Integrated Project Management Report: Ford Motor Company Analysis

This report provides an analysis of the project management practices within Ford Motor Company, specifically focusing on the Electrical/Electronic Systems Engineering department. The introduction highlights Ford's substantial revenue and the department's role in developing electrical systems for various vehicle programs. The report evaluates both internal factors, such as budget and corporate culture, and external factors like the economy and political influences, assessing their impact on the project management process. Strategies for implementing appropriate actions are discussed, emphasizing the importance of a written strategic plan and a drafted communication plan to ensure project success. The report concludes by summarizing key aspects of Ford's project management, emphasizing its priorities of improving quality, developing products, and building relationships. References include sources on project management and earned value project management.

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Introduction
The following report is all about Ford Motor corporation that comes up with revenue of
164, 196 billion. The electronics engineering department of ford aims to deliver large number of
electrical system1. This particular department comprises of around 740 staff resources that come
up electrical teams.
Evaluation of internal and external factors and their impact on Project
Management Process
There are mainly three important factors of internal factors like
Budget: In business of Ford Motors, lack of money can easily result in understanding the
overall survival.
Corporate Culture: The present internal culture of the organization comprises of values,
priorities and attitudes of the life of every person2. Culture is the employee competes with the
colleagues that are needed for much different and more toxic.
There are many factors like external which can affect the overall economy of the
organization like
Economy: In the instance of bad economy organization might not be able to survive
anyhow. In most of the cases, it is not possible to have control of the economy but is all about
having an understanding concerning threats and opportunities.
1 Fleming, Quentin W., and Joel M. Koppelman. "Earned value project management." Project Management Institute,
2016.
2 Schwalbe, Kathy. Information technology project management. Cengage Learning, 2015.

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Politics: Any kind of change in the government policy can easily have huge impact on
the overall activity.
Development of strategies for implementing the appropriate action
Strategies implementation can be defined as a process by which given plans and required
strategies are put into desired goals3. The overall strategic plan can be stated as a written plan
which is needed for reaching each and every detail of given steps and processes in Ford Motor
Corporation4. It is merely inclusive of both that is feedback and overall progress report for
ensuring the fact that the whole plan is on track.
Drafted communication Plan
Project Team Frequency Goal Owner
Status report of the
project
On weekly interval Review of overall
status of the project
Project Manager
Stand Up Teams On daily basis What the team
members at ford
motors can do
Project Manager
Review of Project All the required
milestone
Current deliverables
of the project
Project Manager
3 Turner, Rodney. Gower handbook of project management. Routledge, 2016.
4 Kerzner, Harold, and Harold R. Kerzner. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

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Conclusion
From the above pages of the report, the point can be concluded that this report is all about
Ford Motor Corporation. The department mainly comprises of four major functional areas that
are North America Truck and cars. The organization comes up with huge number of priorities
that are improving quality, providing products along with building relationship.

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References
Fleming, Quentin W., and Joel M. Koppelman. "Earned value project management." Project
Management Institute, 2016.
Kerzner, Harold, and Harold R. Kerzner. Project management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
Schwalbe, Kathy. Information technology project management. Cengage Learning, 2015.
Turner, Rodney. Gower handbook of project management. Routledge, 2016.