Organizational Project Management (OPM): Exploring Its Need in Organizations

Organizational Project Management (OPM) is not a thing or a procedure rather, it can almost be described as a state of being or harmony in the alignment of what an organization does and how it gets there. OPM has the responsibility to enhance and improve how an organization achieves its strategic goals. It provides organizations with an intelligent approach to deal effectively with the various projects and programs required by the market, its organizational stakeholders, and regulatory agencies, all within the organization\u27s limited resources. OPM has the responsibility to support the alignment between the organization\u27s business strategy and its projects to achieve the organization\u27s goals. It is also responsible for managing risks and dealing with the uncertainty that may prevent the organization from achieving its objectives. In addition, it enables the organization to measure its capabilities, then plan and implement improvements to seek the systematic achievement of best practices. Moreover, it ensures organizational learnings from both knowledge management and lessons learned. The purpose of the research is to illustrate the important role that OPM must or needs to play within the organization. This research utilizes the current knowledge base in the project management environment to answer the question of Why does an organization need to establish OPM? In addition to describing OPM\u27s responsibility in the organization, the paper will briefly explore four categories, Portfolio Management, Project Sponsor, Effective Programs and Projects Management, and Strategic Project Management Office (PMO) for establishing OPM in an organization

Gone in 60: Stolen Cars

Presentation for a smartphone application where users can report and find stolen cars

Website Development Proposal for a Sportswear Company

This online sales website development project is being undertaken to create a one stop online shopping platform for our client’s fast growing customer base. Once completed their numerous customers will be able to make purchases from the varieties of sports products they offer them from their convenience and have it shipped anywhere they might be located. To the client organization, the successful completion of this project will enable them reach more customers by adding the modern day increasing online shoppers to their customer base, increase their annual sales volume, reduce current and future cost of erecting and maintaining multiple physical store infrastructure as well as decongesting the existing facilities. Their financial projection for the first year after integrating the online sales is estimated to be a 30 per cent increase in the previous year’s annual revenue and 22 per cent increase in annual profit. To our organization this project is line with the kind of projects we do, will add to our experience curve. Also, the profit of accepting this project will increase our revenue

Site Selection Evaluation utilizing HDM Model & STEEP Perspectives: Case Study - Pyramid Power

This paper presents a limited framework using Hierarchical Decision Making model with STEEP perspectives to assist in site selection for an environmentally focused waste energy conversion project. The framework in limited in that the structure presented is a stem, the beginning, and should be expanded upon if used. Examples of expansion criteria are given in this document to be considered along with relevant criteria derived from specific company and project background. When choosing where to implement an energy-sector green project on a global scale there are countless factors that can help a project succeed or fail. Literature research yielded consistent and historical vetted cases where STEEP (social, technical, environmental, economic, political - sometimes abbreviated to PEST or PESTEL) perspectives were proven effective. This paper presents a model where project locations can be plugged in and relative weights can easily be assigned to suggest and categorize locations. To prove the model, a sample case study was used against the limited model for the company Pyramid Power in an endeavor to select a location for industrial diesel generator heat capture tooling. This tooling improves energy output by as much as 30% without additional fuel. The scale and success of this initial project are crucial to the success of the company, thus site selection is a top priority

Meet ARA, The Modular Phone Marketing Plan Report and Research Log

Project ARA is an initiative that aims to develop an open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones. This initiative provides a vehicle to support Google’s overall mission of organizing and connecting the world\u27s data making it not only useful but universally accessible. Data suggests that mobile technology, such as smartphones is significantly increasing in usage, so much that it is doubling that of laptop/desktop usage. Supporting data shows since 2008, mobile devices have been on a steep increase of usage [1] [2]. Google is using Project ARA to infiltrate this increasing mobile market by using the idea of a modular smartphone to not only meet the customer needs of customization but also to continue Google’s mission and demand for more data usage