CASE STUDY – SUN MICROSYSTEMS PROJECT PHASE III
PURPOSES
There are three purposes of this case study, which are as follows:
• The case study is to test the feasibility of PPA (profit point analysis),
• The case study is performed to explore difficulties / limitations of
implementation, and
• The case study is implemented to find usefulness of PPA results.
METHODS AND PROCEDURES
The case study lets each employee use the new method and collect data from employees.
For the purpose of data collection, a database is made using Microsoft Access 2000. As a
way to test and validate the new method, a set of information that the new method creates
will be presented to several professionals. Then, professionals and researchers will be
able to implement a qualitative analysis for evaluating the new method. There are six
sequential procedures to meet the purpose of this case study, which are as follows:
• The first step is to identify the current practice with which overhead costs are
controlled in the project. In this step we use document collection and
interviews with a project manager.