Group Assignment
GE Cooking Stove
GE Cooking Stove
Project Objective : To build a new cooking stove for General Electric within 8 months with a budget of $10M, that has all the latest state of the art features of a cooking stove, meets all the federal regulations of the United States and is available to consume both the power sources – gas as well as electricity.
High-level Schedule Estimate:
Prototype: Oct. 1st week, 2013
Design: Nov. 1st week, 2013
Testing: Dec. 3rd week, 2013
Production start: Feb. 1st week, 2014
Product Launch: Mar. 1st week, 2014
High-level Cost Estimate:
$9.7M (R&D – $500K, Testing – $500K, Marketing - $1M, Production - $7.5M, Training & Support - $200K, Management - $20K)
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GE Cooking Stove
Business case:
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Priorities
Explanation: The launch of the stove by March 2014 is the highest priority to garner larger market share and pre-empt the advantage of NewGen Stove launch by cookers corporation. The scope has been defined in close coordination with market research team, but it can be enhanced and cost can exceed a little, to meet the timelines.
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| Scope | Time | Cost | |
| Constrain | |||
| Enhance | |||
| Accept |
Responsibility Matrix
| Deliverables | Design | Development | Production | Testing | QA | Delivery | Manufacturing | Support |
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GE Cooking Stove: Communications Plan
| Deliverable | Description | Delivery Method | Frequency | Owner | Audience | |
| Reports | Project status report | Regular update on project including status and issues | Weekly | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Sponsor Project Team | |
| Quality audit report | Regular update on project quality performance | Weekly | Quality Manager | Project Manager Project Sponsor Project Team Quality Manager | ||
| Presentations | Project Dashboard | A concise display of current status of the project and various metrics | Sharepoint | Fortnightly | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Sponsor Project Team |
| Project Announcements | Task reminders | Task owner schedule reminders | Daily | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Team | |
| Key Milestones | List of key milestones | Sharepoint | Weekly | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Team | |
| Reviews and Meetings | Steering Committee Meeting | High Level Review Meeting with key stakeholders | Meeting | Monthly | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Sponsor |
| Team meeting | Meeting to review project status | Meeting | Weekly | Project Manager | Project Manager Project Sponsor Project Team Quality Manager | |
| Team Building | Team Get-together | Regularly schedule team get-together | Event | Quarterly | Project Sponsor | Project Manager Project Sponsor Project Team |
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Major Deliverables:
Project plan
Design Specifications
Prototype
Test plan
Production ramp up plan
Marketing plan
Delivery Schedule
Handoff to Support
Lessons Learnt & Project Closure
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Limitations & Exclusions:
Market research will be performed by an external group
After sales support is to be planned and executed by support and maintenance team
Procurement of parts will be handled by Procurement group
Any advancement in the federal regulations and standards will be handled in later releases of the product
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GE cooking Stove
Deliverables for Project
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| Phase | Milestone |
| Initiation | Project Charter |
| Planning | Project Plan |
| Design | Design Specifications Prototype |
| Execution | Marketing Plan Production ramp-up plan Delivery Schedule |
| Testing | Test Plan |
| Closure | Hand-off to Support Lessons Learnt |
GE Cooking Stove
High level Cost estimate for Project
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| Deliverable | Cost Estimate |
| Project Charter | 5K |
| Project Plan | 15K |
| Design Specifications Prototype | 250K 250K |
| Marketing Plan Production Delivery | 1M 7M 500K |
| Test Plan | 500K |
| Hand-off to Support | 200K |
GE Cooking Stove
Stakeholders
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| Stakeholder | Position |
| Project Sponsor | VP – Appliance Products |
| Project Manager | Project Manager |
| Project Team | Design Team, Engineering Team, QA Team, Production Team |
| Suppliers/Vendors | Sears, Home Depot, JC Penny |
| Consumers/Users | Dealers, Consumers |
| Other Interested Parties | Retailers, Suppliers, Competitors |
GE Cooking Stove
Success criteria: Launch of the cooking stove in North American and European market by Mar. 2014 with fewer than 5 major defects and with in ±5% of budget allocated.
Approver : VP- Appliance Products
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