Project Management Methodologies Report: Huawei, Waterfall, and Lean

This report analyzes project management methodologies, focusing on a case study of Huawei. The report begins with an overview of project management and its importance, followed by a detailed examination of Huawei's use of the Waterfall methodology, including its origins, advantages, and disadvantages. An alternative methodology, Lean Project Management, is then presented, outlining its principles, benefits, and drawbacks. The report concludes with a recommendation for Huawei to adopt Lean Project Management to improve customer satisfaction and project efficiency. The report covers various aspects such as advantages and disadvantages of the methodologies, and provides a comprehensive comparison to help in the selection of the right methodology.

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Executive summary
The following report is prepared to analyse the different project management methodologies
that are used in the different organization and its importance to process with a project to
attain success. The section focuses on the particular project management methodology that is
used by the selected organization that is Huawei and based on its project management
approach; an alternative method is thus recommended in the last part of the report.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Project management methodology of Huawei.......................................................................4
Waterfall project management methodology.........................................................................4
Alternative project management methodology......................................................................6
Lean Project Management methodology...............................................................................6
Recommendation........................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Change and innovation are taking place in our daily life every day, whether it is an
area such as technology or healthcare or even space exploration. Each of these innovations is
typically brought to the customers or the consumers by a team of brilliant people led by
project managers (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). Project management has different
methodologies which are essential to understanding to plan, implement and evaluate the
project. Nowadays organization are taking up and implementing various project management
methodologies to benefit in their project success. One such organization that is discussed in
this report is the organization of Huawei.
Organisation overview
Huawei is one of the leading providers of information and communication
infrastructure around the globe. It was founded in the year 1987. The integrated solutions
that Huawei provides consists of four key fields which are smart devices, telecom networks,
IT and cloud services. The organization is committed to conveying in new digital services for
establishing a thoroughly intelligent and connected world. The organization of Huawei has
more than 180000 employees working for it operating in more than 170 countries around the
globe. The product portfolio of Huawei is both secured as well as competitive to the market.
By enabling open collaboration system, Huawei offers value to its customers by inspiring
innovation in the organization. The projects that Huawei delivers focus on customer needs,
and thus it is necessary to use proper project management methodology to process with their
plans and provide them with the expected outcome.

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Discussion
Project management methodology of Huawei
Huawei uses both traditional and agile project management methodology to deliver its
projects. To implement plans successfully by ensuring the quality of the deliverables and the
project cost control, Huawei uses the waterfall methodology of project management in its
different projects (Špundak, 2014).
Waterfall project management methodology
Origin
Waterfall methodology or also known as the traditional method of software
development originated along with the software development industries. The use of this
methodology started from the year 1950 when to create any software, a typical hardware
development method was followed. At that point of the stage, the waterfall model of project
management was regarded as one of the innovative approaches towards software
development.
Description of the Waterfall model methodology
Waterfall methodology is one of the outdated and time-proven projects administration
approaches. The model of waterfall permits the implementation of significant and
multifaceted plans that are very hard or exclusive or even unbearable to alteration after the
program has already begun (Despa, 2014). A waterfall is a direct approach that assumes
steady crusade from one accomplished phase to the other. The most significant critical feature
of the Waterfall model is detailed planning and certification. Waterfall occurs in negligible
variations, but the layouts remain the same. Six main phases strictly follow one another in a
waterfall methodology approach (Banica et al., 2017). In software development, the scenes
include- idea, requirements specifications, design, development, testing and then the final

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product. Waterfall methodology when applied to any business project management, first the
commercial needs are explored, and a solution is obtainable as there is typically no
coincidental to go back, this point is of utmost importance. All the necessities, pamphlets,
achievement metrics are collected and accepted during this phase. After this, they are all
added to the enterprise document, and then the fillings of the materials are utilised as a basis
for growth with each phase being patterned to follow the original plan and fit the
deliverables. When the connection phase comes, the invention in the model is already
completed with proper functionalities.
Advantages
Waterfall model is highly advantageous for projects having a massive scale, and the
outcome of the project needs to be predicted with high accuracy (Fitzgerald & Stol, 2014).
The results thus obtained from this method are pretty straight forward, and the scope can be
known from the very beginning. This project management model is suitable for projects with
minimum requirements. The waterfall project management methodology is advantageous as
it is easier to review the specific processes and deliverables during the project process
(Marchewka, 2014).
Disadvantages
Waterfall model is often disapproved for being too unbending and not replying the
necessities of continually changing software schemes. In waterfall methodology, there is no
fortuitous to alter the consequences or change some features of the plan while it is in
evolution. Another factor that adds to the disadvantages of the waterfall model is that no
functional software is produced during the life cycle of the projects. Waterfall model of
project management methodology is not always a proper project management methodology
for the complex and object-oriented projects.

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Alternative project management methodology
Among all the alternative types of project management methodology rather than the
Waterfall model of project management is the Lean Project management methodology.
Lean Project Management methodology
Origin
The Lean project management methodology was derived from the production system
of Toyota, Henry Ford and various other predecessors. The term originated in Japan. This
type of project management is usually used in the manufacturing field, but nowadays it is
applied in almost all spheres especially where customer satisfaction is the main aim.
Description of Lean Project Management Methodology
A lean system methodology is a type of procedure for project management that places
heavy emphasis on reducing waste and improving processes (Sunder, 2016). The whole point
of applying the method is to bring the most excellent client satisfaction with the least amount
of resources in the fastest time possible. The five principles of Lean project management are
as follows:
1. To identify customers a specified value
2. To create flow while eliminating waste
3. To respond to customer pull
4. To determine a map of the value stream
5. To pursue perfection
The principles of lean project management thinking are all about value. The project
management methodology aims at removing the bottlenecks in the project process to
speed the project along its way.

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Advantages
Lean project management, methodology harnesses the way to remove wastes to run
more efficiently and to deliver better results for the customers and clients of the project
(Ansah, Sorooshian & Mustafa, 2016). Lean project management is advantageous as it
reduces the completion time and offers a plan on time. It also helps in increasing efficiency
through standardisation and improves the quality of the final product.
Disadvantages
Some of the problems of lean project management methodology are-
1. Equipment failure: Equipment failure in lean project management can lead to the
collapse of the entire project.
2. Delivery inconsistency: As a result of equipment failure, this may often lead to a
difference in the deliverables leading to affect the customer relationship and may lead
them to move towards competitors.
Recommendation
As the overall organization of Huawei focusses on enabling a customer-centric
experience by the delivery of their projects, it is thus recommended to use the lean project
management methodology in their project management system (Seymour & Hussein, 2014).
This would help them in gaining better customer reviews and will assist them in delivering
better projects to their client while reducing the overall project completion time (Braude &
Bernstein, 2016).

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Conclusion
Thus, from the above report, it can be concluded that it is essential that organization
use suitable project management methodologies to organise their projects in times, providing
necessary tools that are required to estimate the costs and time correctly within the projects.
All project management methodologies are not suitable for all types of projects, and thus it is
necessary to adopt an appropriate framework that helps the organization in gaining their main
goal towards delivering each project. A proper project management methodology is the key
to get success while planning and executing the projects in providing significant outcomes to
the end users.

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