Winsome Manufacturing Company produces plastic storage containers and sells them to the home consumer through home sales events. At the companys quarterly meeting the head of marketing described a new product to be introduced in the first quarter of the next fiscal year approximately 9 months from now. The product will be a room-sized plastic storage unit suitable to the outside of the home; it is similar to a competitors product but will have significantly more features. This product will open new markets for the sales channel lay the foundation for add-on products and generate new revenues. Management has only seen preliminary sketches of the potential product but are very excited by the new product.
The project will require participation from the design production purchasing shipping sales and marketing departments. Winsome Manufacturing owns a line of suitable injection molds so all manufacturing will be done in-house. The project manager for this project has not yet been selected but that decision is expected to be made in the next week.
A preliminary project initiation meeting will result in the identification of the project sponsor selection of a project manager and creation of the project charter. A manager in the production department who knows you are taking a college project management course asks you to prepare a brief report to help him prepare for the meeting by answering the following questions:
Present your findings as a Word document of 45 pages (not including title and reference pages) formatted in APA style.