Performance Evaluation of DeGrandis, AOC, and Ladybird Projects

This presentation provides a performance evaluation of three projects: DeGrandis Running Shoes, the AOC Partnership, and Ladybird Sporting Apparel. The evaluation includes a commentary on project alignment with strategic goals and ethical standards, a Project Performance Scorecard (PPS) snapshot for each project, conclusions drawn from the analysis, and actionable recommendations for improvement. The analysis covers various aspects, including ethical considerations such as child labor and bribery, marketing research, and the impact of project performance on the company's reputation and financial outcomes. The presentation highlights key issues such as project delays, budget overruns, and the importance of ethical conduct and effective marketing strategies for project success. It emphasizes the need for strategic alignment, ethical considerations, and the use of project performance scorecards to monitor and improve project outcomes. The presentation also offers recommendations for addressing the challenges faced by each project, such as shifting from unethical partners, appointing efficient managers, preventing bribery, improving marketing research, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Project A: DeGrandis Running shoes
Commentary on project alignment
Slide 1: The alignment of the project can be made in the form of deriving profit so that the
branded shoes can be provided within the deadline. However, it is also required that the use of
child labour be prevented so that engaging with partners can be relied upon along with the
Company Code of Conduct. Therefore, it can be said that the alignment can be made based on
the ethical conduct of conduct related to child labour and the activities undertaken by the
stakeholders to ensure that the project undertaken does not run out of budget. The advent of
technology can help in gaining a competitive advantage in the market only if the use of children
as labour be reduced.
Project Performance Scorecard snapshot
Slide 2: Based on the analysis of the project performance scorecard, it can be said that the
perspective of the project can be related to the process involved in the manufacturing of the
shoes. In this case, it is the use of the children for conducting the manufacturing process. The
benefits that can be yielded from the perspective is the fact that DeGrandis Running shoes can
gain huge reputation and ensure that sales increases by over $5 million. The innovation that the
shoes provide is the fact that new sole cushioning technology is adopted so that a competitive
advantage can be gained. Stakeholders witness the project as profitable but at the same time raise
concerns about the use of children as manufacturers along with the timeline for completing the
project within the budget. The results of the project can be used to understand the Code of
Conduct of a Company and the manner in which consultants can be used for managing the

regional managers along with the stakeholders. The efficiency of the project process may have
been dealt with criticism however, the result obtained have been rated as 5 star.
Conclusion and Recommendation
Slide 3: Conclusion can be made in order to succeed in gaining an ethical trust of the people.
DeGrandis shoes need to ensure that it does not engage itself in child labour. At the same time,
the high rating and the increase in profit of the company can give rise to the fact that the
reputation at the market for the innovative shoes is high. Despite this, certain recommendations
can be made which can help in the improvement of the condition of the company. One of the
recommendations that can be provided is the fact that a shift from the Chinese organisations be
made so that child labour can be avoided. Another recommendation that can be made is the
appointment of an efficient regional manager so that timely production of the shoes can be made.
The third recommendation can be the involvement of the stakeholders so that they can gain more
human resources without using children for labour
Project B: AOC partnership
Commentary on project alignment
Slide 4: The project can be aligned with the schedule that is required to be maintained for being
successful. It has been seen that a scheduled project timeline is the only requirement that has not
been maintained. At the same time, the highlight occurred with the incident of bribing that dealt
a blow to the reputation of the organisation. Thus, the Code of Conduct prohibits such actions
and thus, the alignment can be based on the timely completion of the project by receiving
support from the stakeholders so that bribing in the company can be reduced. At the same time,
the reputation of the company needs to be taken into account after the bribing incident.

Project Performance Scorecard snapshot
Slide 5: The analysis of the project performance scorecard highlights the project process
perspective that involves the timely completion of the project. From this, the benefits that can be
gained is the fact that proper contract with the AOC can be gained along with an increase in
reputation. No such innovative perspective can be present however, learning perspective based
on the bribe provided can be considered as a no tolerance policy for the company. The
stakeholder perspective can be the fact that every requirement for being a part of AOC had been
met apart from the timeline. The results of the project can help in understanding the
consequences that is needed to be faced during the acceptance of bribes and the loss of
partnership that can prevail. The quality of the project can be considered as high due to the
possible increase of sales over $3 million however, the loss of partnership over the bribing
incident can be considered as a hindrance.
Conclusion and Recommendation
Slide 6: It can be concluded that the biggest concern in this case is the completion of the project
on time and for ensuring that bribes are not provided to AOC officials for any purpose. The loss
of reputation as well as the partnership can be considered as a disadvantage for the success of the
project. For this, recommendations can be made in the form of understanding Code of Conduct
of the company in terms of bribing people. The public scandal and the loss of reputation can be
mitigated by working on a partnership that can help in maintaining the subtlety of the project. At
the same time, number of employees is required to be increased so that time line of the project
can be met. Continuous monitoring of each employee and the finances of the project need to be
maintained for preventing any bribes

Project C: Ladybird sporting apparel
Commentary on project alignment
Slide 7: The alignment of the project can be made with the loss of sales that emerged for the
Project due to its partnership with Ladybird. The lack of marketing of the product can be
considered as problematic as it has a negative impact on the company. In this regard, it can be
said that the ethical consideration for the project can be the fact that increase of customer
complaint have been made and thus, the loss of reputation of the company can be considered
Project Performance Scorecard snapshot
Slide 8: The project performance scorecard highlights the requirement for maintaining proper
marketing research of the product that is to be launched. In this case, the loss of customers can be
considered as process perspective. Benefits upon improvement can be in the form of an increase
in the reputation as well as the satisfaction of the customers. With no innovative perspective, the
learning perspective that can be considered is the fact that proper marketing research is required.
For the stakeholders it is necessary that they meet the requirements of the customers along with
the increase in sales. The results of the project can help in improving the reputation of the project
and develop a partnership with Ladybird. The quality of the project can be considered as low due
to the lack of marketing research and the results are expected to have a loss of reputation and
profit
Conclusion and Recommendation
Slide 9: Conclusion can be made about the manner in which the project can be related with
Ladybird so that an assessment of the market along with the sales can be maintained. Along with

these recommendations in the form of improvement of the market research is to be made so that
reputation as well as profits can be made. Another recommendation can be on the quality of the
materials used for manufacturing so that the customer satisfaction can improve for the project.
Identification of the needs and demands of the customers also need to be made so that product
can be manufactured in a proper manner
Slide 10: References