Overview/Description
American Auto is a large automobile company that designs, manufactures, and markets cars and trucks worldwide. With its one price and no-haggle sales approach, the company has been very successful and enjoys a continuous increase in its customer base. To further simplify the buying process, American Auto has recently embraced the idea of upgrading its web site's virtual showroom to allow for online purchasing of vehicles for national delivery. With the new web site, a customer will be able to choose the year, model, and options of their new vehicle and then purchase their vehicle without ever having to set foot in a dealer showroom. After payment and financing options have been arranged online, American Auto will complete the transaction and deliver the customer's new vehicle to their home or work. In order to make web purchasing a reality, the company's IT department has been tasked with upgrading the company's web site to include these features, and you have been tasked with overseeing this project.
With the planning and organizing phases of the project successfully completed, you and your team are now ready for the final four phases of this IT project: design, construction, testing, and rollout.
This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Project Management for IT Professionals" and has links to the following SkillSoft courses: PROJ0351, PROJ0352, PROJ0353, PROJ0354, and PROJ0355. "Project IT Management Simulation - The Early Stages" has also been developed for this series to cover the first two phases of an IT project: planning and organizing.
Target Audience
IT project managers, and IT professionals preparing to take on IT project management responsibilities; managers who support IT project managers, top management, and high-level executives.