Managing Engineering and Technology Chapter 3
Homework Chapter 3 (2, 6, 7, 8, 9 ,11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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Develop your own model of the steps in the planning process.
First, planning process is a set of steps and strategies to achieve a goal or an aim.
The planning process may consist of a missions and visions to help in achieving the objectives that must be identified in an earlier stage. Steps that are required in the planning process include:
1. Start with addressing the mission of this project.
2. Create alternatives ways to archive this mission.
3. Examining each alternative by creating different scenarios for each one.
4. Evaluating each alternative by consulting with experts.
5. Selecting a final approach to accomplish your mission.
6. Evaluate every step and this strategies as the project moves along.
Always remember that planning involves knowing what you are trying to achieve or what is the goal and in what time frame. Once the goal and end date have been determine, one can generate a project plan with other stake holder to get their input and commitment to plan so that it is more realistic. Planning involves the following sequence:
Recognize Problem or Opportunity => Generate Mission and Vision => Assess the Situation (Gather Info) => Develop Strategies, Goals, Objectives and Alternatives => Implement Best Alternative => Monitor Results
The textbook explains it best in the section, “planning provides a method of identifying objectives and designing a sequence of programs and activities to achieve these objectives.” In addition, “there seems to be as many diagrams of this process as there are authors.”
A planning process model that has always worked with is by Dr. Deming. The Plan-Do-Check-Act. This plan is used for the following:
● For continuous improvement.
● When starting a new project.
● When developing a new or improved design of a process, product or service.
● When defining a repetitive work process.
● When planning data collection and analysis in order to
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Develop your own model of the steps in the planning process.
First, planning process is a set of steps and strategies to achieve a goal or an aim.
The planning process may consist of a missions and visions to help in achieving the objectives that must be identified in an earlier stage. Steps that are required in the planning process include:
1. Start with addressing the mission of this project.
2. Create alternatives ways to archive this mission.
3. Examining each alternative by creating different scenarios for each one.
4. Evaluating each alternative by consulting with experts.
5. Selecting a final approach to accomplish your mission.
6. Evaluate every step and this strategies as the project moves along.
Always remember that planning involves knowing what you are trying to achieve or what is the goal and in what time frame. Once the goal and end date have been determine, one can generate a project plan with other stake holder to get their input and commitment to plan so that it is more realistic. Planning involves the following sequence:
Recognize Problem or Opportunity => Generate Mission and Vision => Assess the Situation (Gather Info) => Develop Strategies, Goals, Objectives and Alternatives => Implement Best Alternative => Monitor Results
The textbook explains it best in the section, “planning provides a method of identifying objectives and designing a sequence of programs and activities to achieve these objectives.” In addition, “there seems to be as many diagrams of this process as there are authors.”
A planning process model that has always worked with is by Dr. Deming. The Plan-Do-Check-Act. This plan is used for the following:
● For continuous improvement.
● When starting a new project.
● When developing a new or improved design of a process, product or service.
● When defining a repetitive work process.
● When planning data collection and analysis in order to