Zephyr Media Group
Zephyr Media Group Project Management
Zephyr Media is a small company comprised of college students and graduates who focus in multimedia development. Founded in 2008, the company started in a single bedroom and has grown rapidly with clients and employees. The current state of the company has employees using individual workstations ranging in both capabilities and brand or platform. In some cases, work being completed must be converted several times during production as it passes between computers and users. While this has the potential to be disastrous in creating irreversible work, the company has succeeded with this workflow so far but is looking to change this and avoid any possible setbacks associated with this workflow. With the need to continue meeting client expectations of quality and timeliness, the owners of Zephyr Media Group (ZMG) have decided to invest in new technology and rebuild the company’s infrastructure to increase production speed, standardize employee workstations, and streamline internal processes. In addition to implementing the change, the company should be able to continue current projects with no down time and take on larger accounts upon the completion of the new infrastructure.
Project Objectives
The objectives included in this project include: installation and implementation of new hardware and software; synchronization of new equipment to a network with a server; consolidation and archiving of current and past projects with new system; increased performance to production. The project should take no more than six months to complete from start to finish including testing period for new, larger accounts to verify performance increase as defined as an objective of the project. As a preliminary budget, the project is not to exceed $350,000 including equipment, assets, and payroll. Note, that individual workstations (approx. 20 units) will run costs of $2000.00 each (Apple, Inc., 2010).
Potential risks included incompatible projects
Zephyr Media is a small company comprised of college students and graduates who focus in multimedia development. Founded in 2008, the company started in a single bedroom and has grown rapidly with clients and employees. The current state of the company has employees using individual workstations ranging in both capabilities and brand or platform. In some cases, work being completed must be converted several times during production as it passes between computers and users. While this has the potential to be disastrous in creating irreversible work, the company has succeeded with this workflow so far but is looking to change this and avoid any possible setbacks associated with this workflow. With the need to continue meeting client expectations of quality and timeliness, the owners of Zephyr Media Group (ZMG) have decided to invest in new technology and rebuild the company’s infrastructure to increase production speed, standardize employee workstations, and streamline internal processes. In addition to implementing the change, the company should be able to continue current projects with no down time and take on larger accounts upon the completion of the new infrastructure.
Project Objectives
The objectives included in this project include: installation and implementation of new hardware and software; synchronization of new equipment to a network with a server; consolidation and archiving of current and past projects with new system; increased performance to production. The project should take no more than six months to complete from start to finish including testing period for new, larger accounts to verify performance increase as defined as an objective of the project. As a preliminary budget, the project is not to exceed $350,000 including equipment, assets, and payroll. Note, that individual workstations (approx. 20 units) will run costs of $2000.00 each (Apple, Inc., 2010).
Potential risks included incompatible projects
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