KBL’s Acquisition Project Plan Outline
Scenario
You have just been hired as a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited and have been assigned your first project. Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) is a custom furniture manufacturer that specializes in hand-crafted dining room tables. The Board of Directors has identified an opportunity to purchase a competitor that also specializes in custom furniture. The acquisition of the competitor will enable KBL to expand operations and triple their workforce and will take 18 months to complete. In order for this acquisition to be successful, you will need to use your project management skills to ensure success.
Instructions
Your first task is to create a project plan outline for the Board of Directors in Microsoft Word or Excel. You will need to create the timeline in Excel and copy that timeline into the Word Document. The project outline is essential for documenting all of the necessary tasks and milestones necessary to complete the project. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete, and the major milestones are broken up by quarters. You will need to be creative and develop the following items as if you were running the project.
Include the following (you will need to create these items):
tasks and milestones;
a project description/scope;
key stakeholders;
timeline for the project.
NOTE - Be sure the documents display proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
KBL’s Acquisition Project Plan Outline
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KBL’s Acquisition Project Plan Outline
Project plan outline is a vital tool to KBL’s intended acquisition. The outline will be a vital tool in showcasing all the necessary tasks and milestones of the project. Additionally, the plan should help KBL to understand time allocation for individual tasks and milestones. Achieving critical milestones in the right time durations will be vital to the success of the acquisition. It is worth noting that this project is allocated a total of 18 months from inception to completion. In this plan outline, emphasis will be put on showcasing the tasks and milestones, project description and scope, key stakeholders, and timeline for the project.
Project Description/Scope
This project constitutes the intended acquisition of Kingston-Bryce Limited's (KBL) competitor in custom furniture manufacturing. The project is supposed to be completed within 18 months. As such, all the planning and execution activities relating to the project will be completed within the