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Harrison-Keyes

Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: HARRISON-KEYES INC.

Problem Solution: Harrison-Keyes Inc.
University of Phoenix


Problem Solution: Harrison-Keyes Inc.
In the past years profits have decreased due to the evolution in the publishing industry. The Board of Harrison-Keyes, Inc. hired Meg P. McGill, to revitalize the company and gain competitive advantage within the industry. Ms. McGill's goal is to strategically plan how Harrison-Keyes, Inc. can become the industry leader. After assessing Harrison-Keys, Inc. current position the company decided to move toward introducing e- book publishing.
The Harrison-Keyes, Inc. team is experiencing issues related to inexperience, communication and inefficient project planning. These issues are causing the implementation of the e-book publishing project not to be a success. The project was not planned or organized in a manner to be successfully completed in a timely manner. The appropriate resources have not been allocated to assume the workload for implementation. The development of a project plan or assignment of a project manager has not been assigned to govern time and develop a team. Although Harrison-Keyes, Inc. is experiencing issues there is opportunity to resolve the issue to turn the project around for success through concrete project and strategic planning.

Describe the Situation
Issue and Opportunity Identification
Harrison-Keyes, Inc. is facing implementation issues because a developed project scope and a specified strategic plan were not created to produce an effective e-book publishing book project. The critical issue is the system will not be implemented in time to launch the e-book publishing project therefore impacting Harrison-Keyes, Inc. by extending the project time, increase the budget, and continual lose of profits. Harrison-Keyes, Inc. will also have to depend on another company's web site to sale e-books online until the system is working.
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