Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc.



Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc.

1. As project leader for the office building construction project, formulate a vision statement for the team project.

A simple level of a shared vision will answer the question, what do we want to create? Not everyone will have the same vision, but the images should be comparable. A vision can also inspire members to give their best effort. However, shared visions bring together experts with different skills and agendas to a mutual objective (Grey & Larson, 2008).

Developing a vision statement is a chance for members of the organization and or project to come together and look at their areas of expertise and collectively decide the future of the project. The vision statement for this project must convey innovation and creativity that is essential for a contemporary workplace. The project is to use the Autodesk Inc., a company that produces software for architecture, engineering, and construction, to create a non-traditional office building using 3D technology. The project is to use the construction of the new headquarters as an opportunity for its Solutions Division to combine the latest software capabilities into building information modelling with an emerging paradigm called integrated project delivery (IPD) (Edmondson & Rashid, 2009). The project will use the IPD method to foster communication among all stakeholders during the early stages of the project.

2. In retrospect analyze what Phil Berstein did to foster higher levels of performance.

Mr. Berstein fostered higher level of performance by ensuring that the project design qualities stayed aligned with the project goals and within budget constraints. For this particular project it was critical that no team member lagged behind in providing the desired output. In the case, this was demonstrated when the project management team has to make the choice to terminate a vendor who was working on the Customer Briefing Center ceiling. The vendor was initially hired because of the building information model capabilities and experience working on the bench mark projects. The team later learned that the vendor will not be able to build and install the ceiling within the budget that was allocated for that element of the project. Although it was a tough decision, it was decided to relieve the vendor of his duties and hire another vendor to perform those responsibilities. The team decided this was a good decision because it was best for the project. The team eventually hired another vendor; ...