PROJECT Management Ch.2 Review Queshions . APA FORMAT

1. Strategically, what must Pan-Europa do to keep from becoming the victim of a hostile takeover? What rows/ categories in Exhibit 2 will thus become critically important this coming year? What should Pan-Europa do now that they have won the price war? Who should lead the way for Pan-Europa?

2. Using NPV, conduct a straight fi nancial analysis of the investment alternatives and rank the projects. Which NPV of the three should be used? Why? Suggest a way to evaluate the effl uent project.

4. Reconsider the projects in terms of:

• are any "must do" projects of the nonnumeric type?
• what elements of the projects might imply greater or lesser riskiness?

might there be any synergies or confl
icts between the
projects?

• do any of the projects have nonquantitative benefits or costs that should be considered in an evaluation

6. Divide the projects into the four Project Profile Process categories of incremental, platform, breakthrough, and R&D. Draw an aggregate project plan and array the projects on the chart.

7. Based on all the above, which projects should the management committee recommend to the Board of Directors?