). The tasks related to the
project as well as different kinds of the requirement of the sources can be detected in addition with the
production of this kind of system. This is also called as the management related to different kinds of
scopes related to the project. The plan of the project is constructed with the tasks, dependency as well as
the time frames related to that kind of project. The project manager is able to supervise for the
preparation of the budget of the projects that can estimate the expenditure for the materials, labors and
many others related to that company. This expenditure is used for the control as well as investigates the
cost for the implementation. If the team for the project team is detected for the work, then it is designed
the rough cost as well as schedule. The basic processes need to be finished (Di Minin, Ferrigno &
Zordan, 2019). This is the high time for the detection as well as dealing with any kind of the process of
the Ford Motors Company that may be responsible for the threats for the smooth end of the project. In
the risk management of the project the huge amount of the threat are detected with the activity that needs
to be provided. This also very precious time for the stakeholders of the project and it is used to generate
the plan of the contact that has to be describe for the data required and also mode of delivery for keeping
the users pre-informed. At the end of this phase the company can generate the final paper with the
planning related to the quality as well as the measurement related to the control and many others. At this
present scenario, the project will be ready to run. In phase of implementation, plan related to the project
has to be started and also the function of the project has to be done (Baker, 2015). It is very much
necessary to maintain the contact as per requirement at the time applying in the project. At the time of
the application of the project the employees involve in the project are taken out different kinds of

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assignments as well as different kinds of variances related to the original plan. The project manager uses
this kind of the data for maintaining different kinds of control for maintain the way of this project. The
initial action should be carried out to take the project back on the previous place. This means after
running the project it will back the genuine solution as a return. If it is not occurred that it can be varied
from the actual plan for the project. It is used for the changing of these plans. Up to this process the
sponsors of the different projects of the Ford Motor Company. The plan must be updated at the
continuous rate (Ericson, 2015). The status of the project report must always highlight related to the
expenditure, quality and many others. Every report has to be evaluated for the quality of the project.
Once all the materials related to the project is reduced and the final solution is approved then the project
is at the position to terminate. In the termination phase the major importance will be on the ultimate
reports of the user and also transfer over the consumer of the business and also the ending of the
contracts of the suppliers. It is used to contact of the termination of all kind of stakeholders related to the
stakeholders (Ferry & Osborne, 2017). There are some kinds of procedures that can be conducted of
learning the thoughts for investigating. By using this type of analysis the experience is returned to the
Ford Motion Company. It will helps them a lot for the upcoming teams involved in the project.
PART B OF ASSIGNMENT
Decision making has a good bonding with the help of leaders that can be affected with the
success of the project. A huge number of the projects that related to the development are ordered as well
as controlled for the process for the success for the execution of the projects (Popsecu & Popsecu,
2017). There are some kinds of decisions that is related to the life cycle of the project. It has no such
exact step. Decision can be taken by the Ford Motor Company in the production of the Electronics
Systems that involves the allocation of the resources, external structure of the plans and many more. The

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company has divided the projects into delayed as well as failed processes. This kind of worst
performance is caused for the bad design, bad decision making as well as huge amount of bad works
(Suzdaleva & Nagy, 2017). This process can greatly affect the interpersonal talents of the professionals
of the company. The efficient process of making the decision includes the free approach related to the
leaders. It is also used for the success of the project. It is very much important for the stakeholders for
the development of the teams. It has the power for supporting the requirements in the Ford Motor
Company. This company is mainly focused on the company production of the electronic systems (Mohr
et al., 2015). It is able tackle the tough projects that are distributed into different kinds of activities. It is
used to take the correct decisions into many activities. It can be taken by using the exact structure that
can be controlled. The stakeholders of the project are engaged in the process of the decision making at
the time of the lifecycle of that project (Pienaar, Kusakana & Manditereza, 2018). It has a good style of
leader. The stakeholders can able to develop the skills related to the interpersonal skills. The decision
making process making process at the time of lifecycle of the project of the Ford Motors Company that
can allow the each and every level of the authority as well as the eligibility to take some decisions. The
method related to design must be selected (Bals, Kirchoff & Foerst, 2016). Decisions of the project life
cycle can be done in the programmatic as well as objective manner. It must be free from the different
kinds of the personal interest. In the project of the Ford Motors Company the team of the project. The
designer of that kind of project can be in the range of different kinds of companies as well as the
individual persons (Jacobs, 2019). The complexity of the project and also the direction of that one can
depends on the briefing of the project and also the stakeholders. The team of the project can be
constructed with different kinds of branches that includes the architect as well as the engineers of that
particular company. They have to design the plans for the application of the project. The team of the
engineers is made of sub ordinate engineers, special engineers as well as the delivery boy of the raw

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materials (Reich et al., 2016). The company can involve themselves having the three main styles of the
leadership. It includes free rein, participatory and autocratic.
Change request analysis:
The change in the requirement analysis is a process in which a document is prepared in such a
way that it shows the necessary changes that has to be made in the organization, how the change is
necessary, what possible changes can be made and what is the impact of the change in the company. The
company along with its stake holders are present when the changes are discussed.

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Project Details:
Project Name:
Supply source management
Request #:
Improvement in supplier sourcing process
Requested By:
Project management team
Request Description:
Improvement in the sourcing process of the supplier. The process is slower in different sector of
manufacturing due to the slow process of supplier of material. The suppliers have to be fast and
punctual in his field in order to increase the pace of production.
Reasons for this Change Request:
To increase the pace of the projects that are ongoing as well the projects that will be undertaken in the
future.
Options considered to implement the change:

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Better suppliers are to be considered.
Trustworthy supply process are to be undertaken
Impact of each option (Cost, Scope, Schedule, Quality):
Cost: The impact on the cost will be affected if the production is delayed due to the deficit in supply
items.
Schedule: There is a specific delivery schedule for a company that has to be net by the employees by
the end of the day.
Quality: If there is an urgency in the production of certain units, the quality may be affected due to
supply deficit. Though Ford tries to maintain the company status by providing better quality items.
Chosen solution:
Considering better supply sources is beneficial for the company. Consistency in the supply is required
for smooth ongoing of the company’s production. Hence supply source improvement is necessary to
eradicate the existing problem.

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Project Details:
Project Name:
Prioritizing project
Request :
Identification of the Red Issues
Requested By:
Electrical or electronic department
Request Description:
The issues in the department of the software like the issues with the electrical or the electronics
elements of the company or the production is needed to be identified early.
Reasons for this Change Request:
If the most important issue is delayed in the process of identification, there is a high chance of system
failure.
Options considered to implement the change:

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Electrical and Electronics Engineers are appointed such that they are all time alert in their
department’s issues.
Impact of each option (Cost, Scope, Schedule, Quality):
Cost: appointing engineers at different sections of the company is expensive. But a system failure may
cost more than that. It not only affect production but also has a poor impact on the company’s
reputation.
Schedule: the schedule is disrupted.
Chosen solution:
Stationing Engineers having expertise in the field of Electrical and Electronics services is chosen as a
requirement. This may be expensive as placing a person includes many other facilities and
requirements for that person that has to be provided by the company. The company on the other hand
should consider it as a benefit as the engineer placed at the zones which may have issue are all time
alert on that position checking for problems. Hence the problem once detected can be solved in no
time without any delay.

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Project Details:
Project Name:
Management of resistance
Request :
Identifying the resistance in the
Requested By:
Engineering department
Request Description:
Increment of the project management maturity
Reasons for this Change Request:
For continuous improvement of the project procedure
Options considered to implement the change:
Organizing meetings with in presence of the stakeholders
Communication with the members of the company

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Impact of each option (Cost, Scope, Schedule, Quality):
Cost: this does not effects the cost of the
Schedule: schedule may be affected.
Chosen solution:
The stakeholders are responsible for making investment in the company. It is beneficial to make any
decision in front of them. The investment can be made on the basis of the decisions made by the
management in the presence of the stake holders for improvement in the company.
Ford Company has taken several initiatives in the past few years. This includes many things such
as flexible fuel vehicles (Brady, Joost & David Warren, 2016). They not only operate on conventional
fuel but also runs smoothly in ethanol mixture fuels. The ethanol mixture fuel may be in the form of
pure gasoline or bio gasoline. Electric vehicle which are hybrid in nature are also developed by the
company itself to meet certain requirements of the customers. Toyota and Ford combined together and
developed this hybrid technology which are patented by Toyota (Su & Wagner, 2017). In return of
which, some of the car manufactured by Toyota was patented by Ford. Ford’s Escape Hybrid cars
introduced in 2004 was the first hybrid vehicle developed and it lasted as long as three generations with
a stable market value (Lindstrom & Hodges, 2015).
The Electrical Engineering sector of the company has four main functional areas. Each of those
areas have their own chief engineers. They are namely, North America trucks, North America car,

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Commodity and Application Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Software and
modeling (Sparrow & Howard, 2017).
The mission of the Ford Company is “Great Products ... More Products ... Faster” from the very
beginning. The priorities of the company can be outlined in a few points. They are as follows:
1. Improvement in quality
2. Development of elegant and efficient product which are exciting to the customer (Li et
al., 2016)
3. Achieve a competitive revenue and cost
4. Building up relationships (Mordue, 2017)
The department of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering focuses primarily on the key areas that are
mentioned below:
1. Consistent communication with the employees (Hausman, 2016)
2. Emphasizing upon the few vital priorities
3. Prioritizing the people (Shein & Bell, 2017)
4. Removing possible barriers.
The employees who are involved in the company’s production should be able to simplify, stabilize,
standardize and sustain the work process (Elbert, 2018).
It has always been a priority for the Ford to develop competent ideas for the company such that
they can stay ahead of the others in the same business. The project managers focuses on consulting

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about how the project shall be implemented, executed, and maintained in the organizations project
management office (Mock & German, 2015). They also take care of the knowledge transfer procedure
for the organization. There are some disciplines that are to be maintained in the department of the
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department (Baumann & Thompson, 2015).

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CONCLUSION
Hence, from the project management it can be concluded that Ford is a multination
United State based company who mainly develop cars and make innovative technologies for cars which
make them sustainable in the market. Though it has been running successfully since the time it is
developed, it is facing some downfall in the statistics since the last few years. Thus, technologies are
implemented by the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering for the developing competent
ideas which can benefit the organization. Some analysis are made regarding the some changes that are
proposed for the betterment of the company. These changes are quite necessary and are brought to
notice for the stakeholders and the company officials to see through it.
The stakeholders who are the main investors for the company, are presented with the necessary
changes for the company. The analysis is presented in such a way that it is convenient for a person to
understand the importance, reason of changing and the priority of required changed. The stakeholders
then either sanction the process or decline it according to the necessity.
Changes are required for any company to reach its zenith. Without improvisation and changes a
company cannot sustain. Thus collaboration with European company’s like the Wolksvogan has
previously benefited the company and may also help it in the near future. The company’s betterment and
improvisation in different sector may not only improve the production but also help in developing
competent technologies. By prioritizing the people and communicating with the employees it is possible
for a company to attain a smooth ongoing process which in turn helps in the improvement of the
company’s detoriating condition.

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