usc of information technology nnd looking at new products and new markets to maintain revenue growth and boost profitability.! AtekPC Founded in 1984‚ AtekPC had grown to become a mid-sized U.S. PC maker with 2006 sales of $1.9 billion. AtekPC employed 2‚ I00 full-time workers and an additional 200 part-time workers. In spite of rapid growth in the 1990s‚ AtekPC found itself struggling alongside the world’s other PC makers 1 David Smith‚ "PC Makers Face Increased Price Competition and Industry
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Project Management Offices instead of focusing on the internals. The article was initiated by the "AtekPC Project Management Office" [1] ‚ Most of the obstacles to establishing a PMO are beyond the CIO and PMO Manager’s control. There are external factors within the enterprise that will hinder progress of a PMO implementation. We are going to take a PMO as a black box‚ and focus on how the PMO/Program Manager can manage external relations from diplomatic‚ marketing‚ public relations‚ international
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Case Analysis The AtekPC Project Management Office Case Overview AtekPC is a mid-sized U.S PC maker with sales of $ 1.9 billion and employed 2100 full time employees and additional 200 part time workers. This case discusses most of the obstacles to establishing a PMO (Project management Office) are beyond the CIO and PMO Manager’s control. We see a lot of problems faced by the CIO in implementing a PMO in the enterprise. Regardless of the technical challenges during the implementation‚ the core
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The AtekPC Project Management Office Case Study was assigned for this class to provide an overview of the challenges faced by management in the development and deployment of a PMO in an existing company. Based on the case study respond to the questions below incorporating not only the course reading materials‚ but any outside research that may be relevant. Be sure to cite the authority for any research included in your response. What were the changes in AtekPC’s business environment that caused
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Questions: 1. Identify the key business issues and opportunities for AtekPC that are motivating the PMO Initiative. - PC industry concerns: transitioning from a growth sector to a much more mature one‚ cost pressures‚ consolidation initiatives. - The need to streamline operations‚ identify new products and markets that eventually maintain revenue growth and boost profitability. - Opportunity to develop more efficient supply chains‚ lowering cost of distribution and create better internal organizational
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WARREN MCFARLAN MARK KEIL JOHN HUPP The AtekPC Project Management Office A rain had started in the early evening of March 3‚ 2007‚ and the streets of Metropolis were cold and grey where the AtekPC headquarters were located. As John Strider‚ CIO for AtekPC‚ packed up his briefcase at the end of the day‚ his thoughts returned to the new Project Management Office (PMO) that he had approved several months ago. During his tenure of over twenty years at AtekPC‚ Strider had never witnessed the kinds of
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The AtekPC Project Management Office Steven Hartanto Marshall University 1. Ateck’s PMO was created to standardize the management of projects that created as an impact of the changes in environment that comes in many scales. Another purpose of PMO is to improve the planning productivity and Ateck’s initiatives performance. In 2007‚ PMO was built to supporting the office establishment and present the value of the company. PMO also need to found the benefits from the projects which are: cost reduction
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The AtekPC Project Management Office: Situation: John Strider the CEO of AtekPC is faced with pressure that is facing the PC industry as a result of the industry transition. Strider had in the past thought of a Project Management Office which if implemented would of great benefit to AtekPC in the long run. He however did not want to implement this idea in a rush because he had concerns of the effect it would have if they tried to push hard with the idea. There were questions on how PMO Program would
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Canada’s Constitutional Vision: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms The best thing which has ever happened to Canada that makes Sir Charles proud to be Canadian[1] is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Thirty years ago‚ on April 17‚ 1982‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ sitting in front of Canada’s Parliament Buildings on an overcast morning‚ proclaimed in force the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ a key element of the new Constitution Act. The Charter‚ whose 30th anniversary was considered by 79%
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2013 Charter Schools the New Reform Charter schools have been emerging recently all over the United States of America. This is a major issue for the public school system. Parents‚ teachers‚ and students need to understand what the growth of charter schools means to the school system as a whole. In the end‚ it is the death of free education as we know it. The long-term effect that charter schools will have on public education defers from the original idea of progressiveness. Charter schools
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