From the course: Project Management: Technical Projects

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Scenario: Managing technical element issues

Scenario: Managing technical element issues

From the course: Project Management: Technical Projects

Scenario: Managing technical element issues

- In this scenario, we'll revisit the company I introduced earlier, which expanded its manufacturing capacity with robotics. After listening to this scenario, consider what we've discussed in this chapter and determine what you believe was overlooked. Here's the scenario. Given the eventual success of new AI-enhanced robotics in the United States, the company sought to expand its European manufacturing capacity. It engaged the same robotics vendor with whom it worked within the US, as the vendor said they also support their products overseas. Testing went well for the European rollout. All testing was performed in the United States, as the vendor was located there, and the US-based resources were familiar with how the robotics solution worked. However, the European users had significant issues on the very first day. The date formats on the control panels were backward as the US date format was used. The quality assurance manager performed an audit after the first set of parts were…

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