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Project Management Assignment

Siddharth Arora (139) Uttam Satapathy (157)

Project 1

Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project

Development of Microsoft PCs and phones 2 years Microsoft's big partnership with Nokia has been a flop. The software vendor has fared badly in the mobile market, far outpaced by Apple and Google. Higher-end Windows PCs offer a better experience than the low end models, but the cheap systems are destroying the Microsoft brand in the minds of consumers. Microsoft will create its own premium, high-quality desktops, laptops, tablets and phones.

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Project 2
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Development of City Operating Systems 5 years The City OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings, traffic and services running smoothly. The software takes in data from sensors dotted around the city to keep an eye on what is happening. The OS completely bypasses humans to manage communication between sensors and devices such as traffic lights, air conditioning or water pumps that influence the quality of city life. Microsoft will add sensors to everyday infrastructure, install software to integrate and manage the massive inflow of data, and provide city officials with the information and intelligence they need to run their cities better.

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Project 3
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Development of 3D Mapping for Bing Map 6 months The upcoming 3D depictions of the world's buildings by Google, and presumably Apple, may be the next big technological achievement for both companies. In such a scenario, having a mapping application devoid of 3D experience may seem a little anachronistic for Microsoft. Microsoft will offer a basic 3D view of the surrounding landscape for its Bing Map application. It will provide a 3D representation that users can "fly" around in and explore, with enough detail that they can visually confirm their final destination when they arrive using the Bing version of the mapping application.

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Project 4
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Development of Home Operating System 2 years The vision of smart, connected homes has been around for well over two decades. In this vision, users easily perform tasks involving diverse sets of devices in their home without the need for painstaking conguration and custom programming. While modern homes have many networkcapable devices, applications that coordinate them for cross-device tasks have yet to appear in any signicant numbers. Microsoft will develop an OS that sees in-home devices like consoles, routers, printers, air conditioners and lighting, as peripherals controlled by a gateway PC running HomeOS.

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Project 5
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Parallel Computing Programming Model 1 year Accelerated Massive Parallelism accelerates the execution of C++ code by taking advantage of the data-parallel hardware that's commonly present as a graphics processing unit (GPU) on a discrete graphics card. Microsoft will develop a new technology designed to help C++ developers build massively parallel applications. C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (C++ AMP) technology will be included in the next version of the company's Visual C++ compiler.

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Project 6
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project E-learning and Education 2-5 years Educators from various schools are embarking on a journey to work across their institution to transform learning in every classroom by establishing a clear vision for excellence, a path for professional development, and effective leadership to drive change. Microsoft will invest in programs and partnerships to stimulate positive change in education around the world. It will partner in learning works in association with governments and education leaders around the world to deliver a portfolio of professional development, curricula, tools and resources designed to advance 21st century teaching and learning.

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Project 7
Project to be undertaken Windows 7 Migration Application Compatibility Tool

Duration
Need for the project

6 months
With Windows XP running out of support in April 2014, Microsoft needs an application that removes the labour intensive, manual workload associated with managing an enterprise Windows 7 deployment and is the quickest way to migrate an enterprise to the next desktop platform.

Description

Microsoft will develop an all-in-one data warehouse, application compatibility, project management and user migration solution. It will automate many of the tasks involved in Windows XP migration to Windows 7.

Project 8
Project to be undertaken Duration Interactive Whiteboard Software 1 year

Need for the project

An interactive whiteboard (IWB) is a large interactive display that connects computer and projector. They are used in a variety of settings, including classrooms at all levels of education, in corporate board rooms and work groups, in training rooms for professional sports coaching, in broadcasting studios and others.
Microsoft will develop a software for IWB that will provide tools and features specifically designed to maximize interaction opportunities. It will include support for the latest Microsoft applications and platforms.

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Project 9
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Microsoft-RIM Alliance Long Term BlackBerry devices are widely used in organizations that run Microsoft Exchange. There's long been tight integration between those devices and Microsoft's messaging platform, so having RIM as a close strategic partner makes sense if only from the point of view of supporting one of Microsoft's biggest auxiliary hardware partners. Microsoft will develop a strategic alliance with RIM to support one of its biggest auxiliary hardware partners.

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Project 10
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Microsoft-Sage Alliance Long Term Microsoft envisages to target the SMB cloud market for ERP solutions. SMB customers will naturally gain the benefits of the cloud in terms of flexibility and cost effectiveness. Microsoft will develop the cloud version of Sage 200 to automate all aspects of subscription lifecycle and system management, and be capable of interacting with tens of thousands of users, and be able to handle thousands of customer instances.

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Project 11
Project to be undertaken Duration Need for the project Microsoft Smart TV 2 years Smart TV sets allow users to do things with them outside the standard TV capabilities. They come with processors and hardware parts traditionally reserved for external gadgets or computers. They are also connected to the Internet and allow Web browsing and video streaming. With the Google TV and Apple TV streaming TV platforms gaining popularity, it would really make sense for Microsoft to enter the TV hardware market.

Description

Microsoft will develop a Apple is designing a full-fledged TV set full of internal hardware components and a display. It would be seamlessly synched with all of users devices and will have the simplest user interface.

Research and advanced 11 development 2 projects


New Core Process

Product Change
New Core Product Next Generation Product Addition to product family Derivatives and Enhancements

Breakthrough projects 1 4 8 Platform projects 7 5

Process Change

Next Generation Process Single Department Upgrade Incremental Change

Derivative projects 6 3 Alliances and 9 partnership 10 projects

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