PRMS project FanJunnu 1000819064

1. Based on the article, there was a problem of corrupted data in the midst of project implementation, which affected the demonstration of correct processes in the PRMS class and the live system. How was this problem solved? Explain your points.

In my opinion, the cause of the problem that corrupted data in the midst of the project implementation that affect the demonstration of correct processes in the PRMS class and the live system is the training environment. In the article, it mentioned that there were a limited number of people to retrain in the project planning. And besides, training alone would be of little value, the UGC’s Paul Voogd said.
Therefore, there are some implementations: in the planning phase, they correct data in the training environment; and add additional training, it also corrects data accuracy. These improvements let to other discoveries and enhance the users’ confidence; at the same time makes the company continues success.
In short, every project is constrained in different ways by its scope, time and cost. In this article, the company met the scope and time constraint more obvious than the cost constraint. If the company wants to create a successful project, it must consider these three factors and manage them well.



4. The SCL consulted the UGC in previous project in 1998, and it turned out to be a successful project. Instead of repeating the same success, this PRMS project produced a lot of issues during the implementation. In your own opinion, why SCL could not repeat the same success (without any problems) during this second round? Explain your points; you can suggest solutions to better elaborate your points.

In the first round, it was improved a success, because the company did a lot of implementations and put many efforts in changing the data in the training environment. But when the process was repeated in the second round, it cannot be a success again, even though there were without any problems. The reasons that can cause this result, I think, are in many aspects. Firstly, as do most projects of this nature, the UGC project changed its design, but not its scope as it progressed. As I mentioned before, a successful project must manage the time, scope, cost well, there are three ways to define whether the project is success or failure:
1. The project met scope, time, and cost goals;
2. The project satisfied the customer or sponsor;
3. The results of the project met its main objectives, such as making or saving a certain amount of money, providing a good return on investment, or making the sponsors happy.
Secondly, there are timing and procedural issues. Although the real time data which was used in final days testing illustrated can easily correct the timing and procedural issues, but had significant impact on planning. Therefore, its quality still reduced, so the forth reason is the quality reduced. Because there is a sentence said that the negative impact potential of projected business volume growth has been greatly reduced, so if the quality cannot meet the needs of customer, it will also affect the project’s success.