The ATeam

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The A-Team
EMGT 361 Project Proposal Emotional Maturity
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Team Members

• Col. John Hannibal Smith, AKA Roy Partridge
• DC9 Captain for Trans World Airlines
• Ph.D. Student, EMGT _at_ UMR

• Sgt. Bosco Bad Attitude Baracus, AKA Paul
  Hebert
• Config. Control Eng. for Boeing Wichita
• Master Student, Sys. Eng. _at_ UMR

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Team Members

• Capt. Howling Mad Murdock, AKA Derek Hebda
• F-18 Strength Eng. for Boeing St. Louis
• Master Student, EMGT _at_ UMR

• Lt. Templeton Face Peck, AKA Wayne Gardiner
• B-1B Comp Engineer _at_ Boeing Long Beach
• Master Student, Sys. Eng _at_ UMR

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Project Description

• Emotional Maturity, an Evolution in
  Consciousness by L. Partridge
• Describes 5 Maturity Levels 1 to 5
• Develop Software AI System to Teach User this
  Communication Theory
• S/W will Help User Understand Themselves, So they
  can Communicate Better with Others

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Proposal Estimates Schedule
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Proposal Estimates Man-Hours
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Proposal Estimates Cost
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Logistics Administration

• Software Distributed on CD-ROM
• Pamphlet Included
• Easy Installation
• Self-Test, On-line Help, Tech Support
• Individual Licenses

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Change Orders

• Documented on Change Order
• Negotiated between Customer Team
• Evaluation Factors
• Change impact completed Software?
• Additional Scope?
• Extent of new Effort?
• Schedule Impacts?

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Project Manager Assignments

• Project Proposal Face, Wayne
• Proposal and Report Experience
• Project Initiation B.A. Baracus, Paul
• Large Organizational Experience
• Project Implementation Hannibal, Roy
• Most Familiar with the Project
• Control and Term. Murdock, Derek
• Project Control Auditing Experience

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Grade Distribution

• Project Proposal 15
• Start Off on Good Footing
• If Proposal not Accepted, Out of Work
• Project Initiation 12
• Set-up Effort
• Project Implementation 13
• Execution of Effort
• Project Control and Termination 15
• Finish with a Bang

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Group Diversity

• High Educational Diversity
• Ph.D -gt Masters -gt Bachelors
• Geographic Diversity
• Three Different Regions of the Country
• Employment Diversity
• Three Boeing Employees, but Diverse Project
• Communication Barriers
• Virtual Team
• Minimal Ethical Diversity

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Team Member Assessment

• Team Based Assessment
• No Individual Member Downgrades
• Each Member Deserves Equal Share
• Each Member Expected to Excel
• Success based Evaluation
• Grade Retention Factor (GRF)
• Percentage of Total 55 Points
• Three Members Evaluate Fourth