PMI states that “the result of tailoring is that the project management methodology will be suitable for use in specific types of projects, and a tailored methodology will reflect the size, complexity and duration of the project as appropriate for the organizational context along with adaptation to the industry within which the project is undertaken.” (Whitaker, S. (2014). The Benefits of Tailoring: Making a Project Management Methodology Fit. PMI White Paper.) To illustrate this point, complete the following exercise.
Congratulations! You have been hired to design a new smartphone. Before we start getting all your great ideas down on paper, we need to figure out how you will approach your project. For this exercise, let’s say you decided to run the project using traditional methods.
You have been given your high-level project objectives, but the first step for you and your team is to create a project plan for your smartphone project.
You create the following schedule and budget:
- Design Phase: 1 month, $60,000
- Hardware Construction: 6 months, $400,000
- User Interface Development: 12 months, $800,000
- User Testing: 1 month, $40,000
- Total Budget: $1.3 million
- Timeline: 20 months
Fantastic, your plan has been approved, and you are off to the races. You are now three months into your project. You have spent $250,000 and have just finished all your designs due to lots of changes



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