The Jaguar project‚ which was a project undertaken by Teradyne Corporation‚ the World’s largest supplier of equipment for testing semiconductors. The aim of the project was to develop a highly flexible tester platform that could be easily adjusted to the needs of different device segments. It was a critical project that will determine the ability and success of Teradyne to compete in the market‚ especially that the market need was drastically shifting towards flexible tester platforms rather than
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Background 3 Teradyne 3 The Semiconductor Industry 3 Teradyne Culture 4 Jaguar Project 4 Situational Analysis 5 Project Retrospective 6 Lack of Experience 6 Poor quality 6 Late action 6 Escalation of Commitment 6 Project Management tools usage 6 What should have been done? 6 Way to move forward 7 Executive Summary Background Teradyne Teradyne is a 45 year old corporation specialized in testing equipment for transistors and other electrical components of the
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Case #2: Teradyne Corp: The Jaguar Project questions 1. Compare and contrast Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategy to the approach it used in Jaguar? What was similar? What was different? Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategy lacked structure and discipline. Projects were poorly planned with limited defined scope and goals. This had caused projects to expand and run over budget due to the poorly defined milestones and goals of the project. With the Jaguar project there
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Introduction The project execution phase of the Project Management Lifecycle is exactly where the work gets done. This is the third phase of the project management life cycle‚ after Initiation and planning phase project enter into execution phase. In this phase literally project get start to build. Whether it is the building house of a project‚ changing a process project‚ or anything kind of project in between‚ where we can say that the work has begun. Figure 1: Project Management Execution Phase Source:
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Before Teradyne introduced their Jaguar Project in 2001‚ which should become a revolutionizing project management concept‚ the company tried different project scheduling tools such as the TQM or the APP. However there were not any significant improvements in the project planning and execution‚ which the company seniors were looking for. These project management tools required the employees to approach projects in a very regulated way‚ which they thought of as an intrusion to their free working culture
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Breakdown My mentor once told me‚ “You can’t do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow.” This was one of many life lessons that my mentor taught me as I entered my brand new career as being a program manager back in 2003. The concept of this quote never really hit home with me until I sat in my first Program Management Review (PMR). As the defense contractor began to explain why the project was behind schedule and why the EVM
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Managing Complex Project Assignment (Fall 2013) *** Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar project *** By SIMONE GUPTA (Submission Date) November 15th 2014 1. Compare and contrast Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategy to the approach it used in Jaguar. What was similar? What was different? In 2001‚ Teradyne made fundamental changes in their strategic direction and technology. In Jaguar project‚ Teradyne Corporation focused more on up-front planning and design‚ reorganization
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Project Execution Plan Purpose: The PEP is the core document for the management of a project. It is a statement of policies and procedures defined by the project director‚ although usually developed by the project manager for the project sponsor/project director’s approval. It sets out in a structured format the project scope‚ objectives and relative priorities. For non-construction projects see Project plan. Fitness for purpose: Does the PEP: Include plans‚ procedures and control processes for
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Compare and contrast traditional and modern families Since the nineteenth century‚ in the western societies‚ family patterns changed under the forces of industrialisation and urbanisation. Another factor which has been involved in those changes is the growing intervention of the state‚ by legislative action‚ in the domestic affairs of the family. As a result of these trends‚ the modern “nuclear” family has been substituted for the traditional extended family. The increase
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approaches are the traditional approaches that contradict pattern-based approaches. All approaches use behavioral treatment while treating articulation and phonological disorders. The phonological rules that a child has not yet gained affect their sound production. The most useful treatment approaches differ in their analysis of the errors in articulation before and after treatment‚ not in the procedure. Traditional approach: Charles Van Riper has been
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