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Explain organisation design and its need. Identify and manage the needs and requirements of an organisation.
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Lecture Outline
Introduction
Introduction
Organisational design is a formal guideline of development that brings together- people, information, and technology of an organisation. Organisational development matches the organisation structure as closely as possible to the organisation goal. With the help of design process, organisations aim to ensure that the collective efforts of the members lead to better handling of risks. Organisations adopt design process as an internal change under the guidance of an external channel.
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Business requirements.
Business user requirements. Functional requirements. System (Non-Functional) requirements.
Software requirements.
The characteristics of the requirements that are defined for the project or the organisation are:
Unambiguous.
Specific. Testable.
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Planning Shortcomings
It is important to plan in advance for the shortcomings in a project. This reduces the project overheads.
The shortcomings that may occur in a project are: Change in project scope. Change in planning. Project visibility. Work environment. User involvement and management tools. Insufficient details on project strategy, project definition, value management, technology management. Linkage with programs and portfolios.
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Estimation Errors
Estimation error is the error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole project.
quantitative estimation.
Project estimation can be carried out by either of the two estimations: Bottom-up estimation Top-down estimation
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Tips to overcome the project estimation errors are: Confirm all assumptions. Do not expect trouble-free projects.
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Summary
Organisational design provides guidelines to bring people, information and technology under a common base that is achieving a goal.
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2. Mention any of the three shortcomings that may occur in a project. Ans: The shortcomings that may occur in a project are: Project visibility. Work environment. User involvement and management tools.
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Activity
Assume that you are working for a Machine tools industry. Your industry has been offered a new project. You are appointed as
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