End Products
There are a number of end products that you might typically
find in any project. These are more complex in international projects because
you are projecting the project down to each location or business unit. Here are
some specific end products.
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Technical, business, and political purposes of the project
from different viewpoints and levels;
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Scope of the project in each location or business unit;
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Roles and responsibilities that headquarters and business
units are to play in the project;
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Resource availability in each location to support the
project;
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Initial list of issues at the local, regional, and global
levels that will have to be addressed;
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Estimated budget that will be required to carry out the
project;
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Overall schedule for the international project;
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Estimated benefits at each level and location.
More important than each of these is the end product of
political acceptance and commitment to the project. Why do all of this work now?
After all, if management wants to do the project, then that is that. Not true.
Starting an ill-defined project that impacts multiple locations and business
units is just asking for continuing problems and headaches.