Alaska Fly-Fishing Expedition You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham, Alaska,…

Alaska Fly-Fishing Expedition

You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham,
Alaska, discussing a fishing expedition you are planning with your colleagues
at Great Alaska Adventures (GAA). Earlier in the day you received a fax from
the president of BlueNote, Inc. The president wants to reward her top
management team by taking them on an all-expense-paid fly-fishing adventure in
Alaska. She would like GAA to organize and lead the expedition.

You have just finished a preliminary scope statement for the
project (see below).

You are now brainstorming potential risks associated
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Alaska Fly-Fishing Expedition

You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham,
Alaska, discussing a fishing expedition you are planning with your colleagues
at Great Alaska Adventures (GAA). Earlier in the day you received a fax from
the president of BlueNote, Inc. The president wants to reward her top
management team by taking them on an all-expense-paid fly-fishing adventure in
Alaska. She would like GAA to organize and lead the expedition.

You have just finished a preliminary scope statement for the
project (see below).

You are now brainstorming potential risks associated with
the project.

1. Brainstorm potential risks associated with this project.
Try to come up with at least five different risks.

2. Use a risk assessment form similar to Figure 7.6 to
analyze identified risks.

3. Develop a risk response matrix similar to Figure 7.8 to
outline how you would deal with each of the risks.

PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT

PROJECT OBJECTIVE

To organize and lead a five-day fly-fishing expedition down
the Tikchik River system in Alaska from June 21 to 25 at a cost not to exceed
$35,000.

DELIVERABLES

_ Provide air transportation from Dillingham, Alaska,
to Camp I and from Camp II back to Dillingham.

_ Provide river transportation consisting of two
eight-man drift boats with outboard motors.

_ Provide three meals a day for the five days spent on
the river.

_ Provide four hours fly-fishing instruction.

_ Provide overnight accommodations at the Dillingham
lodge plus three four-man tents with cots, bedding, and lanterns.

_ Provide four experienced river guides who are also
fly fishermen.

_ Provide fishing licenses for all guests.

MILESTONES

1. Contract signed January 22.

2. Guests arrive in Dillingham June 20.

3. Depart by plane to Base Camp I June 21.

4. Depart by plane from Base Camp II to Dillingham June 25.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Fly in air transportation to and from base camps.

2. Boat transportation within the Tikchik River system.

3. Digital cellular communication devices.

4. Camps and fishing conform to state of Alaska
requirements.

LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS

1. Guests are responsible for travel arrangements to and
from Dillingham, Alaska.

2. Guests are responsible for their own fly-fishing
equipment and clothing.

3. Local air transportation to and from base camps will be
outsourced.

4. Tour guides are not responsible for the number of King
Salmon caught by guests.

CUSTOMER REVIEW

The president of BlueNote, Inc.

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