Reference no: EM133279492
Assignment:
Case: Help from the Legal Department
KEY ISSUES:
Atesman (PM herein) was only able to provide a portion of the final project to the customer on time, the hardware, but was delayed in delivering final documents and drawings by 6 weeks.
•Due to customer approval delays for preliminary drawings, this created a ripple in the deliverable, not only was the PM's timeline delayed, but engineering staffing became an issue.
•The PM accepted customer verbal approval for project delays.
•The cost of delays was 0.1%/wk for delivery delays, and the PM was charged 0.6% due to the 6-week delay.
•The company's legal department had to get involved because this was out of the PM's control.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
What could the PM have done to avoid getting the legal department involved?
•Who do you think should is to blame for the delay and extra cost-the PM or the customer? Why?
•There are many conditions in the contract agreement that a PM must understand, what are some of those conditions and explain them further?
•Have you ever experienced any problems or know of any problems within an organization that had to get their legal department involved? What was the outcome?