Got MAP?
Gene Anderson, Associate Dean for Degree Programs
Issue date: 3/14/05 Section: Administration
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Class is now in session.
It's being held in Bangalore and Shanghai, Minneapolis and St. Petersburg, Morocco and Serbia, Redmond and Manhattan, Ireland and Brazil, Ann Arbor and Troy, if you'd like to join.
It's about business plan development and financial modeling, human resource planning and logistics, marketing and mergers, process improvement and strategies for growth, and much, much more.
It's alternative energy, automotive, business process outsourcing, consumer products, computers, electronics, financial services & security analysis, healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, telecommunications, tsunami relief, and - yes - much more.
It's 430 students and 35 students and 84 projects.
It's all about students, faculty, and managers working together to navigate through real projects in real time - and to come up with solutions that organizations will really implement, that may or may not succeed, and, in some cases, can even determine whether the company itself does or does not succeed.
It's MAP and it's back and it's bigger and better than ever.
This year's MAP features a host of changes in how projects are sourced, staffed, scoped, scheduled, supported, and conceptualized-all implemented in a MAP-like spirit of innovation and continuous improvement based on feedback from students, faculty, and sponsoring organizations over the last year.
But that's not what's on the minds of 84 project teams at the moment.
What they're thinking is:
* Just what the heck is my project really about?
* Why doesn't somebody just tell me?
* What kinds of questions am I supposed to be asking?
* What does this manager really think of my questions?
* What am I going to be doing next week?
* Where will I be?
* Are we doing everything we need to or are we missing something important?
* How do I design a questionnaire?
* Does my team think I'm doing a good job?
* What do I really think the company should do?
It's being held in Bangalore and Shanghai, Minneapolis and St. Petersburg, Morocco and Serbia, Redmond and Manhattan, Ireland and Brazil, Ann Arbor and Troy, if you'd like to join.
It's about business plan development and financial modeling, human resource planning and logistics, marketing and mergers, process improvement and strategies for growth, and much, much more.
It's alternative energy, automotive, business process outsourcing, consumer products, computers, electronics, financial services & security analysis, healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, retail, software, telecommunications, tsunami relief, and - yes - much more.
It's 430 students and 35 students and 84 projects.
It's all about students, faculty, and managers working together to navigate through real projects in real time - and to come up with solutions that organizations will really implement, that may or may not succeed, and, in some cases, can even determine whether the company itself does or does not succeed.
It's MAP and it's back and it's bigger and better than ever.
This year's MAP features a host of changes in how projects are sourced, staffed, scoped, scheduled, supported, and conceptualized-all implemented in a MAP-like spirit of innovation and continuous improvement based on feedback from students, faculty, and sponsoring organizations over the last year.
But that's not what's on the minds of 84 project teams at the moment.
What they're thinking is:
* Just what the heck is my project really about?
* Why doesn't somebody just tell me?
* What kinds of questions am I supposed to be asking?
* What does this manager really think of my questions?
* What am I going to be doing next week?
* Where will I be?
* Are we doing everything we need to or are we missing something important?
* How do I design a questionnaire?
* Does my team think I'm doing a good job?
* What do I really think the company should do?
